New Mills Newtown railway station

New Mills Newtown
New Mills Newtown Railway Station in 2009
Location
Place	New Mills
Local authority	High Peak
Operations
Station code	NMN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	104,039
2005/06 *	118,102
2006/07 *	113,928
2007/08 *	123,365
2008/09 *	190,402
2009/10 *	180,210
History
Opened 1863 (1863)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at New Mills Newtown from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

New Mills Newtown railway station serves the town of New Mills in Derbyshire, England. The station is 23 km (14¼ miles) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Buxton line. It also serves as an interchange with the Hope Valley Line station New Mills Central, 15 minutes' walk away across the valley.

It was built on the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway line, in 1863 built by the London and North Western Railway to connect with the Cromford and High Peak Railway and extended to Buxton.

General information

There is a generally an hourly service each day to Manchester Piccadilly northbound and to Buxton southbound, with additional services at peak periods. Three trains each weekday continue through to Blackpool North. Trains run every two hours each way on Sundays.

In the past, New Mills Newtown had quite a substantial goods yard, including an elevated signal box of LNWR type 5/6 design, a large three-storey warehouse including basement, and a crane and wharf. These were all built by the LNWR. Recently, the last remaining evidence of this goods yard was demolished. These were the stables for what were meant to be the railway's horses, but ended up being used for many other horses in New Mills. There is also a three-span wrought-iron footbridge that connects Redmoor to its other half, the end of which has steps leading down to the children's park on Chapel Street. This is built on five brick columns: there are five columns for a three-span bridge because one end is held by the steps, the other supported by the Chalkers Snooker Club embankment. The others are in close alignment holding an otherwise flimsy thin iron bridge.

External links

• Train times and station information for New Mills Newtown railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Furness Vale		Northern Rail Buxton Line		Disley