Editing Hope Valley line (section)

{{Short description|Trans-Pennine railway line in Northern England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2022}}
{{Update||date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = Hope Valley line
| image                           = BamfordStation.jpg
| image_width                     = 321px
| caption                         = The line at {{rws|Bamford}} in the Hope Valley
| type                            = Heavy rail
| system                          = [[National Rail]]
| status                          = Operational
| locale                          = {{ubl|[[Greater Manchester]]|[[Derbyshire]]|[[South Yorkshire]]}}
| start                           = {{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}}
| end                             = {{stn|Sheffield}}
| stations                        = 28
| daily_ridership                 = 
| open                            = {{ubl|6 November 1893 (goods)|1 June 1894 (passengers)}}
| close                           = 
| owner                           = [[Network Rail]]
| operator                        = {{ubl|[[East Midlands Railway]]|[[Northern Trains]]|[[TransPennine Express]]}}
| character                       = 
| depot                           = [[Longsight Diesel TMD|Longsight]]
| stock                           = {{ubl|{{brc|150}}|{{brc|156}}|{{brc|158}}|{{brc|170}}|{{brc|185}}|{{brc|195}}}}
| linelength                      = 
| tracklength                     = 
| tracks                          = [[Double-track railway|Double-track]]
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|uksg|allk=on}}
| electrification                 = [[25 kV AC railway electrification|25 kV AC]] [[OHLE]] (Western part), from Manchester Piccadilly to {{rws|Hazel Grove}}, {{rws|Ashburys}} and {{rws|Guide Bridge}}
| speed                           = {{convert|90|mph|abbr=on}}
{{convert|125|mph|abbr=on}} ([[Manchester Piccadilly]] to {{rws|Stockport}})
{{convert|40|mph|abbr=on}} ({{rws|Hazel Grove}} to Edgeley Junction)
| elevation                       = 
| map                             = [[File:Hope Valley Line.png|321px]]<br />([[:commons:File:Hope Valley Line.png|Click to expand]])
| map_state                       = expanded
}}
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The '''Hope Valley line''' is a [[The Pennines|trans-Pennine]] [[railway line]] in [[Northern England]], linking [[Manchester]] with [[Sheffield]]. It was completed in 1894.

Passenger services on the line are operated by [[Northern Trains]], [[East Midlands Railway]] and [[TransPennine Express]], while the quarries around Hope, producing stone and cement, provide a source of freight traffic.

From {{stn|Sheffield}}, the line follows the [[Midland Main Line]] through the south-west of the city to {{rws|Dore & Totley}}, where the Hope Valley line branches off to run through the [[Totley Tunnel]], the fourth-longest tunnel in England. It emerges in the [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]] area of [[Derbyshire]], where it passes through the stations of {{rws|Grindleford}}, {{rws|Hathersage}}, {{rws|Bamford}}, {{rws|Hope|England}} and {{rws|Edale}} before entering the two-mile-long [[Cowburn Tunnel]]. From the western portal of the tunnel, the line runs through [[Chinley]], then splits. The northern branch runs via {{rws|New Mills Central}} towards {{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}}. The southern branch passes through the [[Disley Tunnel]] before merging with the [[Buxton line]] just south of  {{rws|Hazel Grove}} and then heading to {{rws|Stockport}} to join the [[West Coast Main Line]] to Manchester.