Chinley railway station
Chinley  | |
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Chinley Railway Station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Chinley |
| Local authority | High Peak |
| Grid reference | SK038826 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CLY |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 68,169 |
| 2005/06 |
 67,213 |
| 2006/07 |
 75,127 |
| 2007/08 |
75,885 |
| 2008/09 |
86,694 |
| 2009/10 |
94,074 |
| 2010/11 |
0.100 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.103 million |
| - Interchange | 1,565 |
| 2012/13 |
0.105 million |
| - Interchange |
1,316 |
| 2013/14 |
0.108 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1867 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chinley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Chinley railway station serves the village of Chinley in Derbyshire, England. The station is 17 1⁄2 miles (28.2 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly.
The original station was built in 1867 by the Midland Railway on the extension of its Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway which became its main line to London from Manchester. Originally, the Midland had planned to extend through Buxton, but the LNWR already had a line, so the Midland built a line through Chinley and Buxworth to join the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at New Mills, in an association which became known as the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee.
From Millers Dale the line crossed the Black Brook valley at Chapel Milton. This became a double viaduct when the Dore and Chinley line was built in 1894, with a north curve forming a triangular junction.
In 1902 a new station was built at its present position when the line through Disley Tunnel to Heaton Mersey was built. It also became the terminus of the Dore and Chinley line instead of Buxton. The old station buildings were dismantled and re-erected on Maynestone Road as a private house. By 1902 Chinley had become an important junction, between Manchester, London and Sheffield, with five through platforms and one bay.
With the closure of the line to the south in 1967-8 (local passenger services to Buxton (Midland) and Matlock ended on 6 March 1967 and the route closed to passengers the following year), Chinley lost its importance and is now a single 'island' platform on the Trans-Pennine line between Sheffield and Manchester.
Services
The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours to Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly. This is increased on Saturdays and at peak times to one train per hour in each direction. A number of services to/from Manchester Piccadilly start or terminate at Chinley.
Limited express trains between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly (operated by First Transpennine Express and East Midlands Trains) stop at Chinley.
References
Radford, Brian (1988). Midland Though The Peak: A Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Routes Between Derby and Manchester. Unicorn Books. ISBN 978-1-85241-001-8.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Chinley railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Rail | ||||
| Terminus | ||||
Limited service | East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich Limited service | Limited service |
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Limited services | First TransPennine Express South TransPennine Limited Services | |||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Edale Line and station open |
Midland Railway | Buxworth Line open, station closed | ||
| Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Line and station closed | ||||