Woodhead railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Woodhead on the Woodhead Line.

History

The station was opened on 8 April 1844Disused Stations - Woodhead
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Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was an early British railway company which opened in stages between 1841 and 1845 between Sheffield and Manchester via Ashton-under-Lyne. The Peak District formed a formidable barrier, and ...

. It was served by stopping passenger trains operating on the route from

Manchester London Road Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city ...

to Sheffield Victoria. The station was later operated by the

Great Central Railway The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the ...

and the London and North Eastern Railway.

Second station

A new station was opened in 1953 by the Eastern Region of British Railways on a different site in conjunction with the opening of the new

Woodhead Tunnel The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans- Pennine long railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, a former major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield in Northern England. The western portals of the tunnels are at Woodhead in Derbyshire and ...

and electrification of the line. The station was closed on 27 July 1964 but the line remained open for passengers trains until 1970 and to freight traffic until 1981.

Gallery

File:Woodhead Line 2048315.jpg, The original Woodhead station seen from above Woodhead tunnel in 1951 File:Woodhead station remains from top, 09.2005.jpg, The remains of the station in 2005 File:Disused platform at Woodhead Station (geograph 3230588).jpg, Disused platform in 2012

References

Disused railway stations in Derbyshire Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub