Bakewell railway station

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Bakewell
Bakewell Station.jpg
The station in 1905
General information
Location Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales
England
Coordinates 53°13′04″N1°40′08″W / 53.2177°N 1.6689°W / 53.2177; -1.6689
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1862Station opened
6 March 1967Station closed [1]
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureFormer Bakewell railway station
Designated28 January 1994
Reference no.1316505 [2]

Bakewell railway station served the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire, England. It was built by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway line from Rowsley to Buxton. The station was closed in 1967. Peak Rail Heritage Railway intends to reopen the station to trains by extending its existing Matlock to Rowsley South line 4 miles (6.4 km) through Rowsley to Bakewell. [3]

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History

View northward in 1961 Bakewell railway station.jpg
View northward in 1961
Diesel-hauled down express in 1961 Bakewell Station, with diesel-hauled Down express geograph-2398362-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Diesel-hauled down express in 1961

The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 August 1862. [1] Being the nearest station to Haddon Hall, it was built in a grand style as the local station for the Duke of Rutland over whose land the line had passed. Designed by Edward Walters of Manchester, the buildings were of fine ashlar with intricate carvings which incorporated the duke's coat of arms.

Since the line climbed steeply towards its summit at Peak Forest, the station was located uphill about 12 mile (0.8 km) from the town, which became a disadvantage when road transport developed.

It was used most frequently during the Bakewell Show, but the station was also popular with campers and tourists. The station was host to a London, Midland and Scottish Railway camping coach from 1935 to 1939; one was also positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1954 to 1967. [4] [5]

Following the grouping of all lines into four main companies in 1923, the station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

During the nationalisation of Britain's railways in 1948, the station was passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways and, despite escaping the Beeching Axe, the station was closed when passenger services ceased on 6 March 1967. [1] Trains continued to pass through the station until 1968 when the line was closed.

Disused railways
Hassop
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway
  Rowsley
Line and station closed
Preceding station HR icon.svg Heritage railways Following station
Proposed extension
Terminus Peak Rail Rowsley
towards Matlock

The site today

Monsal Trail
BSicon dCONTgq.svg
BSicon STRq.svg
BSicon fexABZ+lr.svg
BSicon dCONTfq.svg
BSicon fENDExa.svg
Topley Pike junction
BSicon fTUNNEL1.svg
Chee Tor No. 1 tunnel
BSicon fACC.svg
Millers Dale
BSicon fhbKRZWae.svg
Millers Dale viaducts
BSicon fTUNNEL2.svg
Litton Tunnel
(
516 yd
472 m
)
BSicon fTUNNEL2.svg
Cressbrook Tunnel
(
471 yd
431 m
)
BSicon fHST.svg
Monsal Dale
BSicon fhbKRZWae.svg
Headstone Viaduct
BSicon fTUNNEL1.svg
Headstone Tunnel
(
533 yd
487 m
)
BSicon fHST.svg
Great Longstone
BSicon fHST.svg
Hassop
BSicon fACC.svg
Bakewell
BSicon lbENDE@G.svg
BSicon fexhbKRZWae.svg
Coombs Road viaduct
(end of trail)
BSicon fexTUNNEL1.svg
Haddon Tunnel
(
1058 yd
967 m
)
(closed)
BSicon fexHST.svg
Rowsley
(proposed extension)
BSicon KHSTa.svg
BSicon lHSTACC.svg
BSicon fexSTR.svg
Rowsley South
BSicon HSTACC.svg
Darley Dale
BSicon eHST.svg
Matlock Riverside
BSicon SPLa.svg
BSicon vKACCe-ACC.svg
Matlock BSicon lDAMPF.svg | National Rail logo.svg
BSicon v-CONTf.svg
Sources [6] [7]

The station buildings still survive and are Grade II listed. [2] They are sited 12 mile (0.8 km) east of the centre of Bakewell, high upon the hillside due to the alignment that the railway was forced to take.

The main building is now used by an electronics company, which has retained many of the station's original features; the goods shed is now part of an industrial estate. The gap between the platforms has been filled in, as the Monsal Trail shared-use path now passes through the site along the former trackbed. [8]

The ridged canopies over platform 1, the goods shed and cattle dock have all since been removed.

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Butt 1995 , p. 23
  2. 1 2 Historic England. "Former Bakewell Railway Station (Grade II) (1316505)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. "Our reinstatement proposals for the Peaks and Dales Railway". Peaks and Dales Railway Limited. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  4. Kingscott, Geoffrey (2007). Lost Railways of Derbyshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN   9781846740428.
  5. McRae 1997, pages 22 & 50
  6. "The Monsal Trail". A Taste of the Peak District. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  7. Bickerdike, Graeme (June 2009). "The story of structures of the Monsal Trail: A Week in the Peak" . Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. Wright, Paul (4 June 2017). "Station name: Bakewell". Disused Stations. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

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