M18 motorway (Great Britain) and 12 June 2015. The M18 was originally to be part of the M1, but it was decided to route the M1 towards Leeds instead of Doncaster, and the routing of what would have been the M1 east of Sheffield became the M18. Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. The location sequence is a continuation of the M1 location sequence. !scope=col|miles !scope=col|km !scope=col abbr="Southbound"|Southbound exits (B carriageway) !scope=col|Junction !scope=col abbr="Northbound"|Northbound exits (A carriageway) !scope=col|Coordinates M18 motorway (Great Britain) The M18 is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. It runs from the east of
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway The Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway was an early British railway company. The company obtained an act in 1846 for 26 miles of railway, with a main section from Wakefield to Doncaster via Barnsley. The section south of Barnsley became the property of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster & Goole Railway Company , and the northern section was amalgamated into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , after which the original company was dissolved. The "Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway" (SRBWH&GR) applied to parliament in the 1845/6 session