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 .
Hudson and Edmund Denison, the chairman of the GNR, agreed on terms at the end of 1848 for the GNR to utilize the Knottingley route to access York, while the GNR canceled its plans for a direct line to York.