Chee Dale Halt railway station was a timber-built railway halt located on the Peak Forest Junction to Buxton Junction spur of a triangle of the former Midland Railway lines at Blackwell Mill. The halt was opened on 5 July 1987 by

British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

and used for a summer Sundays-only passenger service promoted by Peak Rail that ran between

Edale railway station Edale railway station serves the rural village of Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. It is located west of Sheffield and east of Manchester Piccadilly. The station was opened in 1894 on the Midland Railway's Dore and Chi ...

and Chee Dale, and closed on 13 September 1987.

Use

The halt was used primarily by ramblers on the nearby Monsal Trail. There was no road access to the halt.

Closure

The passenger train ran for one summer season, until the Health and Safety executive raised concerns that the signalling along the line was not adequate for passenger trains. British Rail decided that it would not be economically viable to upgrade the signalling for a summer Sundays-only service, and the halt closed on 13 September 1987 after the last train left. The halt remained for a few years after closure, but was removed in the early 1990s to become Peak Rail's Matlock Riverside station. The line is still open for freight services.

References

Disused Stations: Cheedale Halt
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