Private company

Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway

Railway line in West and South Yorkshire, England

The Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway was a British railway company formed to connect the Midland and Great Central lines at Swinton, north of Rotherham, with the North Eastern Railway at Ferrybridge, near Knottingley, a distance of 16 miles (26 km), opening up a more direct route between York and the Sheffield area.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Swinton down empties on the Midland main line geograph-3959939-by-Ben-Brooksbank
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway was a British railway company formed to connect the Midland and Great Central lines at Swinton, north of Rotherham, with the North Eastern Railway at Ferrybridge, near Knottingley, a distance of 16 miles (26 km), opening up a more direct route between York and the Sheffield area.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by British Rail1

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