Buxton railway station (Midland Railway)

Buxton
The two stations at Buxton; the Midland station is in the centre
General information
Location	Buxton, High Peak England
Coordinates	53°15′35″N1°54′45″W / 53.2598°N 1.9126°W / 53.2598; -1.9126
Grid reference	SK059736
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1863 (1863-06-01)	Station opened
6 March 1967	Station closed

Buxton (Midland) railway station served the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England between 1863 and 1967. It was one of two stations in the town centre that were sited next to each other; only Buxton railway station remains in operation.

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 large fan-shaped windows. ^[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.

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

Peak Rail

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

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; it relaid track with ambitions to reopen the line towards Millers Dale. This plan failed; they moved their entire operations and stock to the section between Matlock, Darley Dale and Rowsley South, where they have successfully reopened the railway.^{[ citation needed ]}

In June 2019, Peak Rail announced that they hoped to recommence work on the Buxton site during the summer of 2019. ^[6]

The site today

Buxton Midland station in 2019

Part of the wall that supported the station front and part of a platform remain in situ. A shopping centre and a road now cover much of the site.

References

Citations

1. Butt 1995, p. 50.
2. Biddle 1981, fig. 9.
3. Ellis 1961, p. 18.
4. Ellis 1961, p. 36.
5. Kay 1998, Sheet 15.
6. "Peak Rail heritage train operator hopes to have Buxton branch open within the next two months". www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

Sources

• Biddle, Gordon (1981). Railway Stations in the North West . Clapham, Yorkshire: Dalesman. ISBN   0-85206-644-9.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton (1961) [1953]. The Midland Railway (4th ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. 940/554/125 1059.
• 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.

External links

• Buxton Station on navigable 1947 O.S. map
• History of Buxton Midland Railway Station
• "Picture the Past" Midland railway station
• "Picture the Past" Train in Ashwood Dale showing typical terrain for this line.