Edale railway station

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General information
Location	High Peak
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	EDL
History
Opened	1894

Edale railway station serves the rural village of Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. It was opened in 1894 on the Midland Railway's Dore and Chinley line (now the Hope Valley Line), 20 miles (32 km) west of Sheffield and 22 miles (35 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly.

It became an unstaffed halt in 1969. It formerly had wooden buildings and canopies on each side, but these have been demolished and replaced by basic shelters.

Lying below Kinder Scout, the station is the closest station for the start of the Pennine Way.

The station has two platforms with no level crossing or footbridge. To change platforms, there is an underpass located next to the road in the village. The station is managed and served primarily by Northern using rolling stock such as the Class 142 Pacer and Class 150 Sprinter, with the occasional Class 156 Super Sprinter. East Midlands Trains services are usually run with Class 158 Express Sprinter units.

The station is about 5 minutes walk from the centre of the village, where the Pennine Way begins, with the Nags Head public house being 'the official start of the Pennine Way'.

Facilities

The station has no ticketing provision (like all the other stations on the route between New Mills Central and Dore and Totley), so passengers must buy their tickets in advance or on the train. Train running information is offered via CIS displays, automated announcements, timetable posters and a customer help point on each platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps to/from the subway.

Service

The typical off-peak is one train an hour some gaps at certain times of the day to Sheffield and to Manchester Piccadilly via Marple, provided solely by Northern. This is increased on Saturdays to one train per hour in each direction and on Sundays it returns to being two-hourly.

East Midlands Trains provide the first service of the day to Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central. The final return working of the day starts from Liverpool Lime Street and continues on to Nottingham via Sheffield. All other services are provided by Northern. A normal weekday service operates on most bank holidays.

External links

• Train times and station information for Edale railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Hope		Northern Hope Valley Line		Chinley
		East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich Limited service
	Disused railways
Hope Line and station open		Midland Railway		Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Line and station closed
Terminus		British Rail		Chee Dale Halt Line and station closed