South Yorkshire Railways

by Andrew Walker and Andrew Walker

Coal and iron making first brought railways to what is now called South Yorkshire. The industrial towns of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster attracted the Victorian pioneers, who built a myriad of often competing lines to the collieries and factories. The carriage of people was almost an afterthought, but once there was demonstrable demand, the passenger routes followed, linking the growing centres of population and connecting with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445698285
• ISBN13: 9781445698281
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"