Woodhead Tunnel

Location type

Tunnel

Name and dates

Woodhead Tunnel

Opened on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.
Opened on the Woodhead Tunnel (British Railways).


Chronology Dates

  /12/1845Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Line completely opened when single bore 3 mile 22 yard Woodhead Tunnel opened on a gradient of 1 in 201.
  /02/1847Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Contract for second Woodhead Tunnel let.
02/02/1852Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
New 'up' Woodhead Tunnel opened.
  /  /1948Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Work on new double track Woodhead Tunnel begins.
14/06/1954Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
New Woodhead Tunnel opens and electric services over line commence.
  /  /2011Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
National Grid to cease using the Victorian age Woodhead Tunnel bores.