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In the parliamentary session of 1846/7 the company sought permission to deviate and abandon parts of the line permitted by the 1846 act of
Parliament, as well as allowing the lease or sale of the line south of Barnsley to the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway Company. At the same time the
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Barnsley, and the LYR the portion north, with each company having running powers over the Silkstone and Dodworth branches. The split in capital apportioned to the construction of the line was £450,000 for the northern part and £350,000 for the southern part.
522:"Lancashire, and Yorkshire, and East Lancashire Railway Companies. (Amalgamation; Amendment of Acts; Abandonment of East Lancashire Branch to the Burscough and Southport Railway; Arrangements with Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway Company.)"
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558:"South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway between Penistone, Barnsley, Elsecar, Rotherham, and Doncaster.—Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway, and of Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal."
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Manchester & Leeds Company and another portion to the
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An Act for making certain lines of
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540:"Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway. (Partial alteration of Levels, and Abandonment Extension Lines, and Leasing or Sale of Lines.)"
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628:"Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway. (Deviation between Sheffield and Barnsley, and Amendment of Act.)"
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