South Yorkshire Railway

Overview

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The South Yorkshire Railway was a railway company with lines in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Initially promoted as the South Yorkshire Coal Railway in 1845, the railway was enabled by the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway Act 1847 as the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway Company which incorporated into it the permitted line of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway south of Barnsley, the River Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canals; and had permission for a line from Swinton to Doncaster and other branches.²

Former names

• South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company1850 to 1874¹
• South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway1847 to 1850¹

Timeline

1. 1874Dissolved Dissolved¹
2. 1850Renamed Name changed to South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company¹
3. Jul 22, 1847Founded Founded¹

Links

• WikipediaSouth Yorkshire Railway
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ7569005