Topic summary
Woodhead line
limit of 1500V DC electrification
limit of 1500V DC electrification
limit of 1500V DC electrification
limit of 1500V DC electrification
Hyde Road exchange sidings
limit of 1500V DC electrification
M60 
Ashton Moss sidings
limit of 1500V DC electrification
limit of 1500V DC electrification
limit of 1500V DC electrification
Dewsnap sidings
towards Stalybridge
M67 
Etherow viaduct
Dinting viaduct
Hepworth Iron and Steel
Penistone Goods
Barnsley Junction
Oxspring viaduct
Oxspring tunnel
Silkstone tunnel 2
Silkstone tunnel 1
Wentworth Silkstone colliery
M1 
exchange sidings
towards Dovecliffe
to Barnsley (unelectrified)
to Elsecar Main (unelectrified)
limit of 1500V DC electrification
Rumtickle Viaduct
Stocksbridge steel works
Ewden Valley Railway (unelectrified)
Nunnery Junction
Woodburn Junction
towards Rotherham (unelectrified)
limit of 1500V DC electrification
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 is still in operation and until 2024 the Sheffield to Deepcar section was still open, although for freight 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.