Fairfield Halt railway station

Fairfield Halt
General information
Location	Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire England
Coordinates	53°16′1″N1°54′23″W / 53.26694°N 1.90639°W / 53.26694; -1.90639
Grid reference	SK063744
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	LNWR
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
16 December 1907 (1907-12-16)	Opened
11 September 1939 (1939-09-11)	Closed
Location

v t e Buxton line
Legend
Manchester Piccadilly Liverpool–Manchester line Transpennine line and Glossop line Levenshulme Heaton Chapel Stockport Stafford–Manchester line Davenport Woodsmoor Cowburn Tunnel Hazel Grove Hope Valley Line Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway Middlewood Middlewood Tunnel Disley Disley Tunnel New Mills Newtown Furness Vale Whaley Bridge Cromford and High Peak Railway Chapel-en-le-Frith Eaves Tunnel Dove Holes Tunnel Barmoor Clough Tunnel Dove Holes Fairfield Halt Millers Dale Manchester, Buxton, Matlock & Midland Jn Rly Buxton LNWR │ MR to Matlock   Buxton goods depot Higher Buxton Ashbourne line

Fairfield Halt was a railway station at Fairfield near Buxton, Derbyshire that was open between 1907 and 1939. The station was opened by the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) on 16 December 1907 to serve the nearby Buxton Golf Club. ^[1] Opening the station had been requested by the golf club committee and the local authority to attract more visitors who lived close to the LNWR's line between Manchester and Buxton. ^[2]

The station was unusual in that it only had one platform and was only served by trains heading to Buxton. ^[1] In addition passengers were only allowed to alight from trains. ^[3]

Known at various times as simply Fairfield, Fairfield Halt and Fairfield Halt for Golf Links, the station closed at the outbreak of the Second World War. ^{[1] [3]}

References

1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
2. "Golf and Golfers" . Manchester Courier . No. 15, 953. 24 December 1907. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Bentley, J.M. (1987). Scenes from the Past:2 The railways around Buxton. Foxline. p. 15. ISBN   978-18701-1901-6.