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
Location Buxton, High Peak
England
Coordinates 53°15′35″N1°54′45″W / 53.2598°N 1.9126°W / 53.2598; -1.9126 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

Buxton (Midland) railway station served the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England between 1863 and 1967.

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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

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 a large fan-shaped window. [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. 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 who relaid track with ambitions to reopen the line towards Millers Dale. This plan failed and they moved their entire operations and stock to the section between Matlock, Darley Dale and Rowsley 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]

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

Notes

  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. ↑ "Peak Rail heritage train operator hopes to have Buxton branch open within the next two months". www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

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References

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


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