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The Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway was an early British railway company. The company obtained an act in 1846 for a 26 miles of railway, with a main section from Wakefield to Doncaster via Barnsley. The section south of Barnsley became the property of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster & Goole Railway Company , and the northern section was amalgamated into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , after which the original company was dissolved. ==History== The ''Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway'' (SRBWH&GR) applied to parliament in the 1845/6 session for a railway line. The main line was to begin from junctions with the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway near Brightside and Kimberworth roughly halfway between Sheffield and Rotherham, past Ecclesfield and Tankersley to Barnsley, then past Darton to a junction with the Manchester and Leeds Railway east of Horbury. There were also proposed several branches and deviations of the main line, with junctions to several already established railways, including the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway near Brightside; the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway near Penistone; two junctions to the North Midland Railway near Cudworth and Carlton; and the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway near Featherstone.〔 The purpose of the railway was to serve the populous regions of West Yorkshire, and to transport minerals (coal) extracted in the Barnsley, Silkstone, and Chapel-town regions.〔 The act was originally supported by the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR), who were to provide half the capital for the line, as well as work the railway for 40% of net profit; during the passage of the bill through parliament agreement was reached that a rival company, the ''South Yorkshire Coal Railway and Canal Company'' would take control of the line south of Barnsley, and the LYR the portion north, with each company having running powers over the Silkstone and Dodsworth branches. The split in capital apportioned to the construction of the line was $450,000 for the northern part and £350,000 for the southern part. The M&LR withdrew from the capital subscription arrangements, and instead agreed to take a lease on the line.〔 The company obtained an act 7 August 1846,〔 allowing a share capital of £800,000 and permitting raising money by loans of up to £266,000, with railway of authorised, of lines of total length submitted.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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