 This was a development that the GNR wished to prevent, and the possibility motivated the GNR to hasten the purchase, to keep the rival away.The line was to run from a junction with the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway at Wakefield Westgate, to the South Yorkshire Railway near Stainforth, east of Doncaster on the South Yorkshire Railway line that was yet to be built.In addition there was to be a direct connection from a junction at Adwick to Doncaster.