A railway group hopes to create a museum that celebrates a line that linked Manchester and Sheffield.
The line, which passed through the Woodhead Tunnels, first opened in 1845 and was electrified in 1953
Documents lodged with Tameside Council said the site at Guide Bridge station would highlight the Woodhead line, which opened in 1845. said the line, which passes through the northern Peak District via the Woodhead Tunnels, became the first UK overhead electric route when it was electrified in 1953. In a planning document, the group said the museum would be housed in a former Network Rail office building at the Tameside station, which has been empty since 2013, but was formerly used by a signalling and track maintenance team.
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