Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway

[2] The line crossed the Knottingley and Goole Canal (part of the Aire and Calder Navigation) via a rolling bascule lifting bridge.

The stations were situated on the edge or between the villages in their titles, even Doncaster (York Road) was well north of the town, beyond the Avoiding Line.

It connected to the Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint at Braithwell junction and opened in 1909.

Eventually an act of parliament was passed in 1909 with the line as a joint H&BR and GC operation.

[4] The first closure came in 1939 with the south curve at York Road but the first main line closure, that from Bullcroft Junction to Aire Junction, took place in October 1958, however about one mile of this track was reopened in December 1961 and extended to Thorpe Marsh Power Station.