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Peak Forest railway station

Coordinates: 53°17′14″N 1°51′52″W / 53.2873°N 1.8644°W / 53.2873; -1.8644
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Peak Forest
General information
LocationHigh Peak
England
Coordinates53°17′14″N 1°51′52″W / 53.2873°N 1.8644°W / 53.2873; -1.8644
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 February 1867Station opened
26 September 1893Renamed Peak Forest for Peak Dale
14 June 1965Renamed Peak Forest
6 March 1967Station closed[1]

Peak Forest railway station served the small villages of Peak Dale, Smalldale and Peak Forest, in Derbyshire, England.

History

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Peak Forest station was opened in 1867 by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley; it was part of the main Midland Line from Manchester London Road to London St Pancras. It was also the northern junction for the line from Buxton and marked the summit of the line before it dropped through Dove Holes Tunnel to Chapel-en-le-Frith Central.

It closed in 1967[2] and the platforms were demolished shortly afterwards.

The site today

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This section of route is still open for stone freight trains serving the Buxton lime industry; it is known as the Great Rocks Line.

The northbound station building still survives, [3] as offices which support the large quarry terminal close by. A short section of one platform has been reinstated for railway staff use. It is easily visible from the nearby road at Dove Holes.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Chapel-en-le-Frith Central
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
New Mills-Millers Dale line
  Millers Dale
Line and station closed
    Buxton (Midland)
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 334. OCLC 931112387.
  3. ^ Wright, Paul (22 May 2017). "Station name: Peak Forest". Disused Stations. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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