Great Central Main Line

Section of Line	Opened	Closed
Ardwick Junction to Godley Toll Bar	17.11.1841
Godley Toll Bar to Broadbottom	10.12.1842
Broadbottom to Dinting	24.12.1842
Dinting to Woodhead	08.08.1844
Woodhead Tunnel Down Bore	23.12.1845
Woodhead Tunnel Up Bore	2.2.1852
Woodhead New Tunnel	3.6.1954
Dunford West [Huddersfield Junction] – Hadfield		05.01.1970 (P)
Dunford West [Huddersfield Junction] – Hadfield		20.07.1981(G/A)

	Junctions and other features	Running Lines		Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
	Junctions and other features	Up	Down	Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes

1		–	↓	Dunford West	–	DGL 138
				Dunford Bridge Station (Map)			o. 14.07.1845 c. 05.01.1970
2		↑	↓↓	Woodhead Station (Map)	3m 521yds	URS 200	o. 08.08.1844 c. 27.07.1964
3		↑↑	↓↓	Crowden Station (Map)	1m 1488yds		o. 01.07.1861 c. 04.02.1957
4		↑↑	↓	Torside	1m 1586yds
5		↑↑	↓↓	Valehouse	1m 867yds
6		↑	↓	Hadfield East (Map)	0m 1204yds
7		↑	↓	Hadfield West (Hadfield Station)	0m 837yds		o. 08.08.1844
8		↑↑	↓	Dinting Station (2nd) (Map)	0m 1367yds
				(Dinting (1st))			c. 01.02.1847
9		↑	↓	Mottram No.2	0m 803yds	DRS 29 URS 29
				Mottram Yard Halt
10		↑	↓	Mottram No.1	1m 190yds
				Broadbottom Station (Map)
				[Hattersley Station]
11		↑	↓↓	Godley East Junction	1m 773yds
12		↑↑	↓	Godley Junction Station (Map)	0m 962yds		c. 27.05.1995
				(Godley Toll Bar Station) [Godley Station]			c. 10.12.1841 RO As Godley 07.07.1986
13		↑	↓	Newton Station (Map)	1m 201yds	URS 33
14		↑	↓↓↓	Hyde Junction	0m 1754yds
15		↑↑	↓↓↓	Dewsnap Sidings (Does not signal main lines or down No.2 goods)	0m 758yds
16		↑↑↑↑	↓↓↓↓	Guide Bridge East Junction	0m 680yds
17		↑↑	↓↓	Ashton Junction (Map)	0m 586yds
				Guide Bridge Station
18		↑↑	↓↓	Stockport Junction	0m 355yds
				Audenshaw Junction
19		↑↑	↓↓	Fairfield Junction Station (Map)	1m 278yds
20		↑↑	↓↓	Gorton Junction Station (Map)	1m 102yds
21		↑↑	↓↓↓↓	Priory Junction	0m 1018yds
22		↑↑	↓↓	Ashburys East Junction (Map)	0m 698yds
				Ashburys (for Belle Vue) Station
23		↑↑	↓↓↓	Ashburys West Junction	0m 585yds
24		↑↑↑	↓↓↓	Ardwick No.3 (No signals for main or down slow lines)	0m 285yds
25		↑↑↑	↓	Ardwick No.1	0m 771yds
				Ardwick Station (Map)
26		↑	–	Ardwick Junction	0m 115yds

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The new Woodhead Tunnel was open for 27years, 1 month and 17days. My maths may be a little ropy, but I work that out as a cost of over £55,000 for every year of its operational life.

Dunford Bridge West (Exc.) to Manchester Ardwick Junction

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