Whitley Bridge railway station line to be put through the formal closure process. The line is however also used for freight traffic to/from Drax Power Station. Whitley Bridge railway station Whitley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Eggborough and Whitley in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is east of . It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1848, on their line between and Goole via . The station is unmanned and has only basic amenities – no permanent buildings remain other than standard glass and metal shelters on each platform. There is a single
Hensall, North Yorkshire a collection of post-war homes, built in the 1950s. Half a mile west along Weeland Road from the Station Road crossroads is a small collection of homes in an area known as Eggborough Ings. The homes in this area connect with Wand Lane to the north, and the core part of the village, via Hazel Old Lane. Hensall is located in the historic county of Yorkshire, and was previously part of the West Riding. From 1938 to 1974 the village was part of the Osgoldcross Rural District. Following the Local Government Act of 1972 Hensall became part of the ceremonial