the barnsley tramway was to be larger than it actually were but the great central railway company refused the passing of tramway tracks of its own network, and prevented authorised lines to be built. one of these lines was to push the tramway "away" from barnsley towards carlton road to the north. other extensions were to extend the tramway into a loop on park road (barnsley) in locke park and south from worsborough bridge down park road (worsbrough) to hoyland common, this extension was also blocked by the gcr.