Whaley Bridge railway station

Whaley Bridge
Location
Place	Whaley Bridge
Local authority	High Peak
Coordinates	53°19′48″N 1°59′06″W / 53.33°N 1.985°WCoordinates: 53°19′48″N 1°59′06″W / 53.33°N 1.985°W
Grid reference	SK011815
Operations
Station code	WBR
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	78,496
2005/06	88,733
2006/07	84,971
2007/08	92,706
2008/09	89,476
2009/10	87,214
2010/11	92,650
2011/12	94,844
2012/13	110,822
2013/14	121,588
History
Original company	Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
9 June 1857	Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whaley Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Whaley Bridge railway station serves the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Manchester-Buxton Line 16 ¹⁄₄ miles (26.2 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly.

Originally the station, opened on 9 June 1857,^[1] was on the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway, built by the London and North Western Railway to connect with the Cromford and High Peak Railway and extended to Buxton in 1863. The station is unusual for the line in that its platform one, where the main station building and ticket office is sited, is on the side for trains bound for Buxton, whereas platform two serves trains to Manchester. The platform is on a tight curve and is some 30 cm too low for the height of the carriages used, making it difficult to access for people with mobility problems.

The station enjoys the support of the local community in the form of Friends of Whaley Bridge Station, a voluntary group dedicated to improving and maintaining the station buildings and grounds.

Service

There is generally an hourly service each day to Manchester Piccadilly (with one train continuing to/from Blackpool North, Bolton, Wigan North Western, Barrow-in-Furness, Preston, Wigan Wallgate and Clitheroe) northbound and to Buxton southbound.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 247. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

• Train times and station information for Whaley Bridge railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Chapel-en-le-Frith		Northern Rail Buxton Line		Furness Vale
	Disused railways
Terminus		London and North Western Railway Cromford and High Peak Railway		Shallcross