Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway

Railway Clearing House diagram showing the S&KJR connection with the NER at Ferrybridge, 1912.
Railway Clearing House diagram of 1910, showing most of the route of the Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway

The Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway was a British railway company formed to connect the Midland and Great Central lines at Swinton, north of Rotherham, with the North Eastern Railway at Ferrybridge, near Knottingley, a distance of 16 miles (26 km), opening up a more direct route between York and the Sheffield area.