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Wetherby Racecourse railway station

1924 establishments in England1959 disestablishments in EnglandDisused railway stations in LeedsFormer London and North Eastern Railway stationsPages with no open date in Infobox station
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1924Use British English from June 2016Wetherby
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Wetherby Racecourse railway station was a railway station on the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line serving Wetherby Racecourse in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. When Wetherby's original station on York Road closed in 1902, for two decades the only rail access was via Wetherby's new station on Linton Road. This was some distance from the racecourse, involving a walk of just over 2 miles. There was therefore a station built at Wetherby Racecourse in 1924, with a ticket booth of wooden construction, starter signals, a ground frame and a footbridge. It even boasted electrical lighting and its own nameboard. It was located on the line going south east towards Tadcaster and Church Fenton and had two platforms; one for each running line.Race specials would stop at this 'Racecourse station', about three quarters of a mile from Linton Road towards Thorp Arch. These specials came from Leeds, Doncaster and Bradford Exchange and Sheffield.Reports vary as to when it closed; one report says it stayed open until 1963 with Racecourse Specials running to the station from Bradford Exchange on racedays, whilst another publication states that it was last used on Whit Monday 18 May 1959 and was demolished in 1962. The line closed in 1964.

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Wetherby Racecourse railway station
York Road, Leeds Wetherby

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Wetherby Racecourse

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LS22 5EJ Leeds, Wetherby
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Wetherby Steeplechase Committee Ltd

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wetherbyracing.co.uk

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