stopping trains use or alternatively goes a more direct route bypassing Castleford and past the former Altofts railway station which closed in 1990 towards Normanton station that Leeds–Sheffield fast trains use. Normanton here the MidR main line to Sheffield branched off: our route now uses the L&YR metals Wakefield Kirkgate (Also served by the Pontefract and Huddersfield lines) Horbury Junction (closed) for the L&YR main line to Manchester Crigglestone (Closed) A pair of parallel single-track tunnels, Woolley Tunnels (1745 yd; 1570 m), which take the line directly under Woolley Edge services, a motorway service station on the M1 motorway, and under the motorway itself Haigh (Closed) Darton here was Silkstone Junction for the freight line to Silkstone. Barnsley: formerly Barnsley Exchange, traffic arrived not only from Leeds but via the Great Central Railway line from Penistone. This is nowadays known as the Penistone line. Stations from here to Sheffield are also on the Penistone line: Swaithe Viaduct – carries the line over the Worsborough Branch of the Great Central. Wombwell Elsecar was Elsecar & Hoyland Wentworth – also known as Wentworth & Hoyland Common and Wentworth & Tankersley. (Closed) Chapeltown: formerly Chapeltown South to distinguish from Chapeltown Central on the former South Yorkshire Railway, later G.C.R. line. Chapeltown station was rebuilt nearer to the town centre roundabout in the 1970s as the first railway project of the, then, new South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority. Much of the original remains. From here the two railways – MidR and GCR had parallel lines to Sheffield. The latter line is closed and lifted. Ecclesfield – known as Ecclesfield West to distinguish from Ecclesfield East on the former South Yorkshire Railway, later G.C.R. line. (Closed) Meadowhall:, partly built on the site of Wincobank and Meadow Hall Brightside (Closed) Attercliffe Road (Closed) Sheffield Midland station (also served by the Wakefield and Dearne Valley lines) References External links Includes a map of the line and gives details of Metrocard fares Rail transport in West Yorkshire Rail transport in South Yorkshire Rail transport in Sheffield Barnsley Transport in Leeds Transport in the City of Wakefield Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber