Buxton railway station
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- This article refers to the railway station in Derbyshire. For the Bure Valley Railway Station in Norfolk See Buxton (Norfolk) railway station
| Buxton | |
| Image:BuxtonStation2.JPG | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Buxton |
| Local authority | High Peak |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BUX |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Platforms in use | |
| Annual entry/exit | 0.225 million * |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1863 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Buxton. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Buxton railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Buxton in Derbyshire. It is managed and served by Northern Rail. The station is 41 km (25¾ miles) south east of Manchester Piccadilly and is the terminus of the Buxton Line.
Two railways arrived in Buxton almost simultaneously in 1863. The Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway, heavily promoted by the LNWR, built its line from Manchester to Whaley Bridge and extended it to Buxton. Meanwhile the Midland Railway extended the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley. When the Midland extended its main line to New Mills in 1867, to bypass the LNWR, Buxton became a branch line from Millers Dale. The stations were side by side, with identical frontages designed by J. Smith with guidance from Joseph Paxton, each having a wrought iron glazed train shed.
The Midland station closed in 1967, along with the line to Rowsley, and the site is now a roadway. The LNWR station now handles local trains into Manchester, using its line through Dove Holes and Chapel-en-le-Frith.
[edit] Services
There is an generally an hourly service each day to Manchester Piccadilly and beyond (mostly to Blackpool North)
[edit] References
- Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1953) (revised Elizabeth Williamson 1978). The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071008-6
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Buxton railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Buxton railway station from Multimap.com
- "Picture the Past" Midland railway station
- "Picture the Past" Train in Ashwood Dale showing typical terrain for this line.
- English Heritage - Buxton station frontage
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Northern Rail (Buxton Line) | Dove Holes | ||
