Date: 06/07/2022

Business case being drawn up to reopen freight-only Barrow Hill line between Chesterfield and Sheffield to passengers.

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Business case being drawn up to reopen freight-only Barrow Hill line between Chesterfield and Sheffield to passengers

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MGR trains sit in the sidings at Barrow Hill. View looks south. The line to the left is the recently closed line to Creswell, Oxcroft, Seymour Junction and Bolsover all of which have closed. That in the centre is to Rotherham.
Location: Barrow Hill
Company: North Midland Railway
19/11/2006 Ewan Crawford

'Peak' 46179 passes through Barrow Hill on 20 September 1971 with a special fully-fitted train of sheeted tube wagons, possibly originating from the Stanton Ironworks near Ilkeston.
Location: Barrow Hill
Company: North Midland Railway
20/09/1971 Bill Jamieson

In 1971 Northamptonshire iron ore was still being supplied to steelworks on Teesside and this train heading north through the closed station at Barrow Hill, hauled by a pair of Brush Type 2s, is presumed to be such a working. The line on the extreme left is the branch from Hall Lane Junction and Staveley Town.
Location: Barrow Hill
Company: North Midland Railway
17/07/1971 Bill Jamieson

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