Buxton railway station (Midland Railway)

Former railway station in Derbyshire, England

Buxton
The two stations at Buxton; the Midland station is in the centre
General information
Location	Buxton, High Peak England
Coordinates	53°15′35″N 1°54′45″W / 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

Buxton (Midland) railway station served the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England between 1863 and 1967. It was one of two stations in the town centre that were sited next to each other; only Buxton railway station remains in operation.

History

The station was opened by the Midland Railway (MR) on 1 June 1863. It was adjacent to, and to the south-east of, the Buxton railway station of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway, which opened two weeks later. The two stations had similar end walls, incorporating large fan-shaped windows.

The station was the terminus of the MR route from Derby. This route had opened as far as Rowsley on 4 June 1849; and was continued to Buxton in 1863. The station was 164 miles 55 chains (265.0 km) from St Pancras.

The station closed on 6 March 1967. Most of the station was subsequently demolished and the land used for a ring road.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		Midland Railway Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway		Peak Forest Line and station closed
Terminus				Blackwell Mill Line and station closed

Peak Rail

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; it relaid track with ambitions to reopen the line towards Millers Dale. This plan failed; they moved their entire operations and stock to the section between Matlock Riverside and Darley Dale, where the railway was reopened in 1992.

In June 2019, Peak Rail announced that they hoped to recommence work on the Buxton site during the summer of 2019. Support of the local MP was gained;however, the builder of a new development was causing difficulties with access. As of 2024, plans have not yet come to fruition.

The site today

A small section of stonework that supported the original end wall and the platform that Peak Rail built remain extant. A shopping centre and a 1980s ring road now cover much of the site.

References

Citations

^ Butt 1995, p. 50.
^ Biddle 1981, fig. 9.
Ellis 1961, p. 18.
Ellis 1961, p. 36.
Kay 1998, Sheet 15.
"History of the Midland Railway route through the Peak". Peak Rail. 12 September 2024.
"Peak Rail heritage train operator hopes to have Buxton branch open within the next two months". www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
"PRA Buxton Branch News". Peak Rail. 25 June 2019.
"Plan to reopen steam rail line in Buxton blighted by builder". Buxton Advertiser. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019.
Wright, Paul (4 June 2017). "Station name: Buxton (Midland)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

Sources

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) . 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

v t e Closed railway stations in Derbyshire
Ashbourne line	Higher Buxton Hartington Alsop en le Dale Tissington Thorpe Cloud Ashbourne Clifton (Mayfield) Norbury and Ellaston
Cromford and High Peak Railway	Shallcross Ladmanlow Hindlow Dowlow Halt Hurdlow Parsley Hay Hopton Top Wharf Steeplehouse Cromford (C&HPR)
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Jcn Rly	Buxton (Midland) Peak Forest Millers Dale Monsal Dale Longstone Great Longstone for Ashford Hassop Bakewell Rowsley
Sheffield & Midland C'ttee	Birch Vale Hayfield
Woodhead line	Crowden Woodhead
Ashover Light Railway	Ashover Butts Salter Lane Fallgate Milltown Dale Bank Woolley Hurst Lane Stretton Clay Lane Springfield (Derbyshire) Holmgate Chesterfield Road Claycross and Egstow
North Midland Railway	Eckington and Renishaw Barrow Hill Whittington Clay Cross Stretton Wingfield Derby Nottingham Road
Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension	Egginton Junction Etwall Mickleover Derby Friargate Breadsall West Hallam Ilkeston North Heanor (GNR) Marlpool
Ripley and Heanor branch lines	Ripley Denby Kilburn Coxbench Little Eaton Crosshill and Codnor Heanor (MR) Langley Mill (Branch)
Melbourne line	Sinfin North Sinfin Central Chellaston and Swarkestone Melbourne
Castle Donington line	Weston on Trent Castle Donington and Shardlow
Midland Counties Railway	Borrowash Draycott and Breaston Sawley Long Eaton (MCR)
Erewash Valley line	Doe Hill Westhouses and Blackwell Pye Bridge Codnor Park and Ironville Shipley Gate Ilkeston Town Ilkeston Junction and Cossall Trowell Stanton Gate Stapleford and Sandiacre Long Eaton (1847–1863) Long Eaton (1863–1967) Trent
Pinxton branch line	Eastwood and Langley Mill
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway	Chesterfield Market Place Arkwright Town Bolsover South Scarcliffe Shirebrook North Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Spinkhill Clowne South Creswell and Welbeck
GCR Main Line and Chesterfield loop	Chesterfield Central Sheepbridge and Brimington Staveley Works Grassmoor Staveley Central Killamarsh Central Renishaw Central Heath Pilsley Tibshelf Town
Clowne and Doe Lea branches	Staveley Town Clowne and Barlborough Bolsover Castle Palterton and Sutton Glapwell Rowthorn and Hardwick
Other	Buxworth Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Egginton Fairfield Halt Gresley Ramsline Halt Hazelwood Pinxton and Selston Sheepbridge Swadlincote Tibshelf & Newton Whiteborough Woodville (Derbyshire) Unstone

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