These are 11 of Yorkshire's lost railways

These are some of Yorkshire's vanished rail routes.
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Spofforth Viaduct

Most closed in the 1960s, after the infamous Beeching Report recommended the mothballing of underused, unprofitable branch lines and country stations. Towns such as Richmond, Ripon and Wetherby lost their stations entirely. Many of the old lines have now been built over, while some have become heritage railways, greenways or cycle paths.