Editing Wetherby (section)

==Transport==
===Roads===
For many years from 1959, the town's bypass started at a roundabout near a [[Forte Group]] Posthouse hotel until July 1988 when the A1 was diverted at a cost of £11.5 million. On 18 December 2004, the northern section of the bypass was diverted to a new section of the A1(M), around Kirk Deighton, after construction work had begun in August 2003. The upgrade of the section between Bramham and Wetherby started in July 2007 and was completed in 2009.<ref name="gnn">{{cite web |url=http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=296271&NewsAreaID=2 |title=Wetherby resident marks official start of work on £61 million A1 Bramham to Wetherby upgrade scheme |access-date=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155128/http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=296271&NewsAreaID=2 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |date=3 July 2007 |publisher=Highways Agency (Yorkshire and Humber) |work=Government News Network}}</ref>

The upgrading of the A1 included the construction of [[Wetherby Services]] at the Wetherby North Junction.  The upgrading of the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1(M)]] in Wetherby was the final development after 50 years of gradual improvement to motorway standard. A new road links all routes in and out of the town with the A1(M).<ref>[http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5541.aspx Highways Agency – A1 Darrington to Dishforth<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417222742/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5541.aspx |date=17 April 2010 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5526.aspx Highways Agency – A1(M) Bramham to Wetherby<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118200404/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5526.aspx |date=18 January 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5451.aspx|title=Highways Agency – M1 – A1 Lofthouse to Bramham<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

===Buses===
Wetherby bus station in the Market Place was redeveloped in 1995;<ref name="wypta">{{cite web |publisher=West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority |title=Wetherby Bus Station |url= http://www.wymetro.com/AboutMetro/BusStationsAndStops/WetherbyBusStation.htm |access-date= 4 August 2007}}</ref> since partial [[pedestrianisation]] in 2007, capacity has been reduced. 

Bus routes are operated predominantly by:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/wetherby |title=Wetherby bus services |website=Bustimes.org |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>

* [[Arriva Yorkshire]] operates services to [[Wakefield]], via [[Garforth]]
* [[Connexionsbuses]] to [[Harrogate]], [[York]] and [[Otley]]
* [[Harrogate Bus Company]] to Leeds, Deighton Bar and Harrogate
* 21 Transport to Harrogate and [[Knaresborough]].

===Railway===
The nearest railway stations are at {{rws|Pannal}} and {{rws|Cattal}}, which are both on the [[Harrogate Line]]; [[Northern Trains]] operates services to {{rws|Leeds}}, {{rws|Harrogate}}, {{rws|Knaresborough}} and {{rws|York}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=11 February 2025 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables}}</ref>

Wetherby had two railway stations, but both were closed as part of the [[Beeching cuts|Beeching Axe]] in 1964:<ref name="davidhey">{{cite web |url=http://www.davidheyscollection.com/page3.htm |title=The Beeching Axe |publisher=David Hey |access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>

* {{rws|Wetherby (Linton Road)}} on the [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]]'s [[Cross Gates to Wetherby Line]]
* {{rws|Wetherby (York Road)}} on the York and North Midland Railway Company's [[Harrogate to Church Fenton Line]].

===Air===
The closest airport is [[Leeds Bradford International Airport]], in [[Yeadon, West Yorkshire|Yeadon]].