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OLD RAILWAYS ON HORSEBACK
Tame Valley Way
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Ryefields
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This was known as the Micklehurst line. Built to expand the London, North
Western railways busy line through the Standedge tunnels, it had to be built on
the eastern side of the valley, as the western side was too steep. It linked to the
Cheshire Lines committee tracks near Stalybridge. The line is no longer
continuous as the tunnels have been blocked and landscaped. Opened in 1885
the loop was closed to all traffic in 1966
Almost 3.5 miles of Railway line on the Tame Valley Way with the potential of
linking to the Pennine Bridleway or the Standedge Way, both bridleways, near
Ryefields and beyond. In fact some of the Pennine Bridleway uses a short section
of the line further south. The southern end is at Bottoms just below Mossley.
