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Todmorden railway station is in West Yorkshire, England, originally on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border. It was built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway and is on the Caldervale Line west of Leeds and north-east of Manchester Victoria. It was opened in March 1841 when the final portion of M&L main line between Manchester and Normanton through Summit Tunnel was completed. It became a junction in 1849 with the opening of a branch line westwards through the Cliviger Gorge to Burnley. This was later extended to join the East Lancashire Railway near Rose Grove, giving a direct route to Blackburn, Preston and Blackpool. For many years the station was served by express trains between Liverpool and York and local trains toward Preston, Bradford and Leeds, but since the Beeching cuts in the 1960s the basic service has been a local one between Leeds and Manchester Victoria. In May 2015, a service from Manchester to Burnley began using the station. ==Todmorden curve== Todmorden station is located by a triangular junction between the lines to Manchester, Burnley and Halifax, with the station itself located on the line towards Manchester. From 1972 until 2015, there was no link between the Manchester and Burnley lines. Railway passengers wishing to travel between Manchester and Burnley had to change at Hebden Bridge or Blackburn. The station was originally served by a local shuttle to Rose Grove, which was withdrawn in 1965 (the bay platform it once used can still be seen). The short curve that allowed trains to travel between the Manchester and Burnley was removed in 1972 when the line was re-signalled. Stansfield Hall station used to serve the northern end of the town on this line, but it was closed in 1944. A project to reinstate the Manchester-Burnley curve was first proposed in 2009, although it was not until the end of 2011 that the finance was finally secured as part of the Regional Growth Fund initiative announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. As first built, the curve ran from a junction approximately north-east of the viaduct and connected on to the Copy Pit line at Stanfield Hall Junction, near the footbridge on Stansfield Road (the remains of the curve can still be seen from this bridge). During 2012 Network Rail began clearing the trackbed of vegetation to see what is involved in relaying the track. Some more track has become visible since this has taken place. This assessment concluded that it could be feasible to reinstate the curve, although the original alignment could not be used as the original curve is deemed to be too sharp - a suitable alternative route has however been found. Construction began in summer 2013, with the curve originally planned to be in use from the May 2014 timetable change, delayed from the originally mooted date of the end of 2013, allowing through trains to run from Burnley to Manchester Victoria in less than one hour. Services have since been further delayed due to a lack of available rolling stock and signalling work running behind schedule, and will now begin from the May 2015 timetable change.〔(Lack of Trains to hold up new £8.8 million Todmorden Curve ) Magill, Peter ''Lancashire Telegraph'' article 23 October 2013; Retrieved 23 January 2014〕〔(East Lancs MP slams Todmorden Curve Rail Link Delays ) Adams, Chris ''Lancashire Telegraph'' article 13 August 2014; Retrieved 21 August 2014〕 In addition to the work to lay in new track on the curve itself and a completely new junction at the Todmorden end, significant alterations to the signalling system have been required to allow trains to use the new curve (these were only fully completed in February 2015, which is why the curve could only be used by Burnley-bound trains when the curve was first brought into service). The area is controlled from Preston Power Signal Box. The first train to use the newly-commissioned connection was an enthusiasts' charter operated by Pathfinder Tours on 31 May 2014.〔(The Topper Chopper - First passenger train: Todmorden Viaduct Junction - Stansfield Hall Junction, Saturday 31 May 2014 ) www.hall-royd-junction.co.uk; Retrieved 16 June 2014〕 A regular service began using the curve in May 2015.〔(BBC - Rail link reopens from Manchester to Burnley )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Todmorden railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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