Barnsley Coal Railway

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The Barnsley Coal Railway was a short railway which, when fully opened, ran between Stairfoot Junction, on the Mexborough to Barnsley line of the South Yorkshire Railway and a triangular junction at Nostell on the West Riding and Grimsby line. The railway rights were purchased by the S.Y.R. in July 1863, just one year before that company was absorbed into the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.

The first section of the line to be completed ran from Stairfoot to Applehaigh, to the north of Royston and served Rosa Colliery. This opened to traffic in January 1870.

The second section, which took the line further north, was opened for goods traffic in August 1882. This section ran from Applehaigh to the W.R.& G.R. at Nostell where a triangular junction was laid and included passenger stations at Staincross and Mapplewell, Notton and Royston and Wintersett. The stations opened and a passenger service commenced on 1st September 1882.