Hurdlow railway station explained

Hurdlow
Status:Disused
Address:Hurdlow, Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish
Borough:Derbyshire Dales
Country:England
Coordinates:53.1914°N -1.8106°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Cromford and High Peak Railway
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:June 1833
Events:Station opened for goods
Years1:July 1856
Events1:Opened for passengers
Years2:December 1877
Events2:closed
Years3:1 June 1894
Events3:reopened LNWR
Years4:15 August 1949
Events4:station closed
Years5:1 Nov. 1954
Events5: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 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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32), Romiley: Foxline Publishing
  3. Railway Magazine October 1963 p. 684