 Finally there was a 1 mile branch to Moorhouse & South Elmsall on the Wath branch of the Hull and Barnsley Railway; with the aid of running powers it afforded access to Frickley colliery.Sanctioned by the Great Northern Railway Act of 4 August 1906, it left the WR&GR west of Hampole station and was brought into use on 8 March 1909.With the completion of these short links the route mileage of the WR&G totalled miles.