General information | |
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Location | Hadfield, High Peak England |
Coordinates | 53°27′40″N1°57′54″W / 53.461°N 1.965°W |
Grid reference | SK023959 |
Managed by | Northern Trains |
Transit authority | Transport for Greater Manchester [note 1] |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Station code | HDF |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
7 August 1844 | Station opened |
Passengers | |
2017/18 | 0.354 million |
2018/19 | 0.401 million |
2019/20 | 0.397 million |
2020/21 | 0.110 million |
2021/22 | 0.238 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Hadfield railway station serves the Peak District town of Hadfield in Derbyshire,England. The station is one of the twin termini at the Derbyshire end of the Manchester-Glossop Line,the other being Glossop. It was opened by the Sheffield,Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1844.
The line formerly continued east of Hadfield to Penistone and Sheffield via the Woodhead Tunnel. Passenger trains on the Woodhead Line were withdrawn east of Hadfield on 5 January 1970,followed by complete closure in 1981. The tracks were lifted several years later,but the trackbed is still visible and has been partly adapted as a footpath. Since the end of through passenger services to Penistone and Sheffield,only the former eastbound platform has been used and the section westwards to the junction at Dinting is now single track.
Hadfield is the eastern terminus for local trains to/from Manchester Piccadilly. From 1954 until 1984 the station was served by Class 506 electric multiple units (EMUs),latterly the only British Rail EMUs capable of operating on the Woodhead Line's non-standard 1,500 V DC electric system. In December 1984 the line was converted to the standard 25,000 V AC system and the Class 506s were withdrawn and replaced by Class 303 EMUs.
The Class 303 EMUs were replaced by Class 305 EMUs in the mid-1990s,the Class 305 EMUs were replaced by Class 323 EMUs in 1997.
Trains at Hadfield are now mostly formed of Class 323 EMUs,sometimes Class 331 EMUs are used.
The Sheffield,Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was authorised in May 1837,and the line was opened in stages. The section between Dinting (known as Glossop until 9 June 1845 [1] ) and Woodhead was formally opened on 7 August 1844,with the public service beginning the next day. [2] Initially,there were five trains per day (weekdays and Sundays) in each direction over this stretch,running between Manchester Store Street and Woodhead,except for one eastbound train which on weekdays commenced its journey at Newton. [2] The trains called at all stations, [2] of which Hadfield was the only intermediate station also opened on 7 August 1844;some timetables have shown it as Hadfield for Hollingsworth. [3]
The line between Manchester and Sheffield Victoria was electrified in the early 1950s,including some of the branches;the full electric service between Manchester and Penistone began on 14 June 1954,and this included the local service between Manchester,Glossop and Hadfield. [4] For the local services,eight three-car electric multiple-units (later known as Class 506) were provided;these had been built in 1950 but stored until required in 1954. [5] Through trains to Sheffield were hauled by electric locomotives of Class EM1 and Class EM2. [6] Passenger services east of Hadfield ceased in January 1970,and the line between Hadfield and Penistone was closed completely in July 1981. [7]
The station is staffed six days per week,with the ticket office open from start of service until mid-evening (06:00-19:10 weekdays,06:30-19:40 Saturdays,closed Sundays). A self-service ticket machine is provided for use when the ticket office is closed or for collecting pre-paid tickets. The remainder of the station building is in private commercial use as a public house;part of the frontage onto the platform serves as a covered waiting area for passengers. Train running details are offered via digital information screens,automated announcements and timetable posters. Step-free access is available between the station entrance and platform. [9]
There is generally a half-hourly service Monday to Saturday daytimes via Glossop to Manchester Piccadilly. Some peak journeys operate to or from Manchester directly via Dinting missing out the reverse at Glossop,allowing a 20-minute frequency from the same number of trains. [10]
The Sunday service is half hourly,though evening services are roughly hourly seven days a week.
Hadfield is a town in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England, with a population at the 2021 Census of 6,763. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow, near to the border with Greater Manchester, at the western edge of the Peak District close to Glossop.
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.
Penistone railway station serves the town of Penistone, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Services are provided by Northern Trains. The current station, at the junction of the Woodhead Line and Penistone Line, opened in 1874; it replaced a station solely on the Woodhead Line, dating from the line's opening by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1845.
Hyde Central railway station is the main station serving Hyde, Greater Manchester, England.
Hyde North is a railway station north of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England, operated by Northern Trains.
Guide Bridge railway station serves Guide Bridge in Audenshaw, Greater Manchester, England, and is operated by Northern Trains. The station is 4+3⁄4 miles (7.6 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly on both the Rose Hill Marple and Glossop Lines.
Gorton railway station serves Gorton district of the city of Manchester, England. The station is on the Manchester-Glossop Line and is 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly.
The Glossop line is a railway line connecting the city of Manchester with the towns of Hadfield and Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Passenger services on the line are operated by Northern Trains.
The Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway was an electrification scheme on British railways. The route featured long ascents on both sides of the Pennines with the long Woodhead Tunnel at its central summit close to the Woodhead pass. This led to the route being called the Woodhead Line.
The British Rail Class 506 was a 3 carriage electric multiple unit (EMU) built for local services between Manchester, Glossop and Hadfield on the Woodhead Line, which was electrified in 1954 on the 1,500 V DC overhead system.
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 the line's engineer constructed Woodhead Tunnel, over three miles (4.8 km) long. The company amalgamated with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway and Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway companies, together forming the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1847.
Godley railway station serves the Godley area of Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It is 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Glossop Line.
Newton for Hyde railway station, serves the Newton area of Hyde in Greater Manchester, England. Newton for Hyde is 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly station and managed by Northern Trains. The station unusually features both a covered subway underneath the platforms and a larger viaduct tunnel accessible from both sides, meaning there are 2 ways to cross platforms underground. The eastern side of the station containing these passageways is raised on the viaduct.
Dinting railway station serves the village of Dinting in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Manchester-Glossop Line and prior to the Woodhead Line's closure in 1981, Dinting was a station on the Great Central Main Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield Victoria.
Glossop railway station serves the Peak District town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield. It is located just north of Norfolk Square in the centre of Glossop.
The Fallowfield Loop railway line was a local railway route in south Manchester, England. Trains on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) line from Sheffield Victoria and Guide Bridge used the Loop to access Manchester Central railway station. Some express trains, including the Harwich-Sheffield-Manchester-Liverpool boat train, used the line.
Padfield is a small village near Hadfield in High Peak, Derbyshire, England. The village is on the west side of the Peak District National Park, and the nearest town is Glossop, where many local amenities and services are based. It is in a conservation area. The population as of the 2011 census was 2,796.
Crowden railway station is a closed railway station on the Woodhead Line between Manchester and Sheffield, that served the hamlet of Crowden, Derbyshire between 1861 and 1957.
Dinting Viaduct is a 19th-century railway viaduct in Glossopdale in Derbyshire, England, that carries the Glossop Line over a valley at the village of Dinting. It crosses the Glossop Brook and the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield.
Reddish Electric Depot was an electric traction depot located in Reddish, Stockport, England. It was situated on the west side of the Fallowfield Loop line between Hyde Road and Levenshulme South stations; however, neither of the Reddish stations were sited on this line. It was built to service the electric locomotives and local electric multiple units (EMUs) that were employed on the Woodhead Line between Manchester Piccadilly, Hadfield, Sheffield and Wath.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Northern Trains Manchester-Hadfield | Terminus | |||
Northern Trains Manchester-Glossop via Hadfield | ||||
Northern Trains Manchester-Hadfield via Glossop | Terminus | |||
Disused railways | ||||
Dinting | SAMR Woodhead Line | Crowden |