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The Cross Gates to Wetherby Line is a former railway line in West Yorkshire, England, from Cross gates near Leeds to Wetherby. The line opened 1876 and closed 1964. ==History and description== Construction began in 1871, with the work contracted to Thomas Nelson of Carlisle. Works on the line included over a dozen cuttings, and a similar number of embankments, with the cutting between Thorner and Seacroft being deep with a volume of ; the largest bridge on the line was over the River Wharfe with twin spans of with a central pier of two cast iron columns. The line ran from ''Cross Gates East Junction'' east of Cross Gates railway station on the Leeds and Selby Railway, to Wetherby (Linton Road) railway station, then connecting at a junction (later ''East junction'') on the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line at west of Wetherby (York Road) railway station. The from Cross Gates to Wetherby took four years to construct and it was opened on 1 May 1876. The line was doubled in 1901 and a new south-west curve was built at Wetherby; running from ''West junction'' to ''North junction'', forming a wye junction north and west of both the Wetherby stations.〔Ordnance Survey Sheet 172SW 1907〕 The line closed to passengers on 6 January 1964. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cross Gates to Wetherby Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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