Western Lines (North)

Section of Line	Opened	Closed
Heaton Norris Junction to Denton Junction [Guide Bridge]	01.08.1849
Stalybridge to Marsden [Hudderfield]	01.08.1849
Diggle to Marsden (Second tunnel)	12.02.1871
Denton Junction to Dukinfield	02.10.1882 (G)
Denton Junction to Dukinfield	01.11.1882 (P)
Dukinfield to Stalybridge	01.08.1893 (G)
Dukinfield to Stalybridge	07.08.1893 (P)
Diggle to Marsden (Double Tunnel)	00.08.1894
1st and 2nd Standedge Tunnel Bores		31.10.1966

	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
Maximum permissible speed 75 m.p.h. on Main, Fast and Slow lines
1		–	↓↓	Heaton Norris Junction	–
2		↕↑↑	↓↓	Jubilee Sidings (signals Goods lines only)
3		↑↑↑	↓↓	Ash Bridge		DRS 66
4		↑↑	↓↓	Reddish South Station
5		↑↑	↓↓	Denton Station
6		↑↑	↓	Denton Junction
				Hooley Hill			c. 01.01.1917 RO 03.10.1921 c. 25.09.1950
7		↑	↓	Dukinfield and Ashton Station			c. 25.09.1950
8		↑	↓↓	Stalybridge No.1
9		↑↑	↓↓↓	Stalybridge No.2
10		↑↑↑	↓↓	Stalybridge No.3 (Signals passenger lines only)
11		↑↑	↓	Stalybridge No.4
12		↑	↓	Black Rock		URS 63 DRS 31
13		↑	↓	Mossley Station
14		↑	↓	Greenfield Junction
				(Moorgate Halt)			c. 02.05.1955
15		↑	↓	Delph Junction
				Saddleworth			c. 07.10.1968
16		↑	↓↓	Diggle Junction			c. 07.10.1963
17		↑↑	–	Marsden Junction (N.E. Region)

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The route from Stalybridge to Diggle offers some breathtaking opportunities for photographers. The stations are quaint, the vantage points are many and the railway boundary remains blessedly free of the metal railings that abound these days. Unfortunately, although frequent, the trains offer little of interest to the photographer. Worth visit to catch the occasional freight or special though.

Heaton Norris Junction to Marsden Junction (N.E. Region)

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