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Harrogate railway station serves the town centre of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Harrogate Line north of Leeds railway station. Northern Rail operate the station and provide nearly all passenger train services except a daily Virgin Trains East Coast service to and from London Kings Cross. ==History== The station was opened for traffic by the North Eastern Railway on 1 August 1862 to designs by the architect Thomas Prosser. The new station was the first building in Harrogate built of brick, had two platforms and was built as part of the NER's plans to improve services to the town. Prior to its opening (and the associated approach lines), the town's rail routes had been somewhat fragmented - the York and North Midland Railway branch line from via Tadcaster had a terminus in the town (see below), but the Leeds Northern Railway main line between Leeds & bypassed it to the east to avoid the need for costly engineering work to cross the Crimple Valley and the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway from terminated short at . Once all of the individual companies had become part of the NER, the company was able to put plans in motion to concentrate all lines at a new single depot. A storm in November 1866 caused a chimney stack to fall through the roof of the station causing considerable damage.〔Kendal Mercury - Saturday 10 November 1866〕 In 1873, a footbridge was added. The booking office was the subject of a robbery on 7 December 1868 when thieves drilled through the ticket window covering with a bit and brace, and stole a small amount of cash.〔Leeds Times - Saturday 12 December 1868〕 The capacity was increased in 1883 when it was lengthened by 100 yards,〔The Building news and engineering journal: Volume 44, 1883〕 largely as a result of the opening of a second route to Leeds via (the Cross Gates to Wetherby Line) in 1876. In 1892, the well known actor, Harry Fischer, was shot at by Violet Gordon at the station.〔Morpeth Herald - Saturday 30 July 1892〕 She missed however, and was arrested by the police. The station was largely demolished in 1964/65 and replaced with a more utilitarian one by Taylor Bown and Miller, Architects (Harrogate). This coincided with the loss of three of the main routes through the town thanks to the Beeching Axe - both routes via Wetherby closing to passenger traffic on 6 January 1964 and the Leeds Northern route to via on 6 March 1967.〔Body, G. (1988), ''PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2'', Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1 , p.136〕 The York branch had also been included in Beeching's 1963 report, but it was reprieved in 1966 and remains open to this day. 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「Harrogate railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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