joining the original 1840 main line at Milner Royd Junction. Sowerby Bridge at Sowerby Bridge heading west the line used to branch off to Ripponden. It was originally intended to continue to Littleborough but ended at Rishworth. Closed to passengers 8 July 1929. here was Luddendenfoot railway station now closed Mytholmroyd here is Mytholmroyd Railway Viaduct Hebden Bridge (all Calder Valley Line services serve Hebden Bridge) here is Weasel Hall Tunnel here was Eastwood station here are: Castle Hill Tunnel; Horsfall Tunnel; and Millwood Tunnel Hall Royd Junction: here the trains on the Blackpool service turn northwestward, following the Calder Valley (see below) Todmorden here the line takes a southward direction, in the same valley as the Rochdale Canal Walsden after Winterbutlee Tunnel follows Summit Tunnel, at 2885 yd (2597 m) the longest on the L&YR lines. Here the line crosses into the Rochdale District of Greater Manchester Littleborough Smithy Bridge Rochdale: junction for two lines: to Bacup (closed to passengers 16 June 1947) and to Oldham Castleton: junction for a line to Bury Middleton Junction junction for two lines: Middleton branch; and Oldham (both closed) Mills Hill Moston Newton Heath Miles Platting Manchester Victoria The train passes Salford Central railway station on the formerly L&MR line before traversing the Ordsall Chord to join the formerly CLC line. Deansgate Manchester Oxford Road On 28 February 1902 a Wakefield to Rose Grove goods train broke into two due to a broken coupling, resulting in the rear half eventually crashing at high speed into the front half in Millwood Tunnel. No one was killed but wreckage filled the tunnel right up to the roof. Summit Tunnel was the scene of a major fire in 1984, caused when a freight train hauling petrol tankers derailed. Blackpool route Trains continue up the Calder valley to Burnley and Blackburn; it also runs parallel with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from Burnley. The section from Todmorden to Burnley (often called the Copy Pit line) was opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway (later L&YR) on 12 November 1849. The East Lancashire Railway (later L&YR) built the Burnley to Preston line, Burnley to Accrington 18 September 1848, Accrington to Blackburn 19 June 1848, and the Blackburn to Preston section on 1 June 1846. The Rose Grove–Todmorden (Hall Royd) local service over this route ended in 1965, the only passenger services thereafter being a daily Leeds–Blackpool train. In