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Coordinates: 53°15′35″N 1°54′45″W / 53.2598°N 1.9126°W / 53.2598; -1.9126
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Buxton
General information
LocationHigh Peak
Coordinates53°15′35″N 1°54′45″W / 53.2598°N 1.9126°W / 53.2598; -1.9126
Platforms3
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1863 (1863-06-01)Station opened
3 March 1967 (1967-03-03)Station closed

Buxton (Midland) railway station served the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England between 1863 and 1967.

The Buxton Steam Centre of the Peak Railway Preservation Society as it was in March 1990 before closure

History

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (lower right) railways in the vicinity of Buxton (Midland Railway in green)

The station was opened by the Midland Railway (MR) on 1 June 1863.[1] It was adjacent to, and to the south-east of, the Buxton railway station of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway,[2] which opened two weeks later.[1] The two stations had similar end walls incorporating a large fan-shaped window.[2]

The station was the terminus of the MR route from Derby. This route had opened as far as Rowsley on 4 June 1849;[3] and was continued to Buxton in 1863.[4] The station was 164 miles 55 chains (265.0 km) from St Pancras.[5]

The station closed on 6 March 1967.[1] Most of the station was subsequently demolished and the land used for a ring road. Part of the site including the trackbed of the tracks outside the station were occupied by the Buxton Steam Centre of the Peak Rail Heritage Railway in the 1970s who relaid track with ambitions to reopen the line towards Millers Dale. This plan failed and they moved their entire operations and stock to the section between Matlock, Darley Dale and Rowsley where they have successfully reopened the railway.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 50.
  2. ^ a b Biddle 1981, fig. 9.
  3. ^ Ellis 1961, p. 18.
  4. ^ Ellis 1961, p. 36.
  5. ^ Kay 1998, Sheet 15.

References

  • Biddle, Gordon (1981). Railway Stations in the North West. Clapham, Yorkshire: Dalesman. ISBN 0-85206-644-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton (1961) [1953]. The Midland Railway (4th ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. 940/554/125 1059. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams), volume 2 - Leeds to Leicester and branches; Derby to Manchester and branches; Cheshire Lines (1909-1923 ed.). Teignmouth: Peter Kay. 1998. ISBN 1-899890-17-3.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Midland Railway
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway 		  Peak Forest
Line and station closed
    Blackwell Mill
Line and station closed
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