Thanks once again for showing us this parliamentry line. Its sad to see a once busy route now reduced to a limited service. The size of the station buildings indicate it was busy and of some importance.
a nice run out on a ( now ) little used line, couple of points, the bridge as you pass Crofton has been re-newed this past Xmas shut-down, and you pass the site of Wakefield MPD before the lines diverge out to Normanton
@@RailMart Yep, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 flat land. Quite a pretty area though, a lot of it anyway: Goole, maybe not quite so much. Having said that, it's a place I'd like to wander around, just oozing railway, and dockyard, history.😁
th-cam.com/video/5enEzz-Guuo/w-d-xo.html , th-cam.com/video/XVQmkkd0bOM/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/Xh9WHlg07uA/w-d-xo.html (from 2000) cover the journey from Crofton East Junction to Monk Bretton, with a few shots on the end as the return journey joins the Hare Park to Kirkgate line at Oakenshaw Junction. From a user MK55A. I remember when we lived in Wakefield I'd cycle from our house in Sandal to watch the expresses between Leeds and Sheffield going past Common Lane, from the footbridge over the line at that point. That was in the days when the Monk Bretton route was the main express route, when the Moorthorpe route was deprecated because of subsidence; now the situation is reversed and subsidence has closed the Bretton route to everything except sand trains to the glassworks.
Good to see a line which I never travelled on. Hope things improve for this line in the future.
Thanks once again for showing us this parliamentry line. Its sad to see a once busy route now reduced to a limited service. The size of the station buildings indicate it was busy and of some importance.
I agree with you
Three videos in one day! Your spoiling us. A great video, just like all the others.
Enjoy!
Thanks for posting, good video.
Thank you too
Excellent thank you!
You're very welcome!
Parlementaire ride, strange start ? First cross mainline then returning and cross again to head for Wakefield switch !
a nice run out on a ( now ) little used line, couple of points, the bridge as you pass Crofton has been re-newed this past Xmas shut-down, and you pass the site of Wakefield MPD before the lines diverge out to Normanton
I filmed the route from the cab of a 141 in 1986
There's not a lot getting spent on check-rails on this route - some seriously long straights.😁
Flat land.
@@RailMart Yep, 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 flat land. Quite a pretty area though, a lot of it anyway: Goole, maybe not quite so much. Having said that, it's a place I'd like to wander around, just oozing railway, and dockyard, history.😁
I've always wanted to know what is a native of Goole called.
Excellent video, been looking for Driver eye views of this line for a while. Shame not a frequent service. What was this filmed in?
A class 66
Would love to see one going to the glassworks at monk Bretton
th-cam.com/video/5enEzz-Guuo/w-d-xo.html , th-cam.com/video/XVQmkkd0bOM/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/Xh9WHlg07uA/w-d-xo.html (from 2000) cover the journey from Crofton East Junction to Monk Bretton, with a few shots on the end as the return journey joins the Hare Park to Kirkgate line at Oakenshaw Junction. From a user MK55A.
I remember when we lived in Wakefield I'd cycle from our house in Sandal to watch the expresses between Leeds and Sheffield going past Common Lane, from the footbridge over the line at that point. That was in the days when the Monk Bretton route was the main express route, when the Moorthorpe route was deprecated because of subsidence; now the situation is reversed and subsidence has closed the Bretton route to everything except sand trains to the glassworks.
Beautiful england,love it.
Many thanks
It's a shame the line has such a limited passenger service, even if was a 1 train every 2 hours, say from 6am to 19.00, it would be something.
Yes, Lets hope when the pandemic is over the Government act.
What loco is it please
It was a class 66
Matthew Hancock, whatever happened to him...?
Matt Hancock quits as health secretary after breaking social distance guidance
Silly question. What was the point of leaving the Main Line to stop at the Sudforth Lane sidings only to return to the Main Line?
It was a pathing stop.