Hurdlow railway station

Hurdlow
The site of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Hurdlow, Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish Derbyshire Dales England
Coordinates	53°11′29″N 1°48′38″W / 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 LNWR
15 August 1949	station closed
1 Nov. 1954	Final closure[1]

Hurdlow railway station was near to the hamlet of Hurdlow within Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish, to the south east of Buxton, Derbyshire on the LNWR line to Ashbourne and the south.

History

It opened for goods in 1833 on the Cromford and High Peak Railway from Whaley Bridge to Cromford. Passenger service began in 1856, but it closed in 1877. When it became part of the Ashbourne Line, the LNWR opened it again 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 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.^[2]

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

The station closed to passengers on 15 August 1949.^[3] but continued in occasional use for workmen until the line closed in 1954. Although the station buildings and platforms have been demolished, the site lies at a point where the High Peak Trail, running along the old rail track bed, passes under a bridge carrying the road from Longnor to Monyash.

Route

References

See also

• Cromford and High Peak Railway

This page was last edited on 12 November 2022, at 19:13