Whatstandwell railway station

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Facilities

One of the platform planters maintained by the station adopters WhatstandwellPlatformPlanter.jpg
One of the platform planters maintained by the station adopters

The station has a single platform, which has direct access from the station car park and the A6 road. Additionally, a footbridge crosses the railway line and gives access to the Cromford Canal towpath and to a bridge over the canal to Main Road, the village and Crich Tramway Village. [14]

There is a shelter and ticket machine on the platform; tickets can also be also purchased from the guard on the train. There is no ticket office or toilets and the station is generally unmanned. [14]

A team of volunteers from the village helps to maintain the station and car park.[ citation needed ]

Service

Whatstandwell station, with the tunnel in the background Whatstandwell station.jpg
Whatstandwell station, with the tunnel in the background

All services at Whatstandwell are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 170 diesel multiple units.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Matlock and Nottingham, via Derby. On Sundays, the station is served by one train every two hours in each direction in the morning, increasing to hourly in the afternoon. [15]

Whatstandwell
National Rail logo.svg
Whatstandwell notice.jpg
Station nameboard
General information
Location Whatstandwell, Derbyshire Dales
England
Grid reference SK333541
Managed by East Midlands Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeWTS
Classification DfT category F2
Key dates
4 June 1849 [1] opened
11 November 1894 [2] resited
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 27,052
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Ambergate   East Midlands Railway
  Cromford

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Whatstandwell New Station" . Sheffield Independent. England. 12 November 1894. Retrieved 30 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "How To Find Us". Crich Tramway Village. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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  15. ↑ "Timetables". East Midlands Railway. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

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  1. ↑ https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3150/download?inline
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