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493:) use the spur and call at the station. This connecting line is now effectively the main line, and it splits from the S & K route immediately north of the station, with the track to York then bridging the GNR main line on its way northwards. This junction (and the adjacent loops to the south of the station) was controlled from the nearby Midland Railway signal box until May 2011, but following signalling equipment renewal work the area is now under the control of the ROC at York. 146: 762: 135: 25: 359: 346: 333: 320: 307: 473:
to Leeds line at South Kirkby Junction. Upon opening, Moorthorpe marked the northern limit of the part of the line maintained by the Midland Railway; the southern end of the intersection bridge over the Doncaster to Leeds line, marked the actual boundary. North of that point, the North Eastern
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and Sheffield Mondays to Saturdays only. There are no Sunday trains on this route, but one return trip to York is operated by a rail-replacement bus in the late afternoon.
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A footbridge was opened at the station at the end of May 2010; previously passengers had to cross the tracks at a flat crossing.
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After the station was reduced to the status of an unstaffed halt in the 1980s, the station building was converted into a
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Railway undertook the maintenance. Moorthorpe station is of North Eastern Railway design, as is Pontefract Baghill.
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scheme. A short chord was also built at the same time to link the S&K Joint line with the main
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This latter connection is now part of the main line between Sheffield and Leeds, and is used by
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tickets are valid to and from this station on services into South Yorkshire.
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Monday to Saturdays, an hourly service operates from Moorthorpe to
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Andy Savage (30 April 2014). "Conserving the railway's past".
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Three trains each way operate on the Dearne Valley line to
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miles (29.4 km) north of Sheffield and is served by
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The station is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from
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The station is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from
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Former Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway stations
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Moorthorpe
South Kirkby
City of Wakefield
53°35′42″N 1°18′18″W / 53.5949°N 1.3050°W / 53.5949; -1.3050
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Moorthorpe
South Kirkby
West Yorkshire
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Dearne Valley Line
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