Hurdlow railway station

Hurdlow
The site of the station, 2015
General information
Location	Hurdlow, Hartington Middle Quarter, Derbyshire Dales England
Coordinates	53.1914°N 1.8106°W / 53.1914; -1.8106
Grid reference	SK127660
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cromford and High Peak Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
June 1833	Station opened for goods
July 1856	Opened for passengers
December 1877	Closed
1 June 1894	Reopened by the LNWR
15 August 1949	Closed
1 November 1954	Final closure
Location

Hurdlow railway station served the hamlet of Hurdlow, within the Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish, near Buxton, in Derbyshire, England. It was a stop on the London and North Western Railway's line to Ashbourne and the south.

History

The station opened for goods in 1833 on the Cromford and High Peak Railway, between Whaley Bridge to Cromford. Passenger services began in 1856, but it closed in 1877. When it became part of the Ashbourne Line, the LNWR reopened it in 1894.

In some timetables, it was listed as Hurdlow for Longnor and Monyash; the platforms and buildings were of timber construction, as in all the stations on the line.

From the summit at 1,260 feet (380 m) above sea level at Dowlow Halt, the line descended at 1 in 60 (16.7‰) to Hurdlow. From here to Ashbourne, the gradients would become much easier, though this was countered by the curves as the line endeavoured to follow the contours.

Easter Tuesdays were particularly busy with special trains laid on for the Flagg Moor Steeplechase.

The station was closed to passengers on 15 August 1949. but continued in occasional use for workmen until the line closed in 1954.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Dowlow Halt Line and station closed		Cromford and High Peak Railway		Parsley Hay Line and station closed
		LNWR Ashbourne Line

The site today

Although the station buildings and platforms have been demolished, the site lies at a point where the High Peak Trail, which occupies the track bed, passes under a bridge carrying the road from Longnor to Monyash.