Editing Penistone Line (section)

== Line details ==
[[File:Brockholes to Thurstonland Rail Tunnel.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Thurstonland Tunnel, 1970s]]
[[File:Huddersfield, Bradley Wood, Heaton Lodge, Thornhill, Mirfield & Dewsbury RJD 36.jpg|thumb|right|Railway lines through Huddersfield in 1911]]
[[File:Barnsley, Penistone, Batley RJD 3.jpg|thumb|right|Railway lines through Penistone and Barnsley in 1912]]

=== Huddersfield–Penistone ===
The first section of line between {{stnlnk|Huddersfield}} and {{stnlnk|Penistone}} was opened on 1 July 1850 by the [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] (L&YR). From the joint L&YR/[[London and North Western Railway]] Huddersfield station, trains ran south to Springwood Junction (south of Huddersfield) on the [[London and North Western Railway]] [[Leeds]]–[[Manchester]] main line, where the L&YR line began; from there the route was as follows:
* ''Springwood Tunnel''
* '''{{stnlnk|Lockwood}}'''
* ''Meltham Branch Junction'' was the junction for the now disused [[Meltham branch line]]
* ''[[Lockwood Viaduct]]''
* '''{{stnlnk|Berry Brow}}'''
* ''Robin Hood Tunnel''
* ''Honley Tunnel''
* '''{{stnlnk|Honley}}'''
* '''{{stnlnk|Brockholes}}''' was the junction for the now closed [[Holmfirth Branch Line]].
* ''Thurstonland Tunnel''
* '''{{stnlnk|Stocksmoor}}'''
* '''{{stnlnk|Shepley}}''' also serves [[Shelley, West Yorkshire|Shelley]]
* ''Clayton West Junction'' for the now closed [[Clayton West branch line]] [http://www.signalbox.org/gallery/lm/claytonwestjcn.php Clayton West Junction signal box]
* ''Cumberworth Tunnel''
* '''[[Denby Dale railway station|Denby Dale]]''' also serves [[Upper Cumberworth]] and Lower Cumberworth, and was originally ''Denby Dale & Cumberworth''
* ''[[Denby Dale Viaduct]]''
* ''Wellhouse Tunnel''
* ''[[Penistone Viaduct]]''
* '''{{stnlnk|Penistone}}''' The station was opened with the line; in 1874, a joint L&YR/[[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]] (GCR from 1899) station was built to replace the original M.S.& L.R. Penistone station which served only the line to Manchester. This line was closed to passenger traffic on 5 January 1970 and completely 11 years later.

The southern part of that section follows the upper reaches of the [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]].

=== Penistone–Barnsley–Sheffield ===
At Penistone, the route joins the former [[Great Central Railway]] (GCR) line from Manchester via the [[Woodhead Tunnel]], travelling eastwards. It deviates from the former main line towards [[Sheffield Victoria railway station|Sheffield Victoria]] at a point once known as Barnsley Junction; it then heads towards that town beyond which it takes a circuitous route via [[Wombwell]] before going south to Sheffield. The route is as follows:
* Penistone: the junction here was known originally as Huddersfield Junction.
* junction, originally Barnsley Junction, with the direct line to that town and West Silkstone Junction, a few miles further, via [[Worsborough]], to Wombwell and the now-closed [[Wath marshalling yard]] (freight-only)
* '''{{stnlnk|Silkstone Common}}''' (was Silkstone: the station was re-opened when the direct line to Sheffield closed and trains diverted via Barnsley on 16 May 1983)
* '''{{stnlnk|Dodworth}}''' (as for Silkstone – a re-opened station)
* {{stnlnk|Summer Lane}} (closed)
* the line then descends steeply, latterly at 1 in 50 to the former location of the junction which brought the M.S.& L. R. trains from [[Barnsley Court House railway station|Barnsley Court House]] to the Penistone line.
* the line joins the [[Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway]]'s line from Wakefield and enters the former Barnsley Exchange, rebuilt and renamed Barnsley Interchange.
* '''[[Barnsley Interchange]]'''. Barnsley was served by three railway companies: L&Y, GCR, and Midland; and by two stations: Exchange and Court House. The latter is now closed.  The Penistone Line continues to Sheffield, leaving the station over Jumble Lane crossing on tracks of the former [[South Yorkshire Railway]] (later Great Central) but only for a short distance.  A connection made in April 1960 by British Rail gave access to the Midland route towards Sheffield (and also enabled the closure of Court House station):
* junction for the [[Birdwell, South Yorkshire|Birdwell]] and [[Pilley, South Yorkshire|Pilley]] freight-only branch
* passes over Swaithe Viaduct high over the Worsborough line
* '''{{stnlnk|Wombwell}}''' (was Wombwell West)
* '''{{stnlnk|Elsecar}}''' (was Elsecar & Hoyland)
* Wentworth & Hoyland Common (closed)
* ''Tankersley Tunnel''
* '''{{stnlnk|Chapeltown}}''' (was Chapeltown South).(not all trains stop here – check WY Metro) This station being the first to be rebuilt under the guidance of the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive was moved some 500 yards further south and new approaches made from the town centre and via the ASDA car park.
* '''[[Meadowhall Interchange]]''' (the previous station on the site was named [[Wincobank railway station|Wincobank and Meadowhall]])
* {{stnlnk|Brightside}}, closed in the 1990s
* {{stnlnk|Attercliffe Road}}, closed in the 1990s.
* '''[[Sheffield Midland station|Sheffield Midland]]'''

Up until 1983, trains between Huddersfield and Sheffield travelled due south from Penistone direct to Sheffield via the old GCR line. The diversion to Barnsley officially opened in May 1983 and the line was marketed originally with the brand name of ''The Hurrier''.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Brown |editor1-first=Murray |title=Jane's Railway year |date=1984 |publisher=Jane's Publishing |location=London |isbn=0710603010 |page=128}}</ref>

=== Network Rail ===
The 32.6-km section of line from Springwood Junction (between Huddersfield and {{stnlnk|Lockwood}}) to Barnsley Station Junction (between {{stnlnk|Dodworth}} and {{stnlnk|Barnsley}}) constitutes Network Rail route LNE 15A.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ LNE 15A
|-
! Location
!M-[[chain (unit)|Ch]]
!km
|-
|align=left|''{{stnlnk|Barnsley}}''
|align=right|''&minus;0-11''
|align=right|''&minus;0.20''
|-
|align=left|Barnsley Station Junction
|align=right|0-00
|align=right|0.00
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Dodworth}}
|align=right|2-64
|align=right|4.50
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Silkstone Common}}
|align=right|4-22
|align=right|6.90
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Penistone}}
|align=right|7-25
|align=right|11.75
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Denby Dale}}
|align=right|11-30
|align=right|18.30
|-
|align=left|Clayton West Junction
|align=right|12-73
|align=right|20.80
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Shepley}}
|align=right|13-47
|align=right|21.85
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Stocksmoor}}
|align=right|14-35
|align=right|23.25
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Brockholes}}
|align=right|16-36
|align=right|26.45
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Berry Brow}}
|align=right|18-35
|align=right|29.65
|-
|align=left|{{stnlnk|Lockwood}}
|align=right|19-43
|align=right|31.45
|-
|align=left|Springwood Junction
|align=right|20-21
|align=right|32.60
|-
|align=left|''{{stnlnk|Huddersfield}}''
|align=right|''+ 0-40''
|align=right|''+ 0.80''
|}