{"id":66796,"date":"2026-02-13T14:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=66796"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:56:37","slug":"landslip-closes-train-line-between-wakefield-kirkgate-and-barnsley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/landslip-closes-train-line-between-wakefield-kirkgate-and-barnsley\/","title":{"rendered":"Landslip closes train line between Wakefield Kirkgate and Barnsley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This past Wednesday a landslip occurred in the Darton area which has affected the routes from Leeds to Sheffield, Nottingham and Lincoln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Services have been stopped between Leeds and Sheffield via Barnsley both ways, with trains to Sheffield starting from Barnsley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trains from Leeds to Nottingham and Lincoln have been amended to depart only from Sheffield.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast train services are running between Leeds and Sheffield via Moorthorpe and calling additionally at Meadowhall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These disruptions are expected until 04:00 on Saturday 14 February while Network Rail carry out repair work on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"0212 Darton\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1164248322?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landslide causes train disruptions between Barnsley and Wakefield Kirkgate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":766,"featured_media":66838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[25,1936,619,1935],"class_list":["post-66796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-barnsley","tag-landslip","tag-train","tag-wakefield"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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