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The Glossop line is a railway line connecting the city of Manchester with the towns of Hadfield and Glossop in Derbyshire, England. It formed part of the historic Great Central Main Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield Victoria. Passenger services on the line are operated by Northern Trains.
A rail tunnel has been proposed for the corridor, as part of the Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040. [ 9 ] UK rail advocacy group Railfuture has noted that the reinstatement of the Glazebrook East Junction–Skelton Junction line , along with its former branch to Carrington Power Station and an extension of the branch to Flixton , would ...
Panoramic view of the completed Ordsall Chord with the River Irwell, Aviva studios and the Prince's bridge in 2024. Ordsall Chord, also known as the Castlefield Curve, is a short railway line in Ordsall, Salford, England, which links Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road to Manchester Victoria, designed to increase capacity and reduce journey times into and through Manchester.
The south side's services radiate from Manchester Piccadilly and run to Manchester Airport, south Manchester, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Leeds, North East England, London and other major destinations. [2] The region's rail network started to develop during the Industrial Revolution, when it was at the centre of a textile manufacturing boom. [5]
This scheme proposed creating a direct rail link between Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria, by building a tunnel and several underground stations under Manchester city centre. The project was cancelled in the late 1970s, because of the high cost, and transport planners turned instead towards light rail as a lower-cost option.
Any route is permitted, so the passenger has a choice of embarking from either Piccadilly, Oxford Road or Deansgate on the TransPennine Express North West route, the Northern route or from Victoria by Northern Trains. The Manchester station group is a station group (for fares purposes) of four railway stations in Manchester city centre, England ...
Northern Trains operate local services over the full length of the line. These include limited stop workings from Manchester Airport and Hazel Grove via Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North, along with Manchester Victoria to Preston services and a limited number of Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furness and Windermere trains.
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.