Sheffield Victoria station was the main Sheffield station on the Great Central Railway (known prior to 1897 as the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway), between Chesterfield and Penistone. Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ... This is about the historic company; see also about the present day preserved Great Central Steam Railway. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Penistone is a small market town in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 10,000. ...

History

Victoria station was opened on 15 September 1851 as the new Sheffield terminus of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway. Previously the railway had terminated at the Bridgehouses station about 1 km to the west, which opened in 1845. The station was given a new frontage in 1908 and took on great importance when the line through the Pennines—known as the Woodhead Route because of the long tunnel on it—was electrified for freight purposes after WWII. Electrification of the line reached Sheffield Victoria by 1954, reducing the journey time to Manchester to 56 minutes. In 1965 a revised Beeching report recommended that the Sheffield to Manchester service be consolidated to the Hope Valley Line, and in 1967 British Railways announced plans to withdraw passenger services along the Woodhead route. Following public outcry an enquiry was launched that took two years to be completed. Eventually the enquiry backed British Rail's plans and passenger services were withdrawn from the line on 5 January 1970. The last train to Victoria station, an enthusiasts special, arrived at 00:44 on 5 January and from that point the station was closed. The track through the station was lifted in the mid-1980s and the station buildings were demolished in 1989 to make way for an extension to the adjacent Victoria Hotel complex. September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Typical Pennine scenery. ... Woodhead ( SK091999) is a small and scattered settlement at the head of the Longdendale valley in Derbyshire, England. ... An underground pedestrian tunnel between buildings at MIT. Note the utility pipes running along the ceiling. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Many railway lines were closed The Beeching Axe was an informal name for the British governments attempt in the 1960s to control the spiralling cost of running the British railway system by closing what it considered to be little-used and unprofitable railway lines. ... The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Sheffield Midland station
• Sheffield Wicker Station

Sheffield Midland Station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, England. ... Sheffield Wicker Station was the first railway station to be built in Sheffield, Yorkshire. ...

External links

• Photos of Sheffield Victoria station in the 1980s (http://www.leytransport.i12.com/shef.htm)
• History and photos of the Woodhead route (http://www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/)