Wadsley Bridge railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Wadsley Bridge
gridref = SK334915


caption = Wadsley Station in January 2005.
manager = Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Great Central Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
locale = Wadsley Bridge
borough = Sheffield
platforms = 2
years = 14 July 1845
events = Opened
years1 = 15 June 1959
events1 = Closed to regular passenger services
years2 = 1996
events2 = Last used by football specials

Wadsley Bridge railway station was a station in Sheffield on the Great Central Railway's core route between Manchester and Sheffield.

History

The station opened on 14 July 1845 as part of the then Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway, on its original route from Bridgehouses in Sheffield (soon superseded by Sheffield Victoria) to Manchester London Road. This route became more popularly known as the Woodhead Line. The station stood on the north side of Halifax Road between Neepsend and Oughtibridge stations. [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/w/wadsley_bridge/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica - Wadsley Bridge station] ] .

The station closed to regular passenger service on 15 June 1959 [http://www.leytransport.i12.com/shef.htm Sheffield Victoria and the Woodhead Route] ] , with the Woodhead Line itself closing to passengers in 1970. However, Wadsley Bridge railway station still saw occasional passenger use - summer specials were advertised until 31 October 1965, Sheffield-Huddersfield passenger trains continued to run through the station until 1983 and football specials used the station until 1996, serving Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium.

Present

- this has been retained for occasional freight workings to steel mills in Stocksbridge. [http://www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/cgi-bin/trt.pl?
] ] .

An old station sign, almost certainly from the signal box, can be seen attached to the adjacent John Fairest Funeral Home (see picture).

Future

The Don Valley Railway project has proposed to rebuild the station and its buildings as part of their plan to restore the section of the line to Nunnery Square, although possibly in a different location [http://www.donvalleyrailway.org/project/wadsley.php Don Valley Railway - Wadsley Bridge station] ] .

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References

External links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/w/wadsley_bridge/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica: Wadsley Bridge Station]
* [http://www.topforge.co.uk/Photographs/Woodhead.htm Woodhead Railway and its electrification]
* [http://www.leytransport.i12.com/shef.htm Sheffield Victoria and the Woodhead Route]
* [http://www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/cgi-bin/trt.pl?
]
* [http://robs-photo-pages-extra.fotopic.net/p834689.html Wadsley Bridge station in 1986]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewverdonsmith/2241614866/ Wadsley Bridge station]
* [http://railways-of-britain.com/Woodhead.html The Woodhead Route]