New museum to be created to mark historic railway line connecting Manchester and Sheffield
A new museum is to be created to mark the history of a railway line linking Manchester and Sheffield through the Peak District.
The project, by the Woodhead Railway Heritage Group, aims to highlight the history of the Woodhead Railway Line that ran between Manchester and Sheffield, and which the application states was the first overhead electric railway in the UK.The line, which passes through the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels, was first opened in 1845. It was electrified in 1953 and closed between Hadfield and Penistone in 1981.
The building proposed for a change of use was formerly utilised by the signalling and track maintenance team at Guide Bridge Station, but which has been empty since 2013. “The museum will be open to the general public and become a tourist attraction for the local area and community having displays of artefacts, information on the history of the Woodhead Railway and being able to offer light refreshments to visitors,” the planning application states.
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