YorksLad12
Established Member
Hi everybody!
I was randomly looking on eBay and came across someone selling a laminated-style station poster headed British Rail West Riding, showing lines and (most) stations open at the time. Given that it showed Baildon (reopened in 1973) and said "West Riding" (abolished in law (but not in our hearts) in 1974) it must have had limited currency.
The thought inevitably occurred; what would that look like drawn as a MetroTrain-style map? Not much different to now, to be honest. So I wound the clock back to 1 January 1964, a week before the first Beeching cuts happened. Draft version attached.
I could do with some help though before I finish it (final version being shared here, of course), as my usual sources have let me down. Most obviously: were there regular services between Penistone and Sheffield Midland via Barnsley in 1964, or did services terminate there (the section to Wath having closed)? Were there regular services from Low Moor to Wakefield Kirkgate (Lord, I hope not!)? Was Horbury and Ossett called Horbury in those days? Is Malmerby actually in the North Riding rather than West?
And: have I missed anything? I think I've got every open West Riding station on there, but corrections warmly welcomed.
I was randomly looking on eBay and came across someone selling a laminated-style station poster headed British Rail West Riding, showing lines and (most) stations open at the time. Given that it showed Baildon (reopened in 1973) and said "West Riding" (abolished in law (but not in our hearts) in 1974) it must have had limited currency.
The thought inevitably occurred; what would that look like drawn as a MetroTrain-style map? Not much different to now, to be honest. So I wound the clock back to 1 January 1964, a week before the first Beeching cuts happened. Draft version attached.
I could do with some help though before I finish it (final version being shared here, of course), as my usual sources have let me down. Most obviously: were there regular services between Penistone and Sheffield Midland via Barnsley in 1964, or did services terminate there (the section to Wath having closed)? Were there regular services from Low Moor to Wakefield Kirkgate (Lord, I hope not!)? Was Horbury and Ossett called Horbury in those days? Is Malmerby actually in the North Riding rather than West?
And: have I missed anything? I think I've got every open West Riding station on there, but corrections warmly welcomed.