Car on line in Royston near Barnsley

[steve1]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-leeds-48308942?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5ce2725df32379065973dd7e%26Off-the-rails rescue comes unstuck%262019-05-20T11%3A18%3A02.915Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:a79102f1-5233-4bcb-94ef-283af5b3942a&pinned_post_asset_id=5ce2725df32379065973dd7e&pinned_post_type=share

 

Anyone know anything more? It says 'old railway line' but the rail tops look shiny.

 

Cheers

 

steve

[TheSignalEngineer]

Is this the old Midland line from Sheffield to Leeds via Normanton. I think there is still a bit in situ to Monk Bretton

[31A]

Agree, yes it does look like the Monk Bretton line - the remaining part of the MR main line via Cudworth.  It runs from Oakenshaw near Wakefield to serve Monk Bretton glass works by means of a short branch off the original formation near Cudworth, and is also used by Northern for driver training using DMUs.

[TheSignalEngineer]

There is a sand train which runs about 2 or 3 times a week from Middleton Towers near King's Lynn to Redfearns (now Ardagh) Glass at Monk Bretton.

There's also a path in the WTT for a Pacer from Holbeck Depot to Monks Bretton loop and back which occasionally runs according to Realtimetrains. 

[31A]

3 minutes ago, TheSignalEngineer said:

 

There's also a path in the WTT for a Pacer from Holbeck Depot to Monks Bretton loop and back which occasionally runs according to Realtimetrains. 

 

That is the driver training run - it is booked to run regularly but how often it actually runs depends on the requirements for driver training for Leeds depot, i.e. whether an intake of drivers has got to the relevant stage in their training course.

[TheSignalEngineer]

There's a connection at Crofton East Junction to get onto the old Midland line at the site of Oakenshaw Junction then it runs to the old Cudworth North Curve ending up roughly the site of Monk Bretton Junction which is where the discharge facility for the glass works is situated.

 

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=53.5735&lon=-1.4366&layers=168&right=BingHyb

[TheSignalEngineer]

At the risk of starting a conspiracy theory, that looks like an off-road driving track next to the Crofton North Curve. When you zoom in on the original there's an access to the track from there. 

 

[steve1]

Thanks all!

 

steve

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

Having explored the Royston area and the site oif the old shed, there are numerous access points for vehicles along the length of the line, it's quite a "busy" area!

 

Mike.

[SED Freightman]

I would hazard a guess that the bridge appearing in the news report is the one crossing Lund Hill Lane, Royston close to the site of Royston Coke Works, although it is about six years since I last walked along the track there.