Wakefield Kirkgate to Barnsley 1960's

[Doug at lytham]

Hi- I am looking for a timetable for passenger trains in 1965 from Wakefield Kirkgate to Barnsley. The time to Horbury Junction is my main interest

 

[30907]

I have the public timetable for that year if that would help, but of course that doesn't have passing times. Kirkgate to Horbury itself was consistently 7 minutes.

A look at http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/HORBRYJ/2017/03/06/1428?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt reveals that the current time start to pass is 5min for the main line and 6.5min for the Barnsley route.

 

[Doug at lytham]

Hi Many thanks for responding to my query

I am writing a book about a well known unresolved murder, One witness was a train driver who said he left Wakefield Kirkgate driving a passenger train at 3.45pm on Saturday 9th October 1964 towards Horbury Junction,

I'm looking for confirmation of the 3.54pm time. I'm sure as a driver he would live by the clock and would be right, however the evidence is cructial to my investigation so I need to be 100%.

A photocopy of the timetable would be very much appreciated.

 

[Ploughman]

The timetable would only give you the booked time not the actual time.
To be 100% certain you would need a copy of the signalman's register from the boxes controlling that stretch of line.
However where these would be now I have no idea.

 

[30907]

Your dates and times are confusing. I presume you mean Saturday 9 October 1965, but was it 1545 or 1554?

Booked departures from Kirkgate were 1554 to Sowerby Bridge, 1601 at Horbury station,
and 1517 and 1601 towards Barnsley.

As ploughman says, without further documents there's no way of confirming the actual time, but I hope this helps.

 

[Doug at lytham]

Hi
Sorry I made a real B of that.

It was 1965 and the time was 15.54 thus it would be the 15.54 to Sowerby Bridge via Horbury . Not to Barnsly as I had assumed.Many thanks for that it really helps.