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            Regional Railways 305515 heads away from Hadfield on the former Woodfield route with the 1608 from Hadfield to Manchester Piccadilly service.

After the closure of the through Woodhead route in 1981, a residual commuter service from Hadfield and Glossop to Manchester remained. After conversion of the line’s 1500v DC electrification to the 25kV AC standard in December 1984, standard EMUs were used on the branches. After use of former Strathclyde electric units, in the early 1990s former Great Eastern class 305 units took over.

These units, built at British Railways’ Doncaster works, first operated on the Lea Valley route from Liverpool Street. After the introduction of the class 321 units, some of the units survived, moving to the Manchester area and finally to North Berwick to Edinburgh services.

This view shows what was formerly a three track section of the Woodhead route. After closure of the through route in 1981, the Hadfield route became a single track branch from Dinting.

Taken on: September 24, 1997

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