 The main line would be 21 miles 40 chains in extent.The junction near Stainforth was Haggs Wood Junction, (shifted to Stainforth later), in a district known as Barnby upon Don.The Doncaster branch was 4 miles 32 chains in length; its destiny as part of a main line from Doncaster was already evident, for the Board of Trade inspecting officer referred to it as the "so-called Doncaster branch".