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For the
December 2011 timetable change, the company announced that it wished to remove the stops at Pontefract and divert its remaining services via Adwick to significantly reduce journey times, but permission for this from the ORR was not forthcoming. In December 2013 Grand Central services started
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smashed through the barriers after fleeing from a burglary, and smashed into two waiting cars at the other side of the crossing. This resulting in a full road closure, major delays to the freight services and to the London King's Cross to
Bradford Interchange service. Four barriers were totally
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in
January 1871 saw the end of regular express trains using the route, but it remained busy with goods traffic, mainly coal from various collieries along its length and continued to carry a local stopping service from Wakefield to Doncaster until closure to passengers on 27 September 1948.
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This level crossing is a CCTV level crossing controlled by Norton Signal Box. On
Thursday 26 February 2009, at around 1 pm, an HGV lorry smashed into the barriers, causing delays to freight services.
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Norton level crossing is right next to Norton signal box which controls most of the level crossings on the Askern branch line. On
Thursday 21 June 2012, a
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to bridge the ECML and join the line just north of Askern
Junction. This allows coal trains from the deep water import terminal at
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786:(with which it made an end-on junction at Askern) giving the latter company its initial access to Leeds (using part of the current
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without needing to join the ECML at Joan Croft
Junction and use a 15-mile (24 km) section from there towards
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On Monday 3 December 1849, a rear collision with a vehicle resulted in a derailment. Four people were injured.
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After a more than 70-year hiatus, regular scheduled passenger services were restarted by open-access operator
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1080:"Updated plans to improve journeys for thousands of passengers to go on display in Askern, Doncaster"
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Class 66 locomotive, no. 66162, passing Walden Stubbs on the Askern branch line with a coal train
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from the May 2010 timetable change, with the first services running as planned on 23 May 2010.
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The line remains open to freight traffic, and passenger trains diverted when either the
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carried out upgrade works at the southern end of the line between 2012 and 2014. A new
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replaced them. Further investigation of the level crossing crash is still underway.
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in 1850, which gave access to the York & North
Midland Railway's line from
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1021:"ORR Track Access Applications Decision for the ECML 28 January 2009"
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1058:"Grand Central on Track to Deliver Extra Service in Yorkshire"
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PSL Field Guides – Railways of the
Eastern Region Volume 2
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was constructed that permits freight services from the ex-
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The opening of a direct line from
Shaftholme Junction to
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on 6 June 1848 and running powers were granted to the
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1135:"Doncaster North Chord grade separation completed"
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1679:Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
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1684:Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
1538:Middlesbrough–Guisborough–Normanby
794:with the opening of a branch from
780:Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
14:
1776:Rail transport in North Yorkshire
1771:Rail transport in South Yorkshire
1781:Rail transport in West Yorkshire
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1109:National Infrastructure Planning
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901:West Riding and Grimsby Railway
619:West Riding and Grimsby Railway
553:West Riding and Grimsby Railway
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1730:North Holderness Light Railway
1458:Bradford–Leeds & Wakefield
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1699:North Yorkshire Moors Railway
1648:York–Market Weighton–Beverley
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1786:Railway lines opened in 1848
1669:Derwent Valley Light Railway
1633:Wetherby–Cross Gates (Leeds)
1105:"North Doncaster Rail Chord"
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133:London North Eastern Railway
1766:Rail transport in Doncaster
1383:Leeds–Northallerton railway
927:, was opened in June 2014.
856:, Knottingley, then on via
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1488:Harrogate Gasworks Railway
1408:South Humberside Main Line
917:Aire valley power stations
1735:Sand Hutton Light Railway
1725:Nidd Valley Light Railway
1720:Colsterdale Light Railway
1533:Middlesbrough–Guisborough
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1674:Elsecar Heritage Railway
1608:Sowerby Bridge–Rishworth
1498:Hull–Barnsley (Cudworth)
891:Infrastructure operator
57:Yorkshire and the Humber
1653:York–York (Foss Island)
1493:Huddersfield–Kirkburton
1483:Harrogate–Church Fenton
996:"West Riding Timetable"
915:to run directly to the
905:Hatfield and Stainforth
1628:Thirsk and Malton line
1312:Sheffield–Lincoln line
1302:Doncaster–Lincoln line
944:Haywood level crossing
832:Doncaster – Leeds line
784:Great Northern Railway
1563:Pilmoor–Knaresborough
1543:Huddersfield–Bradford
1478:Gilling and Pickering
1473:Dearne Valley Railway
953:Norton level crossing
936:Askern level crossing
925:Doncaster North Chord
778:It was opened by the
766:, where it joins the
1578:Royston to Thornhill
1463:Brockholes–Holmfirth
1413:Stocksbridge Railway
1378:Leeds–Bradford lines
1317:Settle–Carlisle line
1297:Leeds–Morecambe line
1230:East Coast Main Line
850:Bradford Interchange
792:East Coast Main Line
740:East Coast Main Line
689:East Coast Main Line
497:East Coast Main Line
1704:Wensleydale Railway
1613:Skipton–Grassington
1553:Nunthorpe–Battersby
1503:Hull and Holderness
1468:Clayton West branch
1251:Cross Country Route
858:Pontefract Monkhill
846:London King's Cross
1740:Whistlestop Valley
1583:Scarborough–Whitby
1513:Knaresborough–York
1453:Barnsley–Doncaster
1353:Dearne Valley line
1348:Calder Valley line
1338:Askern branch line
1115:on 14 October 2013
1000:Grand Central Rail
862:Wakefield Kirkgate
720:Askern branch line
280:Askern Branch Line
21:Askern branch line
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1694:North Bay Railway
1689:Middleton Railway
1523:Low Moor–Mirfield
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1418:Swinton–Doncaster
1368:Huddersfield line
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1235:Midland Main Line
1159:Body, G. (1988).
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880:in January 2009.
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1573:Rosedale Railway
1568:Queensbury lines
1548:Lockwood–Meltham
1528:Malton–Driffield
1508:Hull and Hornsea
1433:York–Scarborough
1373:Hull–Scarborough
1292:Hope Valley line
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121:DB Cargo UK
113:Operator(s)
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