Closed Stations Journey quiz

[Ash Bridge]

Stanley

 

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Methley South

 

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Castleford Cutsyke

 

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Methley Junction?

 

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Methley Junction?

Not so, as at Castleford Cutsyke, we were on the line of the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway, on which we stay, passing through open stations, until the junction with the LYR Askern Branch Line

 

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Womersley

 

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Norton

 

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Askern

 

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Arksey

 

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Sandall

 

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Taking that as another name used by the 1st Kirk Sandall station.....

Barnby Dun (2nd station...1866-1967)


On this final line of the journey, the journey preamble has useful guide notes as regards the line to be traversed.

 

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Bramwith

 

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Bramwith

Prior to that was Barnby Dun (1st station...1857-1866)...but to continue.....

Stainforth

 

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Thorne Lock

 

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Thorne Lock

Not so, as that was the short-lived (1856-1859) terminal station of the South Yorkshire Railway and River Don Navigation Doncaster to Thorne Line.

The South Yorkshire Railway had the intention of extending the line on a different alignment from Stainforth which had a station on the new line called Thorne (Old).

From that new station, there are four closed stations, including the new terminus at Keadby.

 

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Maud's Bridge

 

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Medge Hall Halt

 

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Godnow Bridge

 

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Keadby is the final closed station on this journey.

 

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Thank you for another interesting journey

 

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We next move to Wales for the next journey.....

This is number 2016 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Dyserth
It follows the line of the LNWR Dyserth Branch Line
It then follows the line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway...via Foryd
It then follows the line of the LNWR Conwy Valley Line...via Blaenau Ffestiniog (Pantyrafon)
It then follows the line of the Bala & Festiniog Railway...via Manod
It then follows the line of the GWR Ruabon to Barmouth Line...via Llys Halt
It then follows the line of the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway...via Llangelynin
It then follows the line of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway...via Cemmes Road
It then follows the line of the Mawddwy Railway...via Cemmaes
The journey ends at the closed station of Dinas Mawddwy

The first closed station on this journey is Dyserth

 

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Alt-y-Graig

 

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Meliden

 

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St. Melyd Golf Links

 

[Ash Bridge]

Woodland Park

 

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Chapel Street

 

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Foryd

 

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Llandulas

 

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Llandulas

There was one closed station on the Chester and Holyhead Railway once the Dyserth Branch Line met it. prior to reaching Llandulas.

 

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Prestatyn (1st Station)