Scenic route
Hope Valley Line
Sheffield → Manchester · England
Straight through the Peak District: Edale, Kinder Scout and the Hope valley between England’s steel and cotton cities. The hikers’ line.
- Distance
- 68 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 50 min
- Average speed
- 82 km/h
- Top speed
- 110 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmSheffield +2
- 7 kmDore and Totley
- 15 kmGrindleford
- 18 kmHathersage
- 23 kmHope
- 31 kmEdale
- 52 kmMarple
- 55 kmRomiley
- 57 kmBredbury
- 58 kmBrinnington
- 61 kmReddish North
- 67 kmManchester Piccadilly +3
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9388690: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 24768
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Hope Valley Line?
The Hope Valley Line runs 68 km from Sheffield to Manchester.
How long does the Hope Valley Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 50 min for the 68 km. That is an average of 82 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 110 km/h.
Who runs the Hope Valley Line?
Northern.
How old is the Hope Valley Line?
The line has been in service since 1894. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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