Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station

Chapel-en-le-Frith
View looking west
Location
Place	Chapel-en-le-Frith
Local authority	High Peak
Coordinates	53°18′43″N 1°55′08″W / 53.312°N 1.919°WCoordinates: 53°18′43″N 1°55′08″W / 53.312°N 1.919°W
Grid reference	SK055794
Operations
Station code	CEF
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	35,154
2005/06	39,032
2006/07	40,691
2007/08	49,172
2008/09	48,148
2009/10	45,532
2010/11	44,630
2011/12	44,026
2012/13	43,170
2013/14	45,848
2014/15	45,974
History
Key dates	Opened 1863
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chapel-en-le-Frith from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station (formerly Chapel-en-le-Frith South) serves the town of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England. It is 20 ¹⁄₂ miles (33.0 kilometres) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line from Manchester. It was built in 1863 for the LNWR on its line from Whaley Bridge to Buxton. as an extension of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway.

In 1867, the Midland Railway built a station (known as Chapel-en-le-Frith Central) on the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee line from Millers Dale to Chinley. The town therefore had a main line connection from Manchester to London featuring expresses such as the 'Palatine' and the 'Peaks'. However, with the closure of the ex Midland route from Chinley to Rowsley to passenger traffic in 1967, Central station was closed. The Midland line is still in situ and used for freight to and from Peak Forest.

The station is one of very few to retain its walkway to cross between platforms, most stations having had footbridges installed. The prime reason for this is the requirement to provide a vehicular crossing for those houses further up the hill which have no reliable alternative, as the very rough alternative is blocked for days during snow, and even when open requires a considerable extra distance to be covered to reach Chapel Town Centre. A footbridge would therefore not be used.

The former station master's house was used as a restaurant called "Brief Encounter" but has in the middle of being refubished and is being used as a band room for Chapel-en-le-Frith Town Band.^[1]

Service

There is generally an hourly service each day to Manchester Piccadilly northbound. Besides this, some peak hour trains on weekdays continue to or start from Clitheroe, Wigan North Western, Barrow-in-Furness, Blackpool North, Preston and Bolton. All southbound services terminate at Buxton. During peak hours the service is roughly half-hourly.

1957 collision

The station was the site of a fatal collision in 1957 which is commemorated with a plaque at the station.

References

• Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books

1. High Peak Borough Council Licensing details, accessed 13-102-2010

External links

• Train times and station information for Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Dove Holes		Northern Rail Buxton Line		Whaley Bridge