page_title: Woodhead line
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Woodhead line / Route
caption_attribution_description: Pre Grouping railway junction around Brightside, Sheffield &amp; Blackburn Valley; Treeton
context_page_description: 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 District through the Woodhead Tunnels. The line was electrified in 1953 and closed between Hadfield and Penistone in 1981.
  The Manchester to Glossop/Hadfield section is still in operation; east of the Pennines, the vicinity of Penistone and the Sheffield to Deepcar section are still open, although the latter is goods-only. The track has been lifted on other sections and much of the trackbed now forms part of the Trans-Pennine Trail and National Cycle Route 62. The Woodhead line has achieved a cult status with collectors of railway memorabilia.
context_section_description: The route from Manchester to Sheffield was 41 ¹⁄₂ miles (66.8 km) with stops at Gorton, Guide Bridge, Newton, Godley Junction, Mottram, Glossop and Dinting, Glossop Central, Hadfield, Crowden, Woodhead, Dunford Bridge, Hazlehead Bridge, Penistone, Wortley, Deepcar, Oughtibridge, Wadsley Bridge and Neepsend. Services still run from Manchester to Glossop and Hadfield; trains also run from Sheffield to Penistone, continuing onwards to Huddersfield. The section from Deepcar to Sheffield is currently used for goods.
caption: Railway Clearing House map showing the Wadsley Bridge to Sheffield Victoria section of the route
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