Up the Junction (song) Up the Junction (song) "Up the Junction" was the third single released from Squeeze's second album, "Cool for Cats", sung by Glenn Tilbrook. It is one of the band's most popular and well-remembered songs (especially in the UK), and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, the same position as its predecessor, "Cool for Cats" . "Up the Junction" is also the name of a collection of short stories by Nell Dunn, first published in 1963. Lyricist Chris Difford said that the title phrase was lifted from the 1965 TV play version of the work, directed by Ken Loach,
Woodburn Junction the South Yorkshire Railway’s Barnsley line joined the Rotherham line at Tinsley South Junction and both services entered Sheffield Victoria through this junction. The L.N.W.R. came to Sheffield in 1895 when they opened a goods depot, known as City Goods, in the Nunnery area. The line which left the M.S.& L. went around the rear of the signal box, which controlled its junction. In the 1940s, with the opening of Darnall engine shed a new junction, controlled by the Woodburn Junction signalman, gave access, by a flyover junction from the up goods line and egress to the down goods line.