Editing Hallam Line (section)

==History==
Before the [[Railways Act 1921|1923 grouping]] the route followed by the line was owned as follows:
* Leeds–Methley: [[Midland Railway]]
* Methley–Normanton: [[Midland Railway]] 
* Methley–Castleford–Normanton: [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]]
:(alternate route since 1988)
* Normanton–Barnsley: [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]
* Barnsley, Jumble Lane to Quarry Junction: [[Great Central Railway]]
* Barnsley, Quarry Junction to Sheffield: [[Midland Railway]] 

After 1921, the entire route, except Methley to Normanton via Castleford, and the short stretch from Barnsley (Jumble Lane) to Quarry Junction, became part of the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] until nationalisation in 1948. Midland Railway trains made use of {{rws|Barnsley Court House}} station to avoid contact with Great Central or LNER rails.

The route that now exists as the Hallam Line was not possible until 1960 when BR added a connection at Barnsley (Quarry Junction) to allow trains to use Exchange station and reach the Midland line to Sheffield.