Church Fenton

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Church Fenton

Station code: CHF National Rail
Where: Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England
Opened on the York and North Midland Railway.
Opened on the Harrogate Branch (York and North Midland Railway).




Chronology Dates

21/07/1845York and North Midland Railway
Act for a branch from Church Fenton to Harrogate via Wetherby.
  /  /1847Harrogate Branch (York and North Midland Railway)
Opened from Church Fenton to Spofforth.
  /  /1966Harrogate Branch (York and North Midland Railway)
Wetherby to Church Fenton closed.

News items

14/12/2022Protestors condemn bridge infill at cost of £133,000 [RAIL]
25/08/2022Electrification of the railway from York to Leeds could lead to a public inquiry over level crossing closures [YorkMix]
13/10/2021Major track improvements underway in latest stage of Transpennine Route Upgrade [Network Rail]
04/05/2021Disruption between York and Leeds following engineering train derailment [Network Rail]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Vol. 8 South and West Yorkshire, the industrial West Riding.

British Railways Past and Present No. 11: North Yorkshire (Part 1): York and Selby, the Dales and Skipton to Garsdale: York and Selby, the Dales and Skipton to Garsdale Pt.1

British Railways Past and Present: North Yorkshire, Pt.1: York and Selby, the Dales and Skipton to Garsdale No. 11

North Eastern Railway

Rail Centres: York

Rail Centres: York, No. 2

Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South and West Yorkshire v. 8 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)

Steam Around York & the East Riding

The Last Years of Yorkshire Steam

The North Eastern Railway

The Railways of York: A Pictorial Celebration (Silver Link Silk Edition)

This is York: Major Railway Centre

York (Britain's Rail Super Centres)

York (NE) & Heworth 1889: Yorkshire Sheet 174.07a (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Yorkshire)

York and its Railways - 1839-1950