 It was authorized by the Great Central Railway Act of 26 July 1907 and opened for coal traffic on 18 May 1908.The same Act permitted the construction of an east curve at Adwick junction.This left the Doncaster line 16 chains north-west of Carcroft & Adwick-le-Street station and ran for half-a-mile to Skellow junction on the Stainforth line.