to restore Ripon railway link. In October 2015, North Yorkshire County Council included the reopening in its Strategic Transport Prospectus which was submitted to Transport for the North. In February 2016 the County Council included it in its Local Transport Plan, but it is accepted that it is unlikely to happen until after 2030. The Harrogate to Northallerton line has been identified by Campaign for a Better Transport as a priority 1 candidate for reopening. In 2019, the English Regional Transport Association proposed a re-opened railway between Harrogate and Northallerton would cost £40 million and attract 2,700 passengers per day. These figures were based on a single track railway. Network Rail were supportive of the proposal as it affords them an alternative route south from Northallerton. List of stations from Leeds (closed) Holbeck Low Level (closed) opened 1988 (closed) (closed) (opened 1992) : The Harrogate loop was completed in 1862 : The original route via Starbeck opened in 1848 (closed June 1962) (closed June 1962) (closed) (closed) Melmerby was a junction with the original line to Baldersby, Topcliffe and Thirsk (closed 1959) Melmerby was also the junction for the line to Tanfield and Masham (1875-1931 for passengers -1963 for goods) At Melmerby South, there was the junction for a short branch to a Ministry of Supply Ordnance Depot. (closed 1962) (closed 1959) (closed 1939) See also List of closed railway lines in Great Britain List of closed railway stations in Britain Notes References External links Reopening of Harrogate to Ripon line feasibility study PDF (archived) Rail transport in West Yorkshire Rail transport in North Yorkshire Railway lines opened in 1852 Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber 1852 establishments in England