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 LNER Class A4 4498Sir Nigel Gresley passing the formerBrightside station | |||
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| Owner | Network Rail | ||
| Locale | West Yorkshire South Yorkshire | ||
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge | ||
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TheHallam Line is a railway connectingLeeds andSheffield viaCastleford[1] in theWest Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. It is a slower route from Leeds to Sheffield than theWakefield line. Services on this line are operated byNorthern Trains. Services from Leeds toNottingham also use the line.
West Yorkshire MetroCards are available on trains between Leeds andDarton, north ofBarnsley and South Yorkshire Travelmaster tickets are available in the South Yorkshire area.
The line is named after the manor of Hallam which included Sheffield at the time of theDomesday Book (1086). At this time the local area was known asHallamshire—the namesHallam andHallamshire are still used today by many local companies and organisations.
Before the1923 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 theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway until nationalisation in 1948. Midland Railway trains made use ofBarnsley 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.
Trains on the line serve the following places; some stations may no longer be open:
Stations from here to Sheffield are also on the Penistone line:
From here the two railways – MidR and GCR had parallel lines to Sheffield. The latter line is closed and lifted.
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