Hallam Line
The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford[1] in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England.The line is named after the manor of Hallam which included Sheffield at the time of the Domesday Book (1086).Before the 1923 grouping the route followed by the line was owned as follows: 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 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.
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