 The station which was located on York Road was somewhat to the North East of the town at the time and consequently saw less usage than it might have otherwise and employed fewer people; in the 1851 census a porter was listed while by 1871 a porter and station master were both listed.Comparably the station on Linton Road in its heyday had around seven staff.To compensate for the distance from the town by the 1850s every train arriving in Wetherby was met by a coach from the Angel.