Buxton railway station (Midland Railway)

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Buxton
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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
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1863 (1863-06-01)Station opened
6 March 1967Station closed
Location
Buxton railway station (Midland Railway)

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.

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History

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (lower right) railways in the vicinity of Buxton (Midland Railway in green) Antrim, Cookstown & Navan Buxton, High Peak & New Mills RJD 10.jpg
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 stationDisused railwaysFollowing 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 Peak Rail Buxton Station-01, 1990.jpg
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 Riverside and Darley Dale, where the railway was reopened in 1992. [6]

In June 2019, Peak Rail announced that they hoped to recommence work on the Buxton site during the summer of 2019. [7] Support of the local MP was gained; [8] however, the builder of a new development was causing difficulties with access. [9] As of 2024, plans have not yet come to fruition.

The site today

Buxton Midland station in 2019 Buxton Midland former station site in 2019. The site is now fenced off..jpg
Buxton Midland station in 2019

A small section of stonework that supported the original end wall and the platform that Peak Rail built remain extant. A shopping centre and a 1980s ring road now cover much of the site. [10]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 50.
  2. 1 2 Biddle 1981, fig. 9.
  3. ↑ Ellis 1961, p. 18.
  4. ↑ Ellis 1961, p. 36.
  5. ↑ Kay 1998, Sheet 15.
  6. ↑ "History of the Midland Railway route through the Peak". Peak Rail. 12 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Peak Rail heritage train operator hopes to have Buxton branch open within the next two months". www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "PRA Buxton Branch News". Peak Rail. 25 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Plan to reopen steam rail line in Buxton blighted by builder". Buxton Advertiser. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Wright, Paul (4 June 2017). "Station name: Buxton (Midland)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

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