Edale railway station
Edale | |
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Location | |
Place | Edale |
Local authority | High Peak |
Grid reference | SK123853 |
Operations | |
Station code | EDL |
Managed by | Northern Rail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2004/05 | 44,109 |
2005/06 | 46,396 |
2006/07 | 50,228 |
2007/08 | 58,531 |
2008/09 | 58,430 |
2009/10 | 63,754 |
2010/11 | 68,042 |
2011/12 | 72,756 |
History | |
Opened 1894 | |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Edale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Edale railway station serves the rural village of Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. It was opened in 1894 on the Midland Railway's Dore and Chinley line (now the Hope Valley Line), becoming an unstaffed halt in 1969.
Lying below Kinder Scout, the station is the closest station for the start of the Pennine Way.
The station has two platforms with no level crossing or footbridge. To change platforms, there is an underpass located next to the road in the village. The station is managed and served primarily by Northern Rail using rolling stock such as the Class 142 Pacer and Class 150 Sprinter, with the occasional Class 156 Super Sprinter. East Midlands Trains services are usually run with Class 158 Express Sprinter units.
The station is about 5 minutes walk from the centre of the village, where the Pennine Way begins, with the Nags Head public house being 'the official start of the Pennine Way'.
Service
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train every two hours to Sheffield and to Manchester Piccadilly, provided solely by Northern Rail. This is increased on Saturdays to one train per hour in each direction and on Sundays it returns to being two-hourly.
East Midlands Trains call here with the first service of the day to Manchester Piccadilly. This service then continues onwards to Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central. The final return working of the day starts from Liverpool Lime Street and continues on to Nottingham via Sheffield (except on a Saturday when the final return working of the day is provided by a First Transpennine Express service from Manchester Airport to Sheffield). All other services are provided by Northern Rail. A normal weekday service operates on most bank holidays.
External links
- Train times and station information for Edale railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Northern Rail | ||||
East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich Limited service |
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Disused railways | ||||
Hope Line and station open |
Midland Railway |
Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Line and station closed |
Coordinates: 53°21′52″N 1°49′00″W / 53.36443°N 1.81663°W