Railway Stations of Yorkshire

The Leeds-Selby line was the first to be built in Yorkshire in 1834 - and some of the original station can still be seen in Selby (more of it in our Selby film). Most of the railways were centred on York, as George Hudson, "The Railway King", mayor of York, saw that it would be a great boon to the city - indeed, the medieval wall was breeched to allow it in. Although today's station, one of Britain's best, was later moved outside the wall. He was also responsible for the Pickering-Whitby line (1836) that was horsedrawn for the first 10 years. The 24 miles of line, run by the North York Moors Railway today, make it the longest steam heritage railway line in Britain. There's also film of the Worth Valley line (Keighley, Haworth); the Settle-Carlisle line, as well as a look at the lines closed by Dr Beeching in the early 1960s, where the former stations can still be seen. And... not forgetting Huddersfield station, that looks like a stately home!

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