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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Buxton (Midland) railway station served the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England between 1863 and 1967.

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The Buxton Steam Centre of the Peak Railway Preservation Society as it was in March 1990 before closure

History

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A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (lower right) railways in the vicinity of Buxton (Midland Railway in green)

The station was opened by the Midland Railway (MR) on 1 June 1863.Шаблон:Sfn It was adjacent to, and to the south-east of, the Buxton railway station of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway,Шаблон:Sfn which opened two weeks later.Шаблон:Sfn The two stations had similar end walls incorporating a large fan-shaped window.Шаблон:Sfn

The station was the terminus of the MR route from Derby. This route had opened as far as Шаблон:Stnlnk on 4 June 1849;Шаблон:Sfn and was continued to Buxton in 1863.Шаблон:Sfn The station was Шаблон:Convert from Шаблон:Stnlnk.Шаблон:Sfn

The station closed on 6 March 1967.Шаблон:Sfn Most of the station was subsequently demolished and the land used for a ring road. Part of the site including the trackbed of the tracks outside the station were occupied by the Buxton Steam Centre of the Peak Rail Heritage Railway in the 1970s who relaid track with ambitions to reopen the line towards Millers Dale. This plan failed and they moved their entire operations and stock to the section between Matlock, Darley Dale and Rowsley where they have successfully reopened the railway.Шаблон:Citation needed In June 2019 Peak Rail announced that they hoped to recommence work on the Buxton site during the summer of 2019.[1]

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Buxton Midland station in 2019

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References

External links

Шаблон:Disused Rail Start Шаблон:Rail line one to two Шаблон:S-end Шаблон:Closed stations Derbyshire


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