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of Rothwell, Leeds
1883 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]
1889 Engineers are George Hopkins and Mammatt and White.[2]
1908 The line is a little over 9 miles in length. [3]
1923 Became part of London and North Eastern Railway [4]
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