Ilkley

CRS Code	ILK
Collected date	16/05/10

Ilkley is the end of the Wharfedale Line, on the edge of the eponymous moor. We took a walk along the edge of the moor from nearby Ben Rhydding. Without a hat, since you ask.

The front of the station, which is now mostly shops and restaurants:

Looking east at the station front:

The central part of the front of Ilkley station building:

The blue plaque tells the history of the station:

Looking west at the front:

The eastern side of the main station building:

An entrance to the station to the east of the station building:

An ornate lamp next to this entrance:

On platform 1, looking west. The side entrance can be identified by the lamp:

Under the glass canopy on platform 1:

Looking west under the canopy on platform 1:

At the western end of platform 1, the portal leading to the main front entrance:

Inside the entrance "booking hall", looking towards the platforms:

This plaque commemorates the redevelopment of the station in 1989:

Looking east from behind the buffers at Ilkley:

This fence separates the station area from the car park and the area now occupied by a supermarket:

Looking west on platform 2, under the glass canopy:

Further along platform 2, looking west at the station building:

Looking east along platform 2, showing the footbridge which spans the tracks:

The station once had platforms 3 and 4 as through platforms, leading onwards to Skipton, but now these platforms are the station car park:

The north side entrance to the station, allowing one access either to platform 2 and the trains, or to the footbridge which spans the tracks:

The retaining wall of the station to the north of the line, on Railway Road:

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