Leeds and Thirsk Railway
Introduction
This line is partly open.
Dates
| 21/07/1845 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company incorporated, line receives act; Leeds to Thirsk with two branches to the Leeds and Bradford Railway one at Bramley and one at Holbeck, one curve to the Great North of England Railway at Thirsk, and two short branches to Harrogate and Knaresborough. |
| 20/10/1845 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway First sod cut. |
| /07/1846 | York and Newcastle Railway Proposed Team Valley line to counter another proposal by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway along the same route. |
| 16/07/1846 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Second Leeds and Thirsk Act gives powers to open a line from Northallerton to Billingham on the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, Eaglescliffe on the Stockton and Darlington Railway and Stockton on the Clarence Railway. |
| 16/07/1846 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Act for extension from Northallerton to meet the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway at Stockton. Plan to buy Stockton and Hartlepool Railway falls through. |
| 09/07/1847 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Act gives permission for a number of alterations to the route. |
| / /1848 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Line opened |
| 15/05/1852 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Northallerton to Stockton section opened. |
| / /1853 | West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Diverts trains from Stockton station on the North Shore Branch (North Eastern Railway) to Stockton North station on the Leeds and Thirsk Railway. (The company controlled the former Clarence Railway and Stockton and Hartlepool Railway). |
| / /1854 | York and North Midland Railway
Malton and Driffield Junction Railway
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Leeds and Thirsk Railway
West Hartlepool Harbour and Railways
North Eastern Railway Companies merge to form the North Eastern Railway. |
| / /1893 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway North Stockton station re-built and re-named Stockton. South Stockton station becomes Thornaby. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Leeds to Thirsk
Bill Jamieson 30/04/1977
Bill Jamieson 30/04/1977
Bill Jamieson 30/04/1977
Bill Jamieson 10/05/1980
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David Pesterfield 29/12/1981
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Bruce McCartney 19/03/2014
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Mark Bartlett 04/06/2022
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Mark Bartlett 02/06/2022
David Pesterfield 11/07/2019
David Pesterfield 11/07/2019
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This is a two platform station at Starbeck, east of Harrogate. The station has a level crossing and signal box at the southern/eastern end. It is on the line from Harrogate (to the west) to York (to the east). It is located on a double track section which singles at Knaresborough (the next station east).
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Mark Bartlett 02/06/2022
Mark Bartlett 02/06/2022
Mark Bartlett 02/06/2022
Ewan Crawford 12/03/2002
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David Pesterfield 11/10/2020
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David Pesterfield 11/10/2020
David Pesterfield 11/10/2020
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
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Bruce McCartney 21/10/2017
John Furnevel 01/04/2008
David Pesterfield 30/03/2018
David Pesterfield 27/12/2018
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Knaresborough Branch
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Bruce McCartney 19/03/2014
Colin Miller 13/11/2014
Mark Bartlett 19/04/2013
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This is a two platform station. Fine station buildings remain and are canopied. There is a six sided signal box to the west, just across a level crossing, built onto the end of the row of houses on Kirkgate.
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See also
Knaresborough Extension (York and North Midland Railway)
Mark Bartlett 11/10/2023
Mark Bartlett 11/10/2023
John Furnevel 24/04/2009
Bruce McCartney 19/03/2014
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