Church Lane Railroad Bridge - Methley, UK - Railroad Bridges on Waymarking.com

The two routes that use the bridge are the Hallam Line and the Pontefract Line.

"The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. It is a slower route from Leeds to Sheffield than the Wakefield line. Services on this line are operated by Northern. Services from Leeds to Nottingham also use the line." link

"The Pontefract line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern, and links Wakefield and Leeds with Goole via Pontefract. The Metro timetable for the line also includes services operated as the Dearne Valley line between York and Sheffield via Pontefract.

The line, which passes through the former mining areas to the east of Wakefield and Castleford, has the greatest number of stations opened by the West Yorkshire Metro. MetroCards are available on the route as far as Knottingley: a limited service of trains continues to Goole by this route." link

The two lines split at Methley junction to the south east of this bridge and at this point the bridge is between Woodlesford and Normanton Stations on the Hallam Line and Woodlesford and Castleford stations on the Pontefract Line.

It would appear that when the bridge was built the road was single a lane because it now narrows as it passes under the bridge.

Bridge Type: Girder Bridge Usage: Railroad Moving Bridge: This bridge is static (has no moving pieces)

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