Buxworth railway station was an intermediate stop on the Derby–Manchester line of the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...

. It was open between 1867 and 1958.

History

The

(MR) had reached

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.

in 1863. Their next objective was

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

and, to reach that city, they entered into cooperation with the

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...

. The two companies would share a line between Manchester and

New Mills New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut thro ...

, whilst the MR would build its own line between there and , on its Buxton line. The line opened for passenger trains on 1 February 1867 (goods trains already having run for several months). The station at

Bugsworth Buxworth is a village in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. The area, which was once an important centre for the limestone industry, became the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal. Its pub, the Navigation Inn, was once owned by '' Coronation St ...

also opened on 1 February 1867. The station was renamed Buxworth on 4 June 1930. It closed on 15 September 1958. In 1969 it was bought by

Burnage High School Burnage Academy for Boys, formerly known as Burnage High School for Boys, is a secondary school with academy status, located in Burnage, Manchester, England. History Grammar school The school was founded in September 1932 as Burnage High Schoo ...

in Manchester and was converted for use as an

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centre for school pupils.

References

External links

Buxworth Station on navigable O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Derbyshire Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub