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. The services on the Line connect Leeds and Sheffield via Barnsley in the North of England. Because of its route it is a slower route from Leeds to Sheffield than the Wakefield line, although there is a fast service operated on the Line. West Yorkshire MetroCards are available on trains to Darton, north of Barnsley. Northern Rail is the new name of the passenger rail franchise operating local services in the North of England. ... Metro is the title adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and Executive in England, made up of councillors from the five local councils: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. ... Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the south of England. ... Map sources for Barnsley at grid reference SE3406 Barnsley is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, lying on the River Dearne, approximately twenty kilometres north of Sheffield. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The Wakefield line is a railway connecting Leeds and Wakefield with Sheffield and Doncaster in the north of England. ...

Origin of name

The line is named after the manor of Hallam which included Sheffield at the time of the Domesday Book (1086). At this time the local area was known as Hallamshire—the names Hallam and Hallamshire are still used today by many local companies and organisations. Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was like a census by the government today. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ... Hallamshire is the name given to an area of South Yorkshire, England. ...

History

Before the 1923 Grouping the route followed by the Line was owned as follows: The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping forcibly merged British railway companies into The Big Four, as of 1st January 1923. ...

• Leeds - Normanton: Midland Railway (MidR)
• Normanton - Barnsley: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
• Barnsley - Sheffield: Midland Railway

After 1921 the entire route became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway until 1948 when the network was nationalised. Normanton is the name of several places in the United Kingdom: Normanton, Derby City, England Normanton, Leicestershire, England Normanton, Lincolnshire, England Normanton, Nottinghamshire, England Normanton, Rutland, England Normanton, West Yorkshire, England Normanton le Heath, Leicestershire Normanton on Soar, Nottinghamshire Normanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire Normanton on Trent, Nottinghamshire There are... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a pre-grouping (1923) British railway company. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...

Route details

Trains on the Line serve the following places; some stations may no longer be open:

• Leeds City station: in MR days trains would have operated from Wellington station. Here there is a triangular junction with the line to Bradford. The line from here to Castleford is also served by Pontefract Line services.
• Hunslet (Closed)
• here was the junction with the East & West Yorkshire Union Railway (MidR/Great Northern Railway (GNR) joint: it was a direct connection to Wakefield via Rothwell
• Woodlesford
• Methley: station closed
• between here and Castleford there were several junctions: with the Methley Joint Railway GNR/L&YR/North Eastern Railway (NER); with the NER line Leeds to York; and with the Swinton & Knottingley Railway to Pontefract
• Castleford
• Normanton
• here the MidR main line to Sheffield branches off: our route now uses the L&YR metals
• Wakefield Kirkgate (Also served by the Pontefract and Huddersfield Lines
• Sandal (Closed as of 2005)
• Horbury Junction (Closed) for the now-closed L&YR line to Dewsbury
• Crigglestone (Closed)
• here is Woolley Tunnel 1745 yds (1570m)
• Haigh (Closed)
• Darton
• here was Silkstone Junction for the freight line to Silkstone.
• Barnsley: junction for the Great Central Railway and the stations served by Penistone Line services via Huddersfield; stations from here to Sheffield are also on that Line:
• Dovecliffe (Closed)
• Wombwell
• Elsecar was Elsecar & Hoyland
• Chapeltown: here the two railways - MidR and GCR had parallel lines to Sheffield. The latter line is closed.
• Ecclesfield (Closed)
• Meadowhall: was Wincobank and Meadow Hall
• Brightside (Closed)
• Sheffield (Also served by the Wakefield and Dearne Valley Lines)

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External links

• Includes a map of the line and gives details of Metrocard fares