Edale railway station

Edale railway station serves the rural village of Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. It was opened in 1894 on the Midland Railway's Dore and Chinley line (now the Hope Valley Line), 20 miles (32 km) west of Sheffield and 22 miles (35 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly.

Edale
LocationEdale, High Peak
England
Coordinates53.36443°N 1.81663°W / 53.36443; -1.81663
Grid referenceSK123853
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeEDL
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened25 June 1894
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Passengers
2015/16 79,404
2016/17 89,510
2017/18 89,322
2018/19 93,860
2019/20 99,808
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lying below Kinder Scout, the station is the closest station for the start of the Pennine Way. The station is about 5 minutes walk from the centre of the village, where the Pennine Way begins, with the Nags Head public house being 'the official start of the Pennine Way'.

History

The station was opened on 25 June 1894 when the Midland Railway opened the line between Dore and Chinley for passengers, the line had opened for freight on 6 November 1893.[1]

The station had two platforms either side of a double track connected by an underpass, there was a signal box and sidings to both sides of the running lines to the west of the station.[2]

The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1954 to 1956.[3]

It became an unstaffed halt in 1969. It formerly had wooden buildings and canopies on each side, but these have been demolished and replaced by basic shelters.

Facilities

The station is managed and served primarily by Northern Trains using rolling stock such as the Class 142 Pacer and Class 150 Sprinter, with the occasional Class 156 Super Sprinter. East Midlands Railway services are usually run with Class 158 Express Sprinter units. The station has two platforms with no level crossing or footbridge. To change platforms, there is an underpass located next to the road in the village.[4]

The station has now received ticketing provision in the form of automatic ticket vending machines (like all the other stations on the route between New Mills Central and Dore and Totley), so passengers can buy their tickets prior to travel. Leading on from this, a penalty fare scheme is in operation here and at other Hope Valley stations.[5] Train running information is offered via CIS displays, automated announcements, timetable posters and a customer help point on each platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps to/from the subway.[4]

Service

The typical off-peak is one train an hour, with some gaps at certain times of the day, to Sheffield and to Manchester Piccadilly via Marple, provided solely by Northern. This also applies on Saturdays and Sundays.[6] Until 2018, weekday trains only called every second hour for much of the day.

East Midlands Railway provide the first service of the day to Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central. The final return working of the day starts from Liverpool Lime Street and continues on to Nottingham via Sheffield. All other services are provided by Northern Trains. A normal weekday service operates on most bank holidays.

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
East Midlands Railway
Liverpool-Norwich
Limited service
Disused railways
Hope
Line and station open		   Midland Railway
   Chapel-en-le-Frith Central
Line and station closed
Terminus   British Rail   Chee Dale Halt
Line and station closed

References
  1. Leleux, Robin (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. 9 The East Midlands (2nd ed.). David St John Thomas. p. 187. ISBN 0-946537-06-2.
  2. "Edale station on OS 25 inch map Derbyshire IX.3 (Edale)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 22 & 50. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  4. Edale station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  5. Northern extending penalty fares scheme to include Hope Valley rail route Dodds, J, Buxton Advertiser new article 3 December 2018; Retrieved 25 March 2019
  6. Table 78 National Rail timetable, December 2018
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