Bakewell railway station

Bakewell

The station in 1905
Location
Place Bakewell
Area Derbyshire Dales
Coordinates 53°13′04″N 1°40′08″W / 53.2177°N 1.6689°W / 53.2177; -1.6689Coordinates: 53°13′04″N 1°40′08″W / 53.2177°N 1.6689°W / 53.2177; -1.6689
Operations
Original company Midland Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 August 1862 Station opened
6 March 1967 Station closed[1]
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Bakewell railway station was a railway station built to serve the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire, England by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway line from Rowsley to Buxton.

View northward in 1961
Diesel-hauled down express in 1961

Monsal Trail

Legend
 Topley Pike junction
 Chee Tor Nº1 tunnel
 Millers Dale
 Millers Dale viaducts
 Litton Tunnel (
516 yd 
472 m 

)

 Cressbrook Tunnel (
471 yd 
431 m 

)

 Monsal Dale
 Headstone Viaduct
 Headstone Tunnel (
533 yd 
487 m 

)

 Great Longstone
 Hassop
 Bakewell

 Coombs Road viaduct(end of trail)
 Haddon Tunnel (
1058 yd 
967 m 

)(closed)

 Rowsley(proposed extension)

 Rowsley South
 Darley Dale
 Peak Rail line

Sources[2][3]

History

The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 August 1862.[1] Being the nearest station to Haddon Hall it was built in a grand style as the local station for the Duke of Rutland over whose land the line had passed. Designed by Edward Walters of Manchester, the buildings were of fine ashlar with intricate carvings which incorporated the Duke's coat of arms.

Since the line was climbing steeply towards its summit at Peak Forest, the station was located uphill about half a mile from the town, which became a disadvantage when road transport developed.

The most busy time was during the Bakewell Show but was also popular with campers and tourists. In later years it featured a camping coach in the siding.[4]

In the Grouping of all lines (into four main companies) in 1923 the station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway .

During the nationalisation of Britain's railways in 1948 the station was passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways, and despite escaping the Beeching Axe the station was closed when passenger services ceased a year prior to the line being closed by Labour Minister For Transport Barbara Castle, the station closing on 6 March 1967.[1]

Closure

The station buildings still survive. They are perched half a mile east of the centre of Bakewell, high upon the hillside due to the alignment that the railway was forced to take.

In time the station was replaced with Bakewell industrial estate, the station building is still in use as a warehouse along with the platforms (but the gap between platforms have been filled in to facilitate the Monsal Trail).

Ridged canopies existed over the platforms, and a goods shed and cattle dock, all have since been removed.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 23
  2. ↑ "Monsal Trail Derbyshire Peak District Litton Cressbrook Mill Cycling Bike Track Disused Railway". Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Monsal Trail structures". Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  4. ↑ Kingscott, G., (2007) Lost Railways of Derbyshire, Newbury: Countryside Books

Bibliography

External links

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Rowsley
Line and station closed		   Midland Railway
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway		   Hassop
Line and station closed
  Proposed Heritage railways
Rowsley   Peak Rail   Terminus
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