 The GNR and the MS&LR jointly opened the Crofton Branch, a line connecting the main line at Hare Park Junction south of Wakefield to the L&YR at Crofton Junction, on the Goole to Wakefield line.It was 1 mile 29 chains in length, and cost £20,000 to construct, having been authorised by the Great Northern Railway Act of 2 August 1883.It opened for goods traffic on 8 November 1886.