Woodhead Tunnels

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former railway infrastructure railway tunnel railway tunnel complex

The Woodhead Tunnels are a series of former railway tunnels in the Peak District of England, historically carrying the Manchester–Sheffield trans-Pennine route beneath the high moorland.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Woodhead Tunnel 1
Woodhead 1 Tunnel 0
Woodhead 2 Tunnel 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former railway infrastructure ⓘ
railway tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel complex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Woodhead Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
closureOfWoodheadLine 1981 ⓘ
closureToPassengerTraffic 1970 ⓘ
connects Manchester area ⓘ
Sheffield area ⓘ
constructionMaterial brick lining ⓘ
stone ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses Pennines NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentUse carries National Grid electricity cables (Woodhead 3) ⓘ
electrificationSystem 1500 V DC overhead line ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasPart Woodhead 1 Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woodhead 2 Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woodhead 3 Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus not a public railway route ⓘ
laterRailwayCompany Great Central Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Derbyshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Peak District NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Longdendale valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woodhead, Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn trans-Pennine corridor between Manchester and Sheffield ⓘ
numberOfTunnels 3 ⓘ
openingDate 1845 ⓘ
1852 ⓘ
1953 ⓘ
operator former British Railways ⓘ
former Great Central Railway ⓘ
former London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
originalRailwayCompany Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Manchester–Sheffield railway route NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woodhead Tunnels NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woodhead Tunnels NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woodhead Tunnels NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayLine Woodhead Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
status closed to rail traffic ⓘ
disused ⓘ
disused ⓘ
disused railway tunnels ⓘ
underlies high moorland of the Peak District ⓘ
usedFor rail transport ⓘ
trans-Pennine freight traffic ⓘ
trans-Pennine passenger traffic ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Longdendale → hasStructure → Woodhead Tunnels ⓘ
Great Central Railway → notableStructure → Woodhead Tunnels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Woodhead Tunnel