Hudson and Edmund Denison, the chairman of the GNR, met at the end of 1848 and agreed terms for the GNR to access York via Knottingley, the GNR dropping plans for its own line to York via .
The chairman of the GNR, Hudson and Edmund Denison, met in late 1848 and reached an agreement allowing the GNR to use the route through Knottingley to reach York, while the GNR gave up on its own plan to build a line to York via .