Hadfield is one of the two ends of the line to Glossop, and depending on the time of day trains from Manchester reverse either here or there before continuing to the other. It wasn't always that way, of course; it's the truncated end of old electrified Woodhead route under the Pennines to Sheffield.
The approach to the station from the town to the northwest:
Looking along the entrance path to the station:
To the right is the old station building, whose signs proclaim it to be a wine bar. It has a patio on the streetward side:
The rear of the station building:
The windows are boarded up:
On the platform, looking south:
The sign proudly proclaims what the station is for:
A milepost lies wonky in the undergrowth:
At the north end of the platform we look to the end of the line:
A wooden canopy on the station building:
The windows in the old station building are decorated with paintings and mosaics:
This recessed section of old station building has a boarded up doorway and another decorated window:
A view of the platform face of the old station building:
At the southern end of the station, looking north along the platform:
Looking south along the line from the end of the platform:
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