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Edale
General information
Location	Edale, High Peak England
Coordinates	53°21′52″N 1°49′00″W / 53.36443°N 1.81663°W / 53.36443; -1.81663
Grid reference	SK123853
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	EDL
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	25 June 1894
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Passengers
2019/20	99,808
2020/21	45,800
2021/22	109,250
2022/23	116,982
2023/24	145,830
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Edale railway station serves the rural village of Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. It is located 20 miles (32 km) west of Sheffield and 22 miles (35 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly. The station was opened in 1894 on the Midland Railway's Dore and Chinley line, now known as the Hope Valley Line.

Lying below Kinder Scout, the station is about 5 minutes' walk from the centre of the village, where the Pennine Way begins; the Nags Head public house is known as the official starting point.

History

The station was opened on 25 June 1894 when the Midland Railway opened the line between Dore and Chinley for passengers, the line had opened for freight on 6 November 1893.

The station had two platforms either side of a double track connected by an underpass, there was a signal box and sidings to both sides of the running lines to the west of the station.

The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1954 to 1956.

It became an unstaffed halt in 1969. It formerly had wooden buildings and canopies on each side, but these have been demolished and replaced by basic shelters.

Stationmasters

• Lewis Wright 1896 - 1922 (formerly station master at Cromford)
• Charles Workman 1922 - 1931 (afterwards station master at Bamford)
• Ernest L. Denley 1934 - 1936
• C.V. Grocott 1936 (afterwards station master at Harringworth)
• Harold Brooks 1936 - 1938
• D. Walker ca. 1942

Facilities

The station is managed and served primarily by Northern Trains using rolling stock such as the Class 150 Sprinter and Class 195 Civity, with the occasional Class 156 Super Sprinter. East Midlands Railway services are usually run with Class 158 Express Sprinter units. The station has two platforms with no level crossing or footbridge. To change platforms, there is an underpass located next to the road in the village.

The station has now received ticketing provision in the form of automatic ticket vending machines (like all the other stations on the route between New Mills Central and Dore and Totley), so passengers can buy their tickets prior to travel. Leading on from this, a penalty fare scheme is in operation here and at other Hope Valley stations. Train running information is offered via CIS displays, automated announcements, timetable posters and a customer help point on each platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps to/from the subway.

Service

The typical off-peak is one train an hour, with some gaps at certain times of the day, to Sheffield and to Manchester Piccadilly via Marple, provided solely by Northern. This also applies on Saturdays and Sundays. Until 2018, weekday trains only called every second hour for much of the day.

East Midlands Railway provide the first service of the day to Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central. The final return working of the day starts from Liverpool Lime Street and continues on to Nottingham via Sheffield. All other services are provided by Northern Trains. A normal weekday service operates on most bank holidays.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Hope		Northern TrainsHope Valley Line		Chinley
		East Midlands RailwayLiverpool-NorwichLimited service
	Disused railways
Hope Line and station open		Midland Railway		Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Line and station closed
Terminus		British Rail		Chee Dale Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Leleux, Robin (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 9 The East Midlands (2nd ed.). David St John Thomas. p. 187. ISBN 0-946537-06-2.
2. "Edale station on OS 25 inch map Derbyshire IX.3 (Edale)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
3. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 22 & 50. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
4. "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 891. 1881. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
5. "Parkgate Man to be Edale's stationmaster". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 26 April 1922. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Mr. L. Henley". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 13 March 1936. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Harringworth. New Stationmaster". Grantham Journal. England. 24 December 1936. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ Edale station facilities National Rail Enquiries
9. Northern extending penalty fares scheme to include Hope Valley rail route Dodds, J, Buxton Advertiser new article 3 December 2018; Retrieved 25 March 2019
10. Table 96 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

• Train times and station information for Edale railway station from National Rail

1. https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3150/download?inline

• Railway stations in Derbyshire
• DfT Category F2 stations
• Former Midland Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1894
• Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway
• Railway stations served by Northern