Whaley Bridge railway station

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Whaley Bridge
Location
Place Whaley Bridge
Local authority High Peak
Operations
Station code WBR
Managed by Northern Rail
Platforms in use
Annual entry/exit 04/05 0.078 million **
History
Key dates Opened 1863
National Rail - UK railway stations

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Whaley Bridge railway station serves the village of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, England.The station is on the Manchester-Buxton Line 26 km (16ΒΌ miles) south east of Manchester Piccadilly.

Originally the station was on the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge line, built by the London and North Western Railway to connect with the Cromford and High Peak Railway and extended to Buxton in 1863. The station is unusual in that its platform one, where the main station building and ticket office is sited, is on the side for trains bound for Buxton. The platform is on a tight curve and is some 30cm too low for the height of the carrages used, making it difficult to access for people with mobility problems.

The station enjoys the support of the local community in the form of Friends of Whaley Bridge Station, a voluntary group dedicated to improving and maintaining the station buildings and grounds.

[edit] Service

There is an generally an hourly service each day to Manchester Piccadilly and beyond (mostly to Blackpool North) northbound and to Buxton southbound.

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Chapel-en-le-Frith   Northern Rail
Buxton Line		   Furness Vale
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