Brookhouse Viaduct
Between Shireoaks, on the Sheffield to Lincoln line in Nottinghamshire, and Kirk Sandall on the Doncaster to Cleethorpes line in Lincolnshire, runs the little-known and quite secretive freight line of the former South Yorkshire Joint Railway. Authorised in 1903, it opened to freight on 1st January 1909 and to passengers on 1st December 1910 but the passenger service lasted only 19 years, ceasing on 2nd December 1929. It does, however, remain as a freight route for coal transportation to both the Trent and Aire Valley power stations. On 7th May 2016 it re-awakened to the sound of a passenger train again when a UK Railtours excursion from St. Pancras to Cleethorpes traversed the line, seen here crossing Brookhouse Viaduct, the line's most substantial engineering feature.
Location: Brookhouse Viaduct
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Viaducts, used and disused, including views 2008-2023
Date: 07/05/2016
Image number: 72360
