We haven't seen Northern England touched in a while so why not do the Sheffield to Hull route? The Line stretches to 59 miles and is primarily operated by Northern Trains Ltd using the class 150/2s for commuter/local services and the 158s & 170s to Hull There is also some freight services along the route which are operated by the classic class 66 locomotive mostly from Masborough Junction to Doncaster & Hull and vice Versa Station stops for the Hull services 170s occasionally 158s Mileage from Sheffield at the left of station name 0.00 Sheffield 3.30 Meadowhall 18.49 Doncaster 35.59 Goole 48.74 Brough 59.32 Hull Station stops for the Adwick commuter services 150s & 158s ** additional notes for this one the milage is significantly higher to Doncaster than the Hull services as the commuter services diverge right after Meadowhall to serve the town of Rotherham then rejoins the Line before Swinton and then diverges once more after Doncaster to connect with Bentley and adwick 0.00 Sheffield 3.30 Meadowhall 6.05 Rotherham Central 10.43 Swinton (South Yorkshire) 11.57 Mexborough 13.79 Conisbrough 18.61 Doncaster 20.31 Bentley (South Yorkshire) 22.56 Adwick There is also a commuter service between Doncaster and Hull which are often operated by 150s & 158s And serves the intermittent stops between Doncaster and Hull 0.00 Doncaster 4.06 Kirk Sandall 6.66 Hatfield & Stainforth 9.56 Thorne North 17.10 Goole 20.09 Saltmarshe 23.67 Gilberdyke 26.27 Broomfleet 30.25 Brough 33.21 Ferriby 35.79 Hessle 40.63 Hull AI services that the player can take control of to a certain extent Sheffield to Leeds/Huddersfield via Barnsley 150s & 158s 0.00 Sheffield 3.30 Meadowhall ( where these services use platforms 3 & 4 to diverge left towards Barnsley Sheffield to Leeds via Rotherham Central 150s & 158s 0.00 Sheffield 3.30 Meadowhall 6.05 Rotherham Central 10.43 Swinton (South Yorkshire) where these services continue North for Leeds Hull to Leeds/Halifax & York using 158s occasionally 170s 0.00 Hull 10.38 Brough where these services continue towards Selby Doncaster to scunthorpe using the 150s & 158s 0.00 Doncaster 4.06 Kirk Sandall 6.66 Hatfield & Stainforth where these services diverge left just up the Line at Thorne Junction Depots The following Depots on the route are: Sheffield Holding sidings & Hull Botanical Gardens Depot where a lot of these units are stored overnight for cleaning Places of interest: Sheffield train station Meadowhall shopping centre ( next to meadowhall train station ) Doncaster train station Humber Bridge (near Hull) River Humber Hull Paragon station FREIGHT freight in this part of the country varies as there's a vast range of industries in this area which is served by rail freight traffic Class 66s are very popular with the class 60s & 70s also making an appearance from time to time Freight workings from DB Cargo: Masborough steel terminal to aldwarke sidings (1 mile after Rotherham Central) or to scunthorpe Wakefield Europort to Felixstowe with an intermodal consist (runs between Swinton and Masborough Junction before diverging left on the Sheffield 'avoider' line) Locomotive convoy between Belmont Down Yard (Doncaster) to Toton T.M.D (Nottingham) takes the avoider Line at Masborough Junction Freightliner workings Leeds to Southampton & Felixstowe to East Midlands hub intermodal traffic Where the Leeds working comes through Swinton and the Felixstowe working comes from Doncaster ( both takes the Sheffield avoider) Hope/tunstead to dewsbury cement comes through Sheffield and goes as far as Swinton before continuing north towards Leeds Gbrf mainly intermodal traffic from Masborough container facility to Felixstowe between Masborough Junction and Doncaster Please leave thoughts/opinions and or feedback relating to this and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask Let me know what you think ladies and gentlemen
