Dove Holes railway station

Dove Holes

Location
Place	Dove Holes
Local authority	High Peak
Grid reference	SK074781
Operations
Station code	DVH
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	6,246
2012/13	5,874
2013/14	4,382
2014/15	4,910
2015/16	4,756
History
Key dates	Opened 1863 (1863)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dove Holes from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dove Holes railway station serves the village of Dove Holes, Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton line 22 ³⁄₄ miles (36.6 km) south east of Piccadilly. It is managed and served by Northern.

It was opened in 1863 by the LNWR at the summit of its line between Whaley Bridge and Buxton.

Originally the Midland Railway had hoped that the LNWR would join it in extending the line that they jointly leased between Ambergate and Rowsley. The LNWR declined, then built this one from Buxton to meet its line to Manchester.

Later the Midland built a line from Millers Dale through Chapel to Chinley passing 183 feet beneath it in Dove Holes Tunnel.

Facilities

The station is unmanned and has no ticket provision, so all tickets must be bought on the train or prior to travel. There are no permanent buildings other than waiting shelters on each platform; train running details are provided by telephone and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps.^[1]

Accident

In 1957, the steep gradient north of here down towards Chapel-en-le-Frith was the scene of a serious accident, in which the driver of a runaway freight train, John Axon remained at his post and died when it ran into the back of a preceding train.^[2] He was subsequently awarded a posthumous George Cross for his actions.

Service

There is a train every two hours Monday-Saturday towards Manchester Piccadilly northbound and Buxton southbound (other trains pass through without calling); some extra calls are provided at peak times. On Sundays the service frequency in both directions from the station is also two-hourly.^[3]

References

↑ Dove Hole station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 17 May 2017
↑ Accident at Chapel-en-le Frith on 9th February 1957 The Railways Archive; Retrieved 17 May 2017
↑ Table 86 National Rail timetable, May 2017

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Train times and station information for Dove Holes railway station from National Rail
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Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Buxton		Northern Buxton Line		Chapel-en-le-Frith

Railways in Derbyshire
Railway lines	█ Buxton line █ Crewe–Derby line █ Derwent Valley █ Erewash Valley █ Hope Valley █ Midland Main Line █ Robin Hood Line
Heritage and historic lines	Duffield Bank Railway Ecclesbourne Valley Railway GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension Peak Rail Ripley Branch Midland Heritage Railway
Railway stations	Alfreton Ambergate Bamford Belper Buxton Chapel-en-le-Frith Chesterfield Chinley Creswell Cromford Derby Dinting Dove Holes Dronfield Duffield Edale Furness Vale Glossop Grindleford Hadfield Hathersage Hope Ilkeston Langley Mill Langwith-Whaley Thorns Long Eaton Matlock Bath Matlock New Mills Central Peartree New Mills Newtown Shirebrook Spondon Tutbury and Hatton Whaley Bridge Whatstandwell Whitwell Willington
Heritage railways and their stations	Butterley Darley Dale Hammersmith Idridgehay Matlock Riverside Matlock Ravenstor Rowsley South Shottle Wirksworth
Current operators	█ CrossCountry █ East Midlands Trains █ TransPennine Express █ Northern
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Coordinates: 53°17′59″N 1°53′26″W / 53.29980°N 1.89043°W / 53.29980; -1.89043

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