Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway was a joint line which ran from Aire Junction, on the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway, near Gowdall and an end on junction with the Great Central and Midland Joint Railway at Braithwell Junction. The railway consisted of a double track main line which branched from the Hull and Barnsley railway at Aire junction nr. Gowdall. The line crossed the Knottingley and Goole Canal via a rolling bascule lifting bridge.