Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway

Manchester–Sheffield–Wath
electric railway
incorporating the Woodhead line
Liverpool–Manchester lines
and Manchester–Preston line
 Manchester Piccadilly
 
Crewe–Manchester line,
Stafford–Manchester line,
and Buxton line
 Ardwick
Huddersfield line
Ashburys
Hope Valley line
via Brinnington
 Gorton
Reddish Depot
Fallowfield loop
 Fairfield
M60
Stockport–Stalybridge line
Guide Bridge
Huddersfield line
Dewsnap sidings
Hope Valley line
 Flowery Field
 Newton for Hyde
M67
 Godley
 Godley East
Godley Junction
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
to Huddersfield
 Penistone
Barnsley Junction
Oxspring viaduct
Oxspring tunnel
Penistone Line
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
Wombwell Main Junction
Aldham Junction
 Wombwell Central
Elsecar Junction
Wath marshalling yard
and depot
 Wath Central
Doncaster–
Barnsley Exchange line
Rumtickle Viaduct
Thurgoland Tunnel
 Wortley
Stocksbridge steel works
 Deepcar
Ewden Valley Railway
 Oughty Bridge
 Wadsley Bridge
 Neepsend
 Sheffield Victoria
Sheffield (Midland)
Midland Main Line
Nunnery Junction
Woodburn Junction
to Great Central Railway
Tinsley Yard
 Darnall
Rotherwood Sidings
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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