| 词条 | Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway |
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The Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway was a British railway company formed to connect the Midland and Great Central lines at Swinton, north of Rotherham, with the North Eastern Railway at Ferrybridge, near Knottingley, a distance of {{convert|16|mi}}, opening up a more direct route between York and the Sheffield area. OwnershipIt was jointly owned by the North Eastern Railway and the Midland Railway, and later was jointly worked by their successors the London and North Eastern Railway and the London Midland and Scottish Railway. OpeningThe line was opened on 1 May 1879, with intermediate stations at Ferrybridge (1882), Pontefract Baghill, Ackworth (1 July 1879), Moorthorpe, Frickley and Bolton-on-Dearne (1 July 1879).[1] The route todayThe route today forms the central section of the Dearne Valley Line from York to Sheffield, operated by Northern. The section from Swinton to Moorthorpe also serves as the main route from Sheffield to Leeds, known as the Wakefield Line, since the closure of the North Midland route via {{rws|Cudworth}} due to mining subsidence in 1985. References1. ^John Speller's Web Pages: Midland Railway - Swinton & Knottingley Joint Railway www.spellerweb.net; Retrieved 2014-02-12 {{England-rail-transport-stub}} 4 : Pre-grouping British railway companies|British joint railway companies|Swinton, South Yorkshire|Railway lines opened in 1879 |
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