SideTracked - The Wharfedale Line - Baildon Traditional Cache
SideTracked - The Wharfedale Line - Baildon
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We have Motorway Mayhem. We have A-Road Anarchy (cos there aren’t many Motorways in Wales!). But what about public transport users? SideTracked Caches are intended to provide quick Cache-and-dashes at Train Stations.
It is hoped this idea will spread across the country in the same way as the MMs….but if hiding one PLEASE BE SENSIBLE and remember that in this day and age, public transport is under greater scrutiny than ever before, so, although these caches should be quick and easy grabs, PLEASE don’t place a Cache where it could cause alarm!!!
The Wharfedale Line is like a two pronged fork, one line runs from Leeds, initially on The Airedale Line, before leaving this at Apperly Bridge, on a single line to Esholt Junction where it joins the Bradford line, and then runs on to Guiseley the 1st station for Leeds trains.
The other line starts at Bradford Foster Square, Frizinghall, Shipley (where it crosses The Airedale Line), Baildon and then joins the Leeds branch to form the handle of the fork running via Guiseley, Menson, Burley in Wharfedale, Ben Rydding before terminating at Ilkey
The line was originally owned by the Midland Railway from Leeds to Burley-in-Wharfedale. At this point the line became joint property, with the North Eastern Railway, and was known as the Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway (O&IJt). The line originally carried on from Ilkley, this Midland line served Addingham, Bolton Abbey and Embsay to Skipton. The section from Embsay to Bolton Abbey has been reopened by enthusiasts and operates steam locomotives as the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.
A branch also left between Menston and Burley calling at Otley and Pool before joining the Harrogate Line at Arthington. The Otley By Pass follows the line of this former track. High Royds Hospital also had its own branch line
The line was electrified between 1994 and 1995, and is mainly served by four-coach Class 333 electric multiple units operated by Northern Rail
BAILDON
During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and Ilkley. During Monday to Saturday evenings it is hourly in each direction, and on Sundays it is two-hourly.
This station is between Guiseley and Shipley on the line which splits from the Leeds bound line at Esholt Junction. The section of line between the Esholt Junction and Shipley is single track. Shortly after leaving Esholt Junction towards Baildon trains pass through Esholt Tunnel, at 548 yards long, the longest tunnel on the Wharfedale Line
The station was closed in 1953, but re-opened on the 5th January 1973. Because of the single track running , one platform serves trains running in both directions. The opposite platform is disused and covered in weeds.
THIS CACHE IS WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY - AS LONG AS NOBODY IS PARKED IN THE DISABLED PARKING PLACE SO NEAR THE FENCE, YOU CANNOT GET A WHEELCAHIR BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE FENCE !!!
AS WITH ALL OUR CACHES - DO NOT POST A FIND IF YOU HAVE NOT FOUND THE PLASTIC . ANY LOGS ALONG THE LINES “I WENT BUT THE CACHE HAD GONE MISSING SO I’M CLAIMING IT ANYWAY” WILL BE DELETED
Additional Hints
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