Great Longstone for Ashford railway station

Great Longstone for Ashford
The remains of Great Longstone for Ashford, showing the Monsal Trail and former platforms and station building
Location
Coordinates	53.2367°N 1.7059°W / 53.2367; -1.7059
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
1 June 1863	Station opens as Longstone
1 October 1913	renamed Great Longstone for Ashford
10 September 1962	Partial closure
6 March 1967	Final closure
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Great Longstone for Ashford railway station was a station which served Great and Little Longstone in the Peak District of Derbyshire. It was opened in 1863 by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley.

Originally known as Longstone railway station, in 1913 it was renamed Great Longstone for Ashford (Ashford-in-the-Water). Once the London, Midland and Scottish Railway reached Manchester the line carried expresses to London St Pancras and heavy mineral traffic.

It closed in 1962, but the building, designed to match the nearby Thornbridge Hall, survives as a domestic residence, and the trackbed through the station is part of the 8.5 miles (13.7 km) Monsal Trail, a walk and cycleway. Access to the Monsal Trail can be made at Great Longstone for Ashford railway station, via steps from in front of Thornbridge Hall and Thornbridge Outdoors (on a small paved track just off Longstone Lane).

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Monsal Dale		Monsal Trail		Hassop

References

• Truman, P., Hunt, D., (1989) Midland Railway Portrait, Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing
• Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak, Unicorn Books

External links

• Longstone station on navigable 1947 O. S. map