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Huddersfield to Penistone (The Huddersfield & Sheffield Junction Railway)
1850 - Present
Lancashire & Yorkshire railway |
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Contributors: ©
Reproduction prohibited / Mark Pennington /
David Webdale |
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The Route
From Springwood junction on the
Heaton Lodge to Stalybridge
line, to Penistone,
on the Manchester
to Sheffield Woodhead line,
via Lockwood,
Berry Brow, Honley, Brockholes,
Stocksmoor, Shepley & Denby Dale.
Length
13 miles
Original Company
Opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway company.
Openings
1st July 1850.
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 The
Penistone Line Partnership website -
http://www.southpenninesrail.co.uk/index.html
The Penistone Line Partnership is a
voluntary organisation which supports and promotes community
involvement along the Huddersfield to Sheffield railway line. Many
events are run during the year including music trains and guided
walks from Penistone Line Stations. |
Spring Wood Junction
Class 47 Passenger (c1980) : David
Webdale
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47 hauled passenger on its way to Liverpool Lime Street, emerges
from the Second Huddersfield tunnel opened on 10th October 1886
during track widening & is about to enter Gledholt
tunnel.
Between 1881 & 1883 during track widening, the
recovered stone from the cutting (between the two
tunnels) was used to increase the width of the Huddersfield
viaduct.
The tracks veering off to the right are the L&Y Penistone
line.The old building top right is my old school at Spring Grove.
The footbridge I'm standing on was not completed until 1858 after
disputes with the railway company going back to 1848.
The tunnels
& cutting through Springwood interrupted an ancient right of way from the
top of the town to Paddock Foot.
The railway company was required
to have the footpath made passable & to put up & maintain
lights near to the rubbish & holes they had made.
We used to
call this place the Monkeys Neck. Don't know why. |
 Paddock
viaduct (07-03-81) : Mark Pennington
Class 141 at Paddock, 16/04/1990. |
 Lockwood
Lockwood
station subway (07-04-07) : David Webdale
The disused subway leading to the disused platform,
see next photo. |
 Lockwood
station platform (07-04-07) : David Webdale
The disused platform, originally for trains to
Penistone.
The 200 yard Yew Tree tunnel in the distance. |
 L&Y boundary stone (07-04-07) :
David Webdale
Found by accident close to the station at the top of
Burbeary road. |
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