Edale railway station serves the rural village of

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in the

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, in

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. It is located west of

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and east of Manchester Piccadilly. The station was opened in 1894 on the

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's Dore and Chinley line, now known as the Hope Valley Line. Lying below

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, the station is about 5 minutes' walk from the centre of the village, where the

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begins; the ''Nags Head'' public house is known as the official starting point.

History

The station was opened on 25 June 1894 when the

opened the line between and for passengers, the line had opened for freight on 6 November 1893. 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. The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was positioned here by the

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from 1954 to 1956. 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.

Stationmasters

*Lewis Wright 1896 - 1922 (formerly station master at Cromford) *Charles Workman 1922 - 1931 (afterwards station master at Bamford) *Ernest L. Denley 1934 - 1936 *C.V. Grocott 1936 (afterwards station master at Harringworth) *Harold Brooks 1936 - 1938 *D. Walker ca. 1942

Facilities

The station is managed and served primarily by

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using rolling stock such as the Class 150 ''Sprinter'' and Class 195 ''Civity'', 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. The station has now received ticketing provision in the form of automatic ticket vending machines (like all the other stations on the route between and ), so passengers can buy their tickets prior to travel. Leading on from this, a

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scheme is in operation here and at other Hope Valley stations. 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.Edale station facilities
' National Rail Enquiries''

Service

The typical off-peak is one train an hour, with some gaps at certain times of the day, to

and to Manchester Piccadilly via , provided solely by Northern. This also applies on Saturdays and Sundays. 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

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via . The final return working of the day starts from Liverpool Lime Street and continues on to via . All other services are provided by

. A normal weekday service operates on most bank holidays.

References

External links

{{Railway stations served by Northern Trains Railway stations in Derbyshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1894 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Northern franchise railway stations