Doncaster avoiding lines

[DarloRich]

Moving from North to South:

• South Yorkshire Joint Railway - Barnby Dunn to Shireoaks.
• Doncaster Avoiding line - between Hexthorpe junction & Bentley junction
• Unknown name line - Carcroft/Skellow Junction to Hatfield & Stainforth

Are any of these lines used much? I assume they all still open to traffic? I assume the SY Joint is rarely used beyond the Iport?

Does anyone know the current position or ideas for future use?

 

[Kite159]

I'm sure the section of the South Yorkshire Joint Line between Kirk Sandal & St.Catherines Jn. has been put out of use.

 

[zwk500]

Moving from North to South:

• South Yorkshire Joint Railway - Barnby Dunn to Shireoaks.

Looking at Berth Data, appears to be unused from Kirk Sandall Jn to Low Ellers Curve Jn. Trains run from Doncaster area to Iport and Maltby, with through traffic from Toton/Mountsorrel to Doncaster and beyond via Shireoaks.

• Doncaster Avoiding line - between Hexthorpe junction & Bentley junction

Used by regular traffic, several trains per day in each direction.

• Unknown name line - Carcroft/Skellow Junction to Hatfield & Stainforth

Used eastbound by about 1train per day, used westbound by about 1 train per week. More traffic joins the line at Applehurst Jn (from the ECML) and Thorpe Marsh Jn (from Knottingley via the Flyover).

Are any of these lines used much? I assume they all still open to traffic? I assume the SY Joint is rarely used beyond the Iport?

All lines technically still open, I think Kirk Sandall Jn - Low Ellers Curve Jn is not immediately usable but not techincally closed (it's got 'Shut' in the berth, at least).

Does anyone know the current position or ideas for future use?

Presumably much as they are.

 

[Twingo37175]

Looking at Berth Data, appears to be unused from Kirk Sandall Jn to Low Ellers Curve Jn. Trains run from Doncaster area to Iport and Maltby, with through traffic from Toton/Mountsorrel to Doncaster and beyond via Shireoaks.

All lines technically still open, I think Kirk Sandall Jn - Low Ellers Curve Jn is not immediately usable but not techincally closed (it's got 'Shut' in the berth, at least).

Just picking up on this bit, I am sure I read somewhere on here (quite recently) that this part is closed and out of use for at least a couple of years ago, due in part to persistent vandalism (and at a guess demand for that route - being single track throughout). Being local to me, I am aware of a number of areas that could be susceptible to a combination of either direct vandalism (or littering) or being quite remote also to cable theft. Seems a shame as well, as a lot of money was spent updating a bridge near Doncaster where the railway goes over a dual carriageway.

 

[Freightmaster]

Just picking up on this bit, I am sure I read somewhere on here (quite recently) that this part is closed and out of use...

Here you go:

East-West Doncaster avoiding lines (current usage)

I now see that a limited service now running to West Burton PS about 5 trains per day judging by RTT. These will be the last fully laden coal trains ever to run on SYJR with the pending closure of West Burton due about end April 2021. That's it !!! The End of SYJR coal traffic. Therefore now...

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[DarloRich]

thanks chaps - interesting - clearly these lines are a bit of a hold over from the mining industry of the past in the area.