Woodhead Tunnel
Location type
TunnelName and dates
Woodhead TunnelOpened on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.
Opened on the Woodhead Tunnel (British Railways).
| Nearby stations Woodhead Dunford Bridge [1st] Dunford Bridge [2nd] Crowden Hazlehead Bridge Holmfirth Thongs Bridge Brockholes Meltham Stocksmoor Shepley Penistone [1st] Healey House Honley Denby Dale | Woodhead New Tunnels Sledbrook Colliery Works Hazlehead Colliery School Wells Drift Mine Thurstonland Tunnel Quarry Healey House Tunnel Tourist/other Winscar Reservoir Woodhead Reservior Langsett Reservoir Torside Reservoir Torside Level Crossing Rhodeswood Reservoir Valehouse Reservoir |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /12/1845 | Sheffield, 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. |
| /02/1847 | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Contract for second Woodhead Tunnel let. |
| 02/02/1852 | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway New 'up' Woodhead Tunnel opened. |
| / /1948 | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Work on new double track Woodhead Tunnel begins. |
| 14/06/1954 | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway New Woodhead Tunnel opens and electric services over line commence. |
| / /2011 | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway National Grid to cease using the Victorian age Woodhead Tunnel bores. |
