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Encyclopedia > Dearne Valley Line
Dearne Valley Line
Principal stations
Sheffield
Meadowhall
Rotherham Central
Swinton
Moorthorpe
Pontefract Baghill
Sherburn-in-Elmet
Church Fenton
Ulleskelf
York

The Dearne Valley Line is one of the named British railway lines in the north of England. It runs from York via Pontefract Baghill and Moorthorpe to Sheffield. The railways over which the Line runs were, before the 1923 Grouping, owned as follows: Sheffield Midland Station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, England. ... Meadowhall railway station is located in the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ... Rotherham Central railway station is in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. ... Swinton railway station is in Swinton, South Yorkshire. ... Moorthorpe railway station serves Moorthorpe, West Yorkshire. ... Pontefract Baghill railway station is the least busy of the three railway stations in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. ... Sherburn in Elmet railway station serves Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire. ... Church Fenton railway station serves Church Fenton, North Yorkshire. ... Ulleskelf railway station serves Ulleskelf, North Yorkshire. ... The approach to York station and the Royal York hotel York railway station is a main-line railway station in the historic city of York. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Pontefract Baghill railway station is the least busy of the three railway stations in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ...

  • York - Ferrybridge: North Eastern Railway
  • Ferrybridge - Bolton on Dearne: Swinton & Knottingley Railway (owned jointly by the North Eastern Railway and the Midland Railway)
  • Bolton on Dearne - Sheffield: Midland Railway.

It serves the following places: The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed from 1844 to 1922. ...


York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... The Harrogate Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... The York & Selby line is a railway connecting Leeds with Selby, Hull, York and Scarborough in the north of England. ... Sherburn-in-Elmet is a village close to Selby, North Yorkshire. ... Pontefract Castle in its heyday Pontefract (from the Latin for Broken Bridge) is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 (or Great North Road), the M62 motorway, and Castleford. ... A small village within the Borough of Rotherham, located in South Yorkshire, England. ... The Wakefield line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... Map sources for Rotherham at grid reference SK4392 Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England, built upon the River Don near the confluence of the Don and the Rother. ... Meadowhall is a large shopping centre located three miles northeast of central Sheffield, England. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ... The Penistone Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ... The Hallam Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ...

Railway lines in Northern England:
Main lines:  Cross-Country Route   East Coast Main Line   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line
 Hope Valley Line   Liverpool-Manchester Line    Manchester-Preston Line   Settle-Carlisle Line
Commuter lines:  Airedale Line   Caldervale Line   Cheshire Line   Dearne Valley Line   Glossop Line   Hallam Line  
 Harrogate Line   Huddersfield Line   Lancaster-Heysham Line   Leeds-Bradford Lines  
 Liverpool-Wigan Line    Manchester Airport Line   Northern Line (Merseyrail)   Oldham Loop Line  
 Pontefract Line   Sheffield-Hull Line   Sheffield-Lincoln Line   Stockport-Stalybridge Line  
 Wakefield Line   Warrington Link Line   Wharfedale Line   Wirral Line   York & Selby Lines
Rural lines:  Barton Line   Borderlands Line   Buxton Line   Cumbrian Coast Line   Doncaster-Lincoln Line  
 Durham Coast Line   Esk Valley Line   Furness Line   Hull-York Line   
 Oxenholme-Windermere Line   Penistone Line   Ribble Valley Line   Tees Valley Line  
 Tyne Valley Line   Yorkshire Coast Line

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The Bittern Line is a railway line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham in Norfolk.
The line was opened between Norwich and North Walsham in 1874 by the East Norfolk Railway, and it reached Cromer by 1877.
The rest of the line, between Cromer and Sheringham, was opened in 1887, and is the remains of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable.
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