Hurdlow railway station

Hurdlow
Location
Area Derbyshire Dales
Coordinates 53°11′29″N 1°48′38″W / 53.1914°N 1.8106°W / 53.1914; -1.8106Coordinates: 53°11′29″N 1°48′38″W / 53.1914°N 1.8106°W / 53.1914; -1.8106
Grid reference SK127660
Operations
Original company Cromford and High Peak Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
June 1833 Station opened for goods
July 1856 Opened for passengers
December 1877 closed
1 June 1894 reopened LNWR
15 August 1949 station closed
1 Nov. 1954 Final closure[1]
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Hurdlow railway station was near to the hamlet of Hurdlow to the south east of Buxton, Derbyshire on the LNWR line to Ashbourne and the south.

History

It opened in 1833 on the Cromford and High Peak Railway from Whaley Bridge to Cromford. Passenger service began in 1856, but it closed 1n 1877. When it became part of the Ashbourne Line, the LNWR opened it again in 1894.

In some timetables it was listed as Hurdlow for Longnor and Monyash,; the platforms and buildings were of timber construction, as in all the stations on the line.

Hurdlow station site looking north along the old track bed now used by the High Peak Trail.

From the summit at 1260 feet above sea level at Dowlow Halt the line descended at 1 in 60 to Hurdlow. From here to Ashbourne, the gradients would become much easier, though this was countered by the curves as the line endeavoured to follow the contours.[2]

Easter Tuesdays were particularly busy with special trains laid on for the Flagg Moor Steeplechase.

The station closed on 15 August 1949.[3] But passenger services on the line continued until 1954. Although the station buildings and platforms have disappeared, the site lies at a point where the High Peak Trail, running along the old rail track bed, passes under a bridge carrying the road from Longnor to Monyash.

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Dowlow Halt   Cromford and High Peak Railway   Parsley Hay
  Ashbourne Line
LNWR		  

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ↑ Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32), Romiley: Foxline Publishing
  3. ↑ Railway Magazine October 1963 p. 684

See also

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