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

Buxton
The two stations at Buxton; the Midland station is in the centre
General information
Location	Buxton, High Peak England
Coordinates	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

History

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]

Notes

References

• 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.

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