Hope (Derbyshire) railway station

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Hope
Location
Place	Hope
Local authority	High Peak
Operations
Station code	HOP
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 **	0.034 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1894
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hope.   * 2002/03 Disclaimer  ** 2004/05 Disclaimer
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Hope railway station (grid reference SK181833) serves the villages of Hope and Brough in the Derbyshire Peak District of England.

The station lies between the two villages, around 1 km east of Hope, and also serves Bradwell and Castleton, the latter being a notable tourist spot, famous for its caverns and the gemstone called Blue John.

It was opened in 1894 on the Midland Railway's Dore and Chinley line (now known as the Hope Valley Line).

Just west of Hope the line passes between Win Hill (1523 feet) and Lose Hill (1563 feet), then around the base of Mam Tor, the "shivering mountain" of unstable shale.

[edit] Service

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train every two hours to Sheffield and one to Manchester Piccadilly. This is increased on Saturdays to one train per hour in each direction and on Sundays the service is two-hourly.

Occasionally Central Trains services between Manchester Picadilly and Sheffield stop at this station.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Hope (Derbyshire) railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Hope (Derbyshire) railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bamford		Northern Rail Hope Valley Line		Edale
Bamford Limited Service		Central Trains Hope Valley Line (Liverpool-Norwich)		Edale Limited Service