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Barnsley News - Barnsley Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More Coun Punt said: "The area covered by Penistone fire station is vast and once one pump has been dispatched on a call it is a total nonsense to suggest the rest of the area can be safely covered by an engine which would have to then travel from Tankersley or Barnsley. Under the draft Integrated Risk Management Plan, Penistone is classified as a low-risk station because it receives less than one call-out per 800 dwellings. The proposal to withdraw one of the two fire service pumps from Penistone fire station is part of modernisation plans for South Yorkshire Fire Service www.barnsleytoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=86&articleid=969514

Sheffield Victoria station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sheffield Victoria station was the main Sheffield station on the Great Central Railway (known prior to 1897 as the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway), between Chesterfield and Penistone. Victoria station was opened on 15 September 1851 as the new Sheffield terminus of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. Previously the railway had terminated at the Bridgehouses station about 1 km to the west, which opened in 1845. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sheffield_Victoria_station

Railway History The guard on the train would either tear it in two or punch a 'V'- shaped notch in it. Sheffield Victoria station had a long steep approach road from near the River Don close to where the Hilton Hotel is now. After the demise of the Manchester end of the line, the Sheffield end was routed to the Midland station after passing through the rather depressing sight of the old dilapidated Victoria station. www.jbriggs.clara.net /histrwy_bchng.htm

Barnsley & Penistone Walks Dodworth: Railway station, on main A628 Barnsley Road. Meet behind the old police station - now a centre for spiritual healing. Tkae the A61 to barnsley and Moor Lane is the first left, only a short distance from the roundabout. www.clarke.sathosting.net /SYNED/BnPWalksGen.html

awayteam.html Travelling By Bus: Bradford Interchange bus station is about 1 mile from the ground WEST HAM Directions to Upton Park Travelling By Road: From the South: Join the M25 and travel anticlockwise towards the Dartford tunnel. At the end of Bradfield Road turn left into Penistone Road, pass Hillsborough Park on the left, continue past Parkside Road and the ground is on the left. BORO Travelling By Road: From the South: Head to Middlesbrough on the A19 and at the A66 junction turn right and head for 2 miles along the Northern Route. www.angelfire.com /ga2/SAFCFTM/awayteam.html   (3838 words)

Articles - Hallam Line Barnsley: junction for the Great Central Railway and the stations served by Penistone Line services via Huddersfield; stations from here to Sheffield are also on that Line: After 1921 the entire route became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway until 1948 when the network was nationalised. Leeds City station: in MR days trains would have operated from Wellington station. www.cat-center.com /articles/Hallam_Line   (3838 words)

Sheffield Forum Archive - Getting from Crookes to Chapeltown on the bus or and the number 74 all go to chapletown center also the railway station is where the main bus stops are too. Even the train station is a good 15 minute walk away. Yeah Chapeltown Train Station is behind the ASDA supermarket there. www.sheffieldforum.co.uk /showthread/t-35100.html   (3838 words)

Hallam Line - Enpsychlopedia Barnsley : junction for the Great Central Railway and the stations served by Penistone Line services via Huddersfield ; stations from here to Sheffield are also on that Line: After 1921 the entire route became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway until 1948 when the network was nationalised. here was the junction with the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway (MidR/ Great Northern Railway (GNR) joint: it was a direct connection to Wakefield via Rothwell www.grohol.com /psypsych/wiki/Hallam_Line   (3838 words)

Penistone Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Penistone The original station was opened with the line; in 1874 a joint LandYR/Great Central Railway (GCR) station was built when the GCR Sheffield line was opened through here. The first section of line between Huddersfield and Penistone was opened on 1 July 1850 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LandYR). At Penistone, the route used to join the former Great Central Railway line from Manchester via the Woodhead Tunnel, travelling eastwards. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penistone_line   (457 words)

Sheffield_Victoria_station Sheffield Victoria station was the main Sheffield station on the Great Central Railway (known prior to 1897 as the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway), between Chesterfield and Penistone. Victoria station was opened on 15 September 1851 as the new Sheffield terminus of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. Previously the railway had terminated at the Bridgehouses station about 1 km to the west, which opened in 1845. www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Sheffield_Victoria_station   (260 words)

Penistone Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Penistone The original station was opened with the line; in 1874 a joint LandYR/ Great Central Railway (GCR) station was built when the GCR Sheffield line was opened through here. The first section of line between Huddersfield and Penistone was opened on 1 July 1850 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LandYR). The Penistone Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penistone_Line   (260 words)

Car clubs and community transport The Penistone Line Partnership is a community rail partnership in West Yorkshire, set up to encourage travellers back onto the local railway by organising special events, improving stations, and running educational activities. They have also diversified into other transport modes to increase patronage: they set up a community bus service to take passengers from the Holmfirth area to the nearest railway station, and more recently they were keen to take on the role of launching an Our Car Your Car in the Colne Valley launched in March 2003, operated by the Penistone Line Partnership; the Endeavour car club in Whitby is due to launch in late 2004. www.carclubs.org.uk /carclubs/comm-transport.htm   (260 words)

News - Yorkshire Post Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More Quiet stretch: Not a passenger in sight for the train to Hudderfield from Penistone railway station at 12.36pm. Mr Bentley is chairman of the Penistone Line Partnership, a group that adopted the line 10 years ago and created what has been described as "Britain's number one fun railway". The Penistone line – there's another strange name – is as pleasing to the eye today as it was when the above was written by Thomas Normington in 1884. www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=892661   (650 words)

Articles - Sheffield Victoria station Sheffield Victoria station was the main Sheffield station on the Great Central Railway (known prior to 1897 as the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway), between Chesterfield and Penistone. The last train to Victoria station, an enthusiasts special, arrived at 00:44 on 5 January and from that point the station was closed. The station was given a new frontage in 1908 and took on great importance when the line through the Pennines—known as the Woodhead Route because of the long tunnel on it—was electrified for freight purposes after WWII. www.mafox.com /articles/Sheffield_Victoria_station   (355 words)

Penistone The railway station in Penistone used to be an important port of call on the main trading route to Manchester, but Margaret Thatcher didn't like trains so she closed that line down and also diverted the service direct to Sheffield that took 15 minutes so that it now goes via Barnsley and take 45. Penistone Town Council and local community associations who have described them as being like the "Black Hole of Calcutta" have decided to spend money on upgrading and re-painting the toilets and adjoining bus shelter. Penistone show, is the largest one day show in the north of England. www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Square/4616/Penistone.html   (622 words)

Locations - NDT Training Examination and Consultancy - Lavender International The Lavender centre is based in the old railway station building. Lavender International NDT Consultancy Services Ltd. is based in Penistone (12 miles north of Sheffield, 6 miles west of Barnsley, 30 miles east of Manchester and 20 miles south of Leeds). Take junction 37 from the M1, and travel on the A628 towards Manchester, until you get to Penistone (about 4 miles). www.lavender-ndt.co.uk /information/locations.asp   (204 words)

physics - Elsecar Elsecar has its own railway station on the Hallam and Penistone lines so it is possible to make direct journeys to Sheffield, Leeds and Huddersfield. There is also a preserved railway - the Elsecar Steam Railway here. Elsecar is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Elsecar   (204 words)

Platform News Article Maintenance The Penistone Line runs through the stunning south Pennine countryside between Huddersfield and Sheffield. The Penistone Line is holding a treasure trail for children — from the train window — and is holding galas at Huddersfield and Barnsley Stations. Two-for-one tickets are being offered on the day by One Railway and there will be a children’s painting competition at Lowestoft Station in Suffolk. www.transport2000.org.uk /platform/maintainNewsArticles.asp?NewsArticleID=45   (204 words)

Penistone The railway station in Penistone used to be an important port of call on the main trading route to Manchester, but Margaret Thatcher didn't like trains so she closed that line down and also diverted the service direct to Sheffield that took 15 minutes so that it now goes via Barnsley and take 45. Penistone show, is the largest one day show in the north of England. Penistone Town Council and local community associations who have described them as being like the "Black Hole of Calcutta" have decided to spend money on upgrading and re-painting the toilets and adjoining bus shelter. www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Square/4616/Penistone.html   (204 words)

RURAL RAIL The Penistone Line Partnership and the Friends of Handforth Station have contributed to sculptures and paintings at their stations. On the Esk Valley line in North Yorkshire, the line is also used by steam trains from the neighbouring North York Moors Railway (of 'Heartbeat' fame). A 'virtual' branch line runs from the Penistone line to Holmfirth in Yorkshire (location for 'Last of the Summer Wine') provided by bus, funded by the community rail partnership. www.ruralrail.org.uk /pagethree.htm   (204 words)

Sheffield Victoria station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sheffield Victoria station was the main Sheffield station on the Great Central Railway (known prior to 1897 as the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway), between Chesterfield and Penistone. John Fowler, who later gained fame for co-designing the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland, was employed to engineer the extension and station. The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway between Manchester and Sheffield, which was engineered by Joseph Locke, opened in 1845. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sheffield_Victoria_station   (204 words)

Penistone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The current railway station serves the Penistone Line. Penistone is a small market town in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 10,000. Penistone has had a market since 1699, although its livestock market has recently closed. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penistone   (353 words)

Woodhead Railway This service was both unusual and inconvenient in that it ran non stop from Penistone into Sheffield and had to reverse the final mile or so into Sheffield Midland station having passed the remains of Wortley, Deepcar, Oughtibridge, Wadsley Bridge and Sheffield Victoria stations. The main line had been connected directly onto the end of the Stocksbridge Railway and mainline locomotives allowed to run over the first half mile of line to Henholmes loop. Non of these stations, except Wadsley Bridge, was close enough to a centre of population to be worth reopening. www.topforge.co.uk /photographs/woodhead.htm   (353 words)

Elsecar - Definition, explanation Elsecar has its own railway station on the Hallam and Penistone lines so it is possible to make direct journeys to Sheffield, Leeds and Huddersfield. There is also a preserved railway - the Elsecar Steam Railway here. Elsecar is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/e/el/elsecar.php   (353 words)

cars - Penistone Line Barnsley Barnsley was served by three railway companies: LandYR, GCR, and Midland; and by two stations: Exchange and Court House. From the joint LandYR/London and North Western Railway Huddersfield station trains ran south to Springwood Junction (south of Huddersfield) on the London and North Western Railway Leeds - Manchester main line, where the LandYR line began; from there the route was as follows: The first section of line between Huddersfield and Penistone was opened on 1 July 1850 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LandYR). www.carluvers.com /cars/Penistone_Line   (353 words)

Northern Rail - News & Press Releases - News & Events - Details - Penistone Line: There will be a treasure hunt and mini-gala at Huddersfield and Barnsley stations. The line is also linked to the North Yorkshire Moor Railway at Grosmont who are holding a special gala weekend of diesel and steam trains. - Ribble Valley Line and Colne to Blackburn Line: There will be a gala at Blackburn station with stalls and events including a magician and musicians with many local community groups represented. www.northernrail.org /news/news_details.asp?id=45   (353 words)

RURAL RAIL This includes working with local authorities to build the railway into its development plans and, more specifically, it can involve developing other uses for old station buildings and under-used railway land. The Penistone Line Partnership has been one of the most successful rail partnerships in the UK and is famed for its music trains, community bus links and its management of a community car club. He rode the scenic line between Huddersfield and Penistone and met members of the Penistone Line Partnership. www.ruralrail.org.uk   (987 words)

Sheffield [Definition] Sheffield once had two mainline railway stations, Sheffield Victoria station Sheffield Victoria station was the main Sheffield station on the Great Central Railway (known prior to 1897 as the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway), between Chesterfield and Penistone.... Sheffield additionally has close ties with snooker, due to the fact that the city's Crucible Theatre The Crucible Theatre, located in the city centre of Sheffield, England is known for being a producing theatre, meaning shows are designed and rehearsed in-house. Sheffield has additionally seen the birth of Pulp, The Human League, Def Leppard Def Leppard are a band from Sheffield, England, that emerged in the late 1970s as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. www.wikimirror.com /Sheffield   (987 words)

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