10-799: The South Yorkshire Junction Railway was a railway which ran from Wrangbrook Junction on the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway to near Denaby Main Colliery Village , South Yorkshire . It was nominally an independent company sponsored by the Denaby and Cadeby Colliery Company but was worked by the Hull and Barnsley Railway . The SYJR received its act of Parliament, the South Yorkshire Junction Railway Act 1890 ( 53 & 54 Vict. c. ccxiii), on 14 August 1890, and opened for goods traffic on 1 September 1894 and for passengers on 1 December
20-714: The Great Central Railway 's Doncaster-Sheffield line just west of Conisbrough station . This section ran to sidings serving a limestone quarry operated by the Steetley Dolomite company. It saw its last main line traffic in July 1975, although it continued to be used as a link by the National Coal Board to transfer traffic between Cadeby Colliery and Denaby Main Colliery, where the N.C.B. had wagon repair facilities, until
30-401: The Denaby end, being about 250 yards (230 m) long. A branch to Brodsworth colliery was added in 1908 from Pickburn. Goods traffic lasted longer than passenger traffic. Most of the line, including the branch which served Brodsworth Colliery , was closed on 7 August 1967. A short stub remained after this date, extending northwards from Lowfield Junction, the line's southern connection with
40-455: The branch to Denaby on 1 September 1894 and the one to Wath on 31 March 1902. Originally three signal boxes controlled the junctions: "Wrangbrook North" on the south side of the main line by the Denaby branch; "Wrangbrook South" on the west side of the Denaby branch and "Wrangbrook West" on the west side of the Wath branch. In 1934 South and West boxes were closed and control passed to North box which
50-691: The collieries closed in 1986. Wrangbrook Junction Wrangbrook Junction near Upton in West Yorkshire was a location where two lines branched off the Hull and Barnsley Railway main line from Hull Cannon Street to Cudworth . The first junction led to Denaby and Conisbrough on the South Yorkshire Junction Railway , and after some four chains (80 m) further the Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway to Wath diverged. The line between Hull and Cudworth had opened on 20 July 1885,
60-475: The northerly direction at parts, including a 1 in 100 rise after Denaby, and another steep rise near Wrangbrook, 3 miles (5 km) long being between built at a grade of 1 in 100 or 1 in 112. It crossed the Great Northern and Great Central Joint line 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) after Wrangbrook junction, a short tunnel "Cadeby Tunnel" was required around 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) from
70-632: The same year. The passenger service lasted less than 9 years, the last trains running on 1 February 1903. Intermediate passenger stations were at Sprotborough and Pickburn and Brodsworth . The Hull and Barnsley Railway was absorbed into the North Eastern Railway in 1922 and then to the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping. The line was over 11 miles (18 km) in length, with many embankments and cuttings, it also had steep uphill grades in
80-617: The single line railway. The main building, a single storey wooden structure with brick-built chimneys, was situated on the Hull-bound platform, as was the signal cabin which contained a 10 lever frame. The Denaby-bound platform was provided with a wooden waiting shelter. A house for the station master was built nearby and still stands. The station opened on 1 December 1894. It closed to passengers on 2 February 1903, and totally in August 1964. The village of Sprotborough had also been served by
90-429: Was a small station on the South Yorkshire Junction Railway , which ran south from Wrangbrook Junction , where it joined the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway . It was situated between Denaby and Conisbrough and Pickburn and Brodsworth station. See also Sprotborough (SYR) railway station. The station, consisting of two flanking platforms, was situated at a passing loop (which closed on 27 April 1967), on
100-672: Was renamed "Wrangbrook Junction". The line between Wrangbrook Junction and Little Weighton was closed on 6 April 1959. The section from Moorhouse to Wrangbrook Junction followed on 30 September 1963), and the lines between Wrangbrook Junction and Monckton and Sprotborough both closed on 7 August 1967. Railways in South Yorkshire C.T. Goode. Dalesman publishing, 1975. ISBN 0-85206-307-5 53°36′53″N 1°15′21″W / 53.6148°N 1.2558°W / 53.6148; -1.2558 Sprotborough (H%26B) railway station Sprotborough (H&B) railway station
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