The Woodhead rail line between Sheffield and Manchester last carried passengers in January 1970, a victim of a wave of rail cuts in the late 1960s. The route - which had been electrified in 1954 ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced major rail schemes for Sheffield which will see an electrified link to Manchester and the creation of a Don Valley Line to Stocksbridge. Pictured is ...

Plans have been submitted for a museum celebrating a railway line which once linked Manchester and Sheffield ... became the first UK overhead electric route when it was electrified in 1953.

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.

"Network North" plans including upgraded and electrified lines between Manchester and Sheffield, Sheffield and Leeds, Sheffield and Hull, and Hull and Leeds. In addition, there will be an extra £ ...

The plans mean the rail journey between Sheffield and Manchester will be 10 minutes quicker The railway line between Sheffield and Manchester is to be upgraded, cutting journey times by 10 minutes.

He said: “You will be able to get from Manchester to the new station in Bradford in 30 minutes, Sheffield in 42 minutes and to Hull in 84 minutes on a fully, electrified line. “We’ll protect ...

SIX rail lines through Yorkshire should be prioritised ... Work is already underway to electrify the route between Manchester, York and Leeds as part of Network Rail’s existing plans.