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Reddish Electric Depot

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The Woodhead line was closed beyond Hadfield in July 1981, when the EM1 locomotives were withdrawn. The depot continued to host the Class 506 units and service visiting traction, but its workload had reduced significantly. Reddish depot closed in April 1983.
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The EM2 locomotives were deemed surplus to requirements when the Woodhead line's inter-city passenger services were withdrawn in January 1970; they were sold subsequently to the Dutch national railway operator
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The Fallowfield Loop line, on which the depot was sited, was not electrified; so, to enable electric locomotive and EMU access to the depot from the Woodhead line, part of the line from
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In addition, some other traction visited the depot for maintenance, although they were not allocated here; for example,
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The depot lay derelict for several years before demolition; in the late 2000s, the site was redeveloped for housing.
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overhead system and the Class 506 EMUs were withdrawn, following the last run on 7 December.
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for servicing, due to their incompatibility with the available 25kV power supply.
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In December 1984, the Glossop line was converted to the standard 25 kV
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Class 76s at the depot in 1981, shortly before their withdrawal
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as far as the depot was electrified overhead to 1,500V DC.
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The Class 506 units then had to be diesel-hauled to
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was retained for local services between Manchester,
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stations; however, neither of the Reddish stations (
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Former railway depot in Reddish, Greater Manchester
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Class 40
Class 506
EMU
Reddish
Greater Manchester
53°27′04″N 2°10′04″W / 53.4511°N 2.1678°W / 53.4511; -2.1678
OS grid
SJ888949
British Rail
V
DC
traction depot
Reddish
Stockport
England
Fallowfield Loop line
Hyde Road
Levenshulme South
North
South
electric locomotives
electric multiple units
Woodhead Line
Manchester Piccadilly
Hadfield
Sheffield
Wath
Fairfield Junction

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