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The major structure of the line is the 840-foot-long (260 m) Castleford
Viaduct over the River Aire. It has a bow string centre section with two long plate girder approach spans, supported by sets of tubular steel piers (nine on the southern side, ten on the northern). Due to corrosion, it is in
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Passenger trains between
Castleford and Garforth continued from and to Leeds, serving also the intermediate stations between Garforth and Leeds. Whilst the NER supplied six to seven trains per day at the start, the LNER reduced the service to five trains per day which after nationalisation had become
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Whilst the line served a sparse population, its original intended purpose of moving coal kept it in traffic until the 1990s. Coal was forwarded out from
Allerton Bywater, Allerton Main, Kippax, Lowther and Primrose Hill Collieries. Since 1958, Bowers Disposal Point was the forwarding location for
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poor condition. A plate girder bridge led the line across
Wheldon Road in Castleford. This was demolished in the 2000s to remove a highway height restriction, while the bridges over Brecks Lane (west of Kippax) and over Ninelands Lane were removed after closure (exact dates unknown).
1161:. One other coal mine, Trench Colliery, was located near to Garforth and its siding faced north, so that it only traversed a small section of the line. Trench Colliery closed down in 1930 and all freight traffic between Garforth and Ledston ended on 14 July 1969.
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miles (2.4 km) of track were retained from
Castleford East Junction to Ledston to serve Allerton Bywater Colliery and Bowers Row Disposal Point, and later RJB Mining's Ledston Unloading Hopper Compound. These services ended on 6 June 1998.
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The tracks north of
Ledston have been lifted, and the line has been partly overbuilt in Garforth. About 4 miles (6.4 km) of the line between Silkstone Square in Allerton Bywater and Ninelands Lane on Garforth are now used as a
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was taken to the tips at
Allerton Bywater. This service used National Coal Board (NCB) locomotives with NCB drivers who were qualified to drive on the BR owned branch. These trains ceased in 1987 with the closure of Wheldale. About
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1038:. The route was developed to allow coal to be transported from the area, though a passenger service was operated between 1878 and 1951. Initially promoted by
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considered reopening the line to run more services between
Castleford and Leeds, but the costs were considered prohibitive given the low population numbers.
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1153:
as little as three per day. All local passenger trains were stopped in
January 1951, but excursions and diverted passenger trains continued until 1969.
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at
Castleford East Junction, turning north and crossing Wheldon Road on a plate girder bridge. Curving north-west, it crossed the
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on Castleford Viaduct, a long iron bridge. After a level crossing with Ings Lane and passing under Barnsdale Road, it reached
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1227:-mile (1.2 km) long section of the colliery branch west of Bowers. The intermediate stations have been demolished.
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1080:
1027:
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The length of the line between Castleford East Junction and Garforth was 6.3 miles (10.1 km). Trains between
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From a junction north of Bowers, a branch of the line led west towards an opencast mine which is now the place of
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1149:(LC&PJR), prior to its opening in 1878 the NER had acquired over three quarters of the shares in the line.
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country park. It served several collieries in the area between Swillington, Astley, and Allerton Bywater.
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1115:, crossing Ninelands Lane and joining the main line in a trailing junction immediately east of
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1107:. From there, the line continued north for about 2 miles (3 km), passed under the
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1343:. One-inch England and Wales, New Popular Edition. Ordnance Survey. 1945–1947.
1306:. One-inch England and Wales, New Popular Edition. Ordnance Survey. 1945–1947.
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for the construction of the line was passed in 1873. Originally built by the
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The Leeds, Castleford & Pontefract Junction Railway; the Ledston Branch
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another three quarters of a mile further, near today's Berry Lane east of
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Abandoned track remaining at the southern end of the line in Castleford
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and Garforth covered a distance of approximately 7 miles (11 km).
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Bridge of Station Lane, Great Preston, across the former railway line
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Footpath following the former railway line in Allerton Bywater
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was situated about one mile northwest of Ledston station,
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Diagram of the Castleford–Garforth line (click to expand)
1111:, and curved in a wide S-bend towards the tracks of the
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The North Eastern Railway; its rise and development
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1147:Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract Junction Railway
1040:Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract Junction Railway
1568:Closed railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber
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8:
1393:Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire
1395:. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 25.
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1256:Footpath on the former railway line in
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31:
7:
1456:"Castleford to Garforth 1878 – 1951"
1460:www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk
1325:"NER Castleford East Jn - Garforth"
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25:
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554:
1563:Rail transport in West Yorkshire
1358:"Table 44. CASTLEFORD and LEEDS"
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1264:
1249:
1237:
1187:In 2009 there were reports that
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902:
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873:
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838:
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778:
756:
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712:
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661:
660:
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620:
619:
597:
568:
567:
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560:
553:
511:
505:
504:
482:
455:
449:
448:
403:
396:
374:
366:
358:
349:
304:
297:
40:
1340:Sheet 96 - Leeds & Bradford
1157:coal mined from the St Aidan's
1071:The line left the route of the
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803:
757:
713:
456:
397:
298:
1079:east of its junction with the
1073:York and North Midland Railway
930:
903:
846:
46:Castleford Viaduct across the
1:
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937:
896:
691:
598:
512:
483:
404:
375:
350:
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1558:Railway lines closed in 1998
1553:Railway lines opened in 1878
129:London North Eastern Railway
1500:transportfornewhomes.org.uk
874:
18:Garforth to Castleford Line
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1081:Aire and Calder Navigation
175:6.3 mi (10.1 km)
1493:"Allerton Bywater, Leeds"
1372:Tomlinson, William Weaver
1327:. Railway Ramblers Leeds.
1164:In the 1980s, spoil from
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1391:Suggitt, Gordon (2015).
1087:, east of the A656 near
1016:Castleford–Garforth line
532:Primrose Hill collieries
255:Castleford–Garforth line
35:Castleford–Garforth line
1113:Leeds and Selby Railway
162:1998 (complete closure)
27:Railway line in the UK
1068:
1026:, England, connecting
147:8 April 1878
1528:. Farsley: Bairstow.
1524:Rockett, Ron (2003).
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125:North Eastern Railway
1018:was a single-track
731:National Coal Board
1204:Status of the line
1131:Castleford station
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981:Wakefield Kirkgate
421:North TransPennine
322:North TransPennine
1430:, pp. 3, 38.
1402:978-1-84674-043-5
1360:. BR (NER). 1949.
1166:Wheldale Colliery
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1502:. p. 4
1067:Closed line
954:Woodlesford
916:Knottingley
189:Track gauge
172:Line length
121:Operator(s)
1547:Categories
1465:18 January
1289:References
1217:, as is a
1195:Structures
1124:St Aidan's
1077:River Aire
1028:Castleford
884:Castleford
790:River Aire
580:St Aidan's
151:1878-04-08
116:Heavy rail
91:Castleford
48:River Aire
1215:Lines Way
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