East and West Yorkshire Union Railway
of Rothwell, Leeds
- 1893 Company was incorporated.
- The 9.5 mile line ran from the H&BR at Drax to the GNR at Ardsley and was a local project set up by the Charlesworth family for the needs of their collieries. It opened in 1895.[1]
- 1908 The line is a little over 9 miles in length. [2]
- 1923 Became part of London and North Eastern Railway [3]