Otley railway station

Otley
Location
Place	Otley
Area	City of Leeds
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE203450
Operations
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway and Midland Railway (joint)
Platforms	2
History
1865	Opened
1965	Closed
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File:Abandoned Railway Cutting in Otley.jpg

An abandoned stone bridge spans the former track bed.

Otley railway station was a railway station serving the town of Otley in West Yorkshire, England. It was opened as a joint venture on the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway, constructed by the North Eastern Railway and the Midland Railway, on 1 February 1865. The station was closed on 22 March 1965. The Otley branch line joined Arthington, in the east, to Ilkley and Menston in the west via a junction known as Milnerwood. The length of the line was about six miles and spanned a range of terrain at the foot of The Chevin with a substantial cutting through a sandstone ridge near Milnerwood which can still be seen today by walking the footpath along the old track bed.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Pool-in-Wharfedale		Midland Railway		Burley-in-Wharfedale or Menston

External links

• Information and pictures about Otley Station
• Otley station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
• Railway junction diagram showing the Otley branch line in 1914