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| has gloss | eng: 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 sixteen miles, opening up a more direct route between York and the Sheffield area. It was jointly owned by the North Eastern Railway and the Midland Railway, and later was jointly worked by their successors the London and North Eastern Railway and the London Midland and Scottish Railway. |
| lexicalization | eng: Swinton and Knottingley Joint railway |
| instance of | c/Pre-grouping British railway companies |
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