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• Barnsley
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• Robin Hood Airport
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Resources in This Category

• Barnsley, Dearne and Dove Canals Trust

  http://www.bddct.org.uk/
  Group working to reinstate the two canals which connected the Aire and Calder Navigation and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. Information about their activities and newsletter; also offer a history, map and photo gallery.

• Don Valley Railway Project

  http://www.donvalleyrailway.org/
  Information about a project to restore rail services from Deepcar to Sheffield, part of the Woodhead line; includes description, history, events, fundraising, and contact details.

• Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Electric Railway

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester-Sheffield-Wath_electric_railway
  An early electrification scheme on British railways. The route featured long ascents on both sides of the Pennines with the long Woodhead Tunnel at its central summit close to the Woodhead pass. This also led to the route being called the Woodhead Line.

• River Don Navigation

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Don_Navigation
  This system was the result of early efforts to make the River Don navigable between Fishlake (now on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal) and Sheffield. It lost its separate identity in 1895, when it became part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation.

• South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

  http://www.sypte.co.uk/
  Official site for public transport in South Yorkshire, includes timetables, travel pass and ticket information, and current job vacancies.

• The Woodhead Site

  http://www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/
  A history of the railway line between Sheffield and Manchester, closed in 1981 and now a substantial part of the Trans-Pennine Trail. Includes information about route, locomotives, and memorabilia.

• Travel South Yorkshire

  http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/
  The partnership delivering public transport in the area; includes timetables, ticket and pass details, and travel information.

• Travel South Yorkshire

  http://maps.travelsouthyorkshire.com/
  An interactive public transport map of South Yorkshire containing information on bus, tram and train services.

• Woodhead Line

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhead_Line
  A former railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester. Construction, electrification and closure.

• Woodhead Tunnel

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhead_Tunnel
  The tunnels are three trans-Pennine railway tunnels which formerly carried a major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield. The western portals are at Woodhead in Derbyshire and the eastern portals are at Dunford Bridge, near Penistone.

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