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In January 2019, Campaign for Better Transport released a report identifying the line via Otley which was listed as Priority 2 for reopening. Priority 2 is for those lines which require further development or a change in circumstances (such as housing developments).
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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.
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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
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The trackbed between Burley in Wharfedale, Otley and Pool is to become a
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Abandoned weighbridge in the grounds of the former station, 2008
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Railway junction diagram showing the Otley branch line in 1914
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2009 photograph by T.J. Blackwell & 1888 source quote
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track bed
Otley
City of Leeds
53°54′04″N 1°41′29″W / 53.90099°N 1.69138°W / 53.90099; -1.69138
Grid reference
SE203450
North Eastern Railway
Midland Railway

Otley
West Yorkshire
England
Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway
North Eastern Railway
Midland Railway
Arthington
Ilkley
Menston
The Chevin
cycleway
footpath
equestrian
Wharfedale Greenway
Pool-in-Wharfedale
Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway
Midland Railway
Burley-in-Wharfedale
Menston
"The Midland railway, its rise and progress, a narrative of modern enterprise"

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