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Hadfield railway station serves the town of Hadfield in Derbyshire, England. The station is one of the twin termini at the Derbyshire end of the Manchester-Glossop Line, the other being Glossop. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1844. The line formerly continued east of Hadfield to Penistone, Wath and Sheffield via the Woodhead Tunnel. Passenger trains on the Woodhead Line were withdrawn east of Hadfield on 5 January 1970, followed by complete closure in 1981. The tracks were lifted several years later, but the trackbed is still visible and has been partly adapted as a footpath. Hadfield was (and still 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 1500 V dc electric system. In December 1984 the line was converted to the standard 25,000 V ac system and the Class 506s were withdrawn. Trains at Hadfield are now always formed of Class 323 EMUs. ==History== The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was authorised in May 1837, and the line was opened in stages. The section between (known as Glossop until 9 June 1845) and was formally opened on 7 August 1844, with the public service beginning the next day. Initially, there were five trains per day (weekdays and Sundays) in each direction over this stretch, running between Manchester and Woodhead, except for one eastbound train which on weekdays commenced its journey at Newton.〔 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 between Manchester and Sheffield was electrified in the early 1950s, including some of the branches; the full electric service between Manchester and began on 14 June 1954, and this included the local service between Manchester, and Hadfield. For the local services, eight three-car electric multiple-units (later known as ) were provided; these had been built in 1950 but stored until required in 1954. Through trains to Sheffield were hauled by electric locomotives of and . Passenger services east of Hadfield ceased in January 1970, and the line between Hadfield and Penistone was closed completely in July 1981. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hadfield railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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