Whaley Bridge railway station

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General information
Location	High Peak
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WBR
History
Original company	Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
9 June 1857	Station opened

Whaley Bridge railway station serves the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Manchester-Buxton Line 16+1⁄4 miles (26.2 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly.

Originally the station, opened on 9 June 1857, was on the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway, built by the London and North Western Railway to connect with the Cromford and High Peak Railway and extended to Buxton in 1863. The station is unusual for the line in that its platform one, where the main station building and ticket office is sited, is on the side for trains bound for Buxton, whereas platform two serves trains to Manchester. The platform is on a tight curve and is some 30 cm too low for the height of the carriages used, making it difficult to access for people with mobility problems.

The station enjoys the support of the local community in the form of Friends of Whaley Bridge Station, a voluntary group dedicated to improving and maintaining the station buildings and grounds.

Service

There is generally an hourly service each day to Manchester Piccadilly (with one train continuing to/from Blackpool North, Bolton, Wigan North Western, Barrow-in-Furness, Preston, Wigan Wallgate and Clitheroe) northbound and to Buxton southbound.

External links

• Train times and station information for Whaley Bridge railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Chapel-en-le-Frith		Northern Buxton Line		Furness Vale
	Disused railways
Terminus		London and North Western Railway Cromford and High Peak Railway		Shallcross