1998

SK1199 : Woodhead station and tunnel

taken 25 years ago, near to Ironbower Moss [other Features], Derbyshire, Great Britain

This is 1 of 2 images, with title starting with Woodhead station and in this square
Woodhead station and tunnel
Woodhead station and tunnel
The famous Woodhead Tunnels start in this square from SK113998, where Longendale meets the Pennines and runs out of dale ! This is the old Woodhead station and the western portal of the 1950s New Tunnel, length 4,888 metres. Built to remove the bottleneck of two older and smaller tunnels, it was closed in 1981. The railway trackbed now forms part of the Trans Pennine Trail.

Behind us, in the rest of the square, is steep moorland hillside.

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Category: Tunnel > Tunnel
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Old Woodhead Station [14] · Western Portals [13] · Old Railway [12] · Runs [12] · Trans Pennine Trail [8] · Hillside [4] · Started [4] Other Photos: · Woodhead ·
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SK1199, 137 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Nick Leverton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
December 1998   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 16 April, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 11 99 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 53:29.5251N 1:49.6882W
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for SK1199) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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