Interesting on the picture of the viaduct they are not renewing the deck on too.
Lockwood Viaduct.. close, but no cigar for the reporter..
Looks like the first class saloon on a 365.
Not only that, but on the BBC website the article has a "South Yorkshire" tag.
share.icloud.com
The plans show a large construction compound covering the start of the former branch, the land in the angle between it and the main line, and some land on the far side of the branch. Could the earthworks be for that?
The greater part of the earthworks are on the other side from the Kirkburton branch; i.e. on the left if going from Hudds towards Leeds. They seem to be widening the cutting to accommodate four platforms in addition to four tracks.
Thought the plan was platforms on the slow lines only? Has this changed? Would be odd for Deighton to get fast line platforms when Mirfield won't.
No you’re quite right.
Sorry, I'm not great on railway history and had never heard of Kirkburton. So when I saw, on current OS mapping, the route of a former railway turning off to the left a short distance before Deighton station (as you go from Hudds towards Leeds), I assumed (wrongly) that this was the Kirkburton branch you referred to in #7753.
In the planning stages there was an option to re-site Deighton station, I believe to the Bradley junction area. However this option was rejected in favour of retaining the current site.
Fair enough! I suppose it’s quite refreshing to see passenger convenience prioritised for once
Ah I understand; the line you mean is part of the Midland Railway’s freight route into Huddersfield.
I don't mean Hillhouse construction compound, which is in the fourth and fifth diagrams in the following file, but the smaller "Deighton construction compound", which is in the bottom left of the seventh diagram (labelled "sheet 7 of 22" at the extreme bottom right).
This is the former layout
The map extract in #7762 does not show the former line I was referring to, which I therefore assume was built later. I estimate that it passes roughly through the F of "Glen Field" and the second k of "Kirkburton Junc". It can be seen in sheet 7 of 22 in the set of maps I linked in #7761, and on current OS 1:50000 and 1:25000 mapping, e.g. at www.streemap.co.uk . Revaulx in #7760 has explained what line it was. I now see that, going going towards Huddersfield, it did not soon merge with the present line as I had assumed, but apparently ran alongside for some distance.
Does this help?
There was a huge cutting, I mean a very deep, steep sided cutting there where the current earthworks are being undertaken, it was filled in during the 90's to make the cycle track, the cutting extended along under Whitacre Street and on to where it passed under Deighton Road, although not as deep at that point. The Midland line did slope down and by the time it reached Fieldhouse Bridge it was practically level running parallel.
