Peak Forest railway station

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LocationHigh Peak
England
Coordinates53°17′14″N 1°51′52″W / 53.2873°N 1.8644°W / 53.2873; -1.8644
Platforms2
StatusDisused
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]
Location

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

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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