New Mills Central railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | New Mills | ||
| Local authority | High Peak | ||
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| Station code | NMC | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.082 million | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at New Mills Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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New Mills Central railway station serves the town of New Mills in Derbyshire, England. It is on the Hope Valley Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield. The locality is also served by New Mills Newtown station on the Buxton to Manchester line.
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[edit] The history
In the mid-eighteenth century, the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway ran as far as Rowsley, and was extended by the Midland Railway to Buxton, in its aim to run as far as Manchester. The MS&LR also wished to extend southwards from its main line through Woodhead Tunnel to Sheffield, and had built a branch to Hyde. The London and North Western Railway meanwhile had constructed their own line to Buxton from Whaley Bridge (with a station at Newtown) which effectively blocked the other two.
An agreement was reached whereby the MS&LR would build their proposed "Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway", while the Midland would extend its line to New Mills from Millers Dale via Chinley. Passenger services began to Hayfield in 1868 and the line came under joint control as the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee in 1870, while the Midland's line opened in 1867.
[edit] The station
The station lies at the junction of what was the Hayfield branch and the Midland line, the two appearing through tunnels, on a ledge blasted out of the cliff face, some forty feet above the River Goyt.
The buildings on the down side still exist, as does the stationmaster's house built in 1864. The London line from Millers Dale closed in 1967 and the Hayfield branch closed in 1970, but the station still supports the Hope Valley Line local service from Sheffield to Manchester.
Terminating services are driven into sidings just outside the station in the Manchester direction. The train then waits for 1 hour and 45 mins, in which time it could have completed the whole route to Sheffield and back. The reason the train teminates here is because Derbyshire County council will not pay for the extra service. In order to turn around to become a Manchester service, trains drive from the sidings into the Sheffield platform, then drive out onto the points to change lines before coming into the Manchester platform.
[edit] Service
From New Mills Central there is an hourly service to Manchester Piccadilly northbound and generally a two-hourly service stopping service to Sheffield.
Sundays, there is a two-hourly service in each direction.
[edit] References
- Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for New Mills Central railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Chinley | Northern Rail Hope Valley Line |
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