Hadfield railway station
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Hadfield railway station serves the Peak District town of Hadfield, in Derbyshire, England. It is one of twin termini at the Derbyshire end of the Glossop Line; the other being Glossop. The station wa
EMU at Hadfield Station
Looking east; beyond the buffer stops lies the former Woodhead Line
Woodhead line
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The Woodhead line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak Distri
Hadfield railway station
…the Glossop Line; the other being Glossop. The station was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1844, as a stop on the Woodhead Line between Manchester Store Street and Sheffield Victoria. Hadfield is now the eastern terminus for local trains to/from Manchester Piccadilly. The…
An electric freight train headed by two Class 76s, about to enter Woodhead Tunnel in 1981
The line in 1951 before electrification, looking westwards from above Woodhead Tunnel. Woodhead railway station is visible in the foreground.
Goods train pulled by WD Austerity 2-8-0 near West Silkstone Junction in 1950
Electric locomotives at Penistone railway station in 1954