Birch Vale railway station

Birch Vale
The station in 1965, looking eastwards towards Hayfield
General information
Location	Birch Vale, Derbyshire England
Coordinates	53°22′44″N1°58′06″W / 53.3789°N 1.9684°W / 53.3789; -1.9684
Grid reference	SK022869
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central and Midland Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Joint LNER/LMS London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
May 1868 (1868-05)	Opened
5 January 1970 (1970-01-05)	Closed to passengers
Location

Birch Vale railway station served the village of Birch Vale, High Peak, Derbyshire, England from 1868 to 1970. It was the only intermediate passenger stop on the branch between New Mills Central and Hayfield.

History

The station was opened in May 1868 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and Midland Railway on a branch line to serve the villages along the valley of the River Sett and the local mills. The line was also popular with hikers.

It closed to passengers, along with the Hayfield branch, on 5 January 1970. ^{[1] [2]}

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
New Mills Central Line closed, station open		Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Hayfield branch		Hayfield Line and station closed

The site today

The trackbed of the former branch line has been converted into the Sett Valley Trail, a shared-use path of 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) in length. ^[3] No traces of the station are visible.

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 77. OCLC   931112387.
2. "Birch Vale station © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
3. "Discover The Sett Valley Trail: The Gateway to Kinder". Hayfield.info. 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2024.