Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway

Manchester–Sheffield–Wath
electric railway
incorporating the Woodhead line
Liverpool–Manchester lines
and Manchester–Preston line
 Manchester Piccadilly
limit of 1500V DC electrification
 
Crewe–Manchester line,
Stafford–Manchester line,
and Buxton line
limit of 1500V DC electrification
 Ardwick
Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway
Ardwick branch
limit of 1500V DC electrification
towards
Ashton Moss
 Ashburys
Hope Valley Line
via Brinnington
 Gorton
Fallowfield loop line
limit of 1500V DC electrification
Reddish Depot
Hyde Road exchange sidings
towards
Manchester Victoria
limit of 1500V DC electrification
 Fairfield
  M60 
Ashton Moss sidings
limit of 1500V DC electrification
limit of 1500V DC electrification
 Guide Bridge
limit of 1500V DC electrification
Dewsnap sidings
towards Stalybridge
Hyde Junction
to Hope Valley Line
 Flowery Field
 Newton for Hyde
  M67 
 Godley
 Godley East
Godley Junction
to Hope Valley Line
 Hattersley
 Broadbottom
Etherow viaduct
Dinting viaduct
 Dinting
 Glossop
 Hadfield
 Crowden
 Woodhead
Woodhead Tunnel
 Dunford Bridge
Hepworth Iron and Steel
 Hazlehead Bridge
Penistone Goods
Penistone Line (unelectrified)
to Huddersfield
 Penistone
Barnsley Junction
Oxspring viaduct
Oxspring tunnel
Penistone Line (unelectrified)
to Barnsley
Silkstone tunnel 2
Silkstone tunnel 1
Wentworth Silkstone colliery
  M1 
Swaithe viaduct
Hallam Line & Penistone Line
 Wombwell Main
exchange sidings
 South Yorkshire Railway
towards Dovecliffe
Wombwell Main Junction
Aldham Junction
to Barnsley (unelectrified)
 Wombwell Central
 Elsecar Junction
to Elsecar Main (unelectrified)
Wath marshalling yard
and depot
limit of 1500V DC electrification
 Wath Central
Doncaster–
Barnsley Exchange line
Rumtickle Viaduct
Thurgoland Tunnel
 Wortley
Stocksbridge steel works
 Deepcar
Ewden Valley Railway (unelectrified)
 Oughty Bridge
 Wadsley Bridge
 Neepsend
 Sheffield Victoria
Sheffield (Midland)
Midland Main Line (unelectrified)
Nunnery Junction
Woodburn Junction
towards Rotherham (unelectrified)
Tinsley Yard
 Darnall
Rotherwood Sidings
limit of 1500V DC electrification
Sheffield–Lincoln line

The Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway was an electrification scheme on British railways. The route featured long ascents on both sides of the Pennines with the long Woodhead Tunnel at its central summit close to the Woodhead pass. This led to the route being called the Woodhead Line.

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