The Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway was an electrification scheme on British railways. The route featured long ascents on both sides of the...
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Woodhead line (category Electric railways in the United Kingdom)
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...
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Sheffield (Midland) station was completely closed for commissioning of the new power signalling box. The Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway was...
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2017 Manchester and North West area Manchester to Glossop / Hadfield (converted from the truncated 1500 V DC Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway) Manchester...
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Woodhead Tunnel (redirect from Woodhead Route Railway Line)
Longdendale Bypass M67 motorway Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway "Woodhead Tunnels". engineering-timelines...
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the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway, over the Woodhead route. A prime justification of this scheme was the heavy coal flows from Wath up the...
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Glossop line (redirect from Manchester to Glossop Line)
conversion within Phase 2 of the tram-train strategy. Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway Audenshaw Junction rail accident Wikimedia Commons has...
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Penistone Line (category Rail transport in Sheffield)
and the Wath marshalling yard (freight-only) (closed) Silkstone Common (was Silkstone: the station was re-opened when the direct line to Sheffield closed...
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Vincent Raven (category English railway mechanical engineers)
No 11 was rebuilt for use on the Woodhead route of the Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway and re-classified EB1. It was never used on this scheme...
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Thurgoland Tunnel (category Railway tunnels in England)
walking trail, whilst the down bore has been blocked off. Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway 53°29′20″N 1°33′05″W / 53.4888°N 1.5515°W / 53.4888;...
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The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was an early British railway company which opened in stages between 1841 and 1845 between Sheffield...
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computers. 1954 14 June: The Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway is inaugurated by the Eastern Region of British Railways out of London Road station...
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Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway. In later years, the coal was imported.[citation needed]...
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British Rail Class 506 (category British Rail electric multiple units)
heritage railway. Glossop Line Woodhead Line Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway "LNER Encyclopedia: The Glossop Line Class 506 Electric Multiple...
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British Rail Class 76 (category British Rail electric locomotives)
The LNER Electric Bo-Bo Class EM1 (BR Class 76) Locomotives LNER Encyclopedia Electric Locomotive Equipment for the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Line - British...
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Rotherwood exchange sidings (category Rail transport in Sheffield)
of the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway between Orgreave Lane and Retford Road, on the south eastern boundary of the City of Sheffield with the...
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British Rail Class 306 (category British Rail electric multiple units)
EMUs, but built for the Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway Harris 1973, p. 154 Fox 1987, p. 52 "Class 306". The Railway Centre. Archived from the...
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Midland Main Line (redirect from Midland Mainline (railway line))
(MML), sometimes also spelt Midland Mainline, is a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises the lines...
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Reddish (redirect from Reddish, Stockport, Greater Manchester)
the railways were nationalised as British Rail (BR). The electrification plan was put in place as the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway, opening...
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loans at low interest rates and electrified the lines from Manchester to Sheffield and Wath yard, and also commuter lines in the London suburban area....
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Piccadilly, Hadfield, Sheffield and Wath. The Fallowfield Loop line, on which the depot was sited, was not electrified; so, to enable electric locomotive and...
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British Rail Class 77 (category British Rail electric locomotives)
(2014). EM1 & EM2: An Illustrated Historical Review of the Manchester, Sheffield, Wath, Electric Locomotives - 76s & 77s. Book Law Publications. ISBN 9781909625198...
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hump). The Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electrification was extended into the yard in 1965 to allow electrically hauled trains to the Manchester area to be...
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Midland Railway named Woodhouse Mill. From 1955 until removal in 1981, the Barnsley Junction-Rotherwood segment of the Manchester – Sheffield – Wath electrification...
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Publishing Company, London. 1965. "Electric Locomotive Equipment for the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Line" (PDF). Railway Archive. December 1954. Retrieved...
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The Sheffield District Rail Rationalisation Plan was a series of linked railway civil engineering projects, station and line closures and train route...
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such as 1,500 V DC electrification of the Manchester–Sheffield–Wath route and the Great Eastern suburban railways.[citation needed] The London to Shenfield...
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which was inaugurated on 14 June 1954 by British Railways as part of the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath scheme via the Woodhead Tunnel. There was also a signal...
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into river, killing more than 200. July 17 – The Manchester–Sheffield–Wath Woodhead Line, carrying electric-hauled freight traffic through the Pennines in...
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History of Reddish (section Reddish Electric Depot)
the railways were nationalised as British Rail (BR). The electrification plan was put in place as the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway, opening...
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