Hadfield railway station
Hadfield railway station serves the Peak District town of Hadfield, in Derbyshire, England. It is one of twin termini at the Derbyshire end of the Glossop Line; the other being. The station was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1844, as a stop on the Woodhead Line between Manchester Store Street and. Hadfield is now the eastern terminus for local trains to/from.
History
The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was authorised in May 1837 and the line was opened in stages. The section between and was formally opened on 7 August 1844, with the public service beginning the next day. Initially, there were five trains per day 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. The trains called at all stations, of which Hadfield was the only intermediate station, also opened on 7 August 1844; some timetables have shown it as Hadfield for Hollingsworth.The line continued east of Hadfield to Penistone and Sheffield, via the Woodhead Tunnel.
The line between Manchester and Sheffield Victoria was electrified in the early 1950s, including some of its branches; the full electric service between Manchester and began on 14 June 1954 and this included the local service between Manchester, Glossop and Hadfield. For the local services, eight three-car electric multiple units were provided; these had been built in 1950, but were stored until they were required in 1954. Through trains to Sheffield were hauled by electric locomotives of and.
Passenger trains on the Woodhead Line were withdrawn east of Hadfield on 5 January 1970, followed by its complete closure in 1981. The tracks were lifted several years later, but the trackbed is still visible and has been partly adapted as the Longdendale Trail, a shared-use path. 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 tracked.
From 1954 until 1984, the station was served by electric multiple units ; latterly, these were 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.
At this transition, the Class 506s were withdrawn and were replaced by EMUs. In the mid-1990s, they were replaced by EMUs. Services have been operated EMUs since 1997.
Accidents and incidents
- On 8 April 1981, a freight train derailed at the station.