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Buxton railway station is a heritage
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
located on the
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, serving the village of
Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regu ...
in the
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,
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, Australia.


History

The station opened on 20 October 1893, and a platform was later added on 4 November. The station along with the rest of the loop line was closed in 1978. The station is located on a crossing loop. The original station building was demolished after burning down. The current platform was built for by the
NSW Rail Museum The NSW Rail Museum is the main railway museum in New South Wales, Australia. A division of Transport Heritage NSW, it was previously known as the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum (NSWRTM), Rail Heritage Centre and Trainworks. Transport He ...
(RTM) for their tourist service in the 1990s. RTM (through
Transport Heritage NSW Transport Heritage NSW is a body established by the Government of New South Wales to manage the state’s rail heritage collection and provide support to the broader transport (bus, tram, rail) heritage sector in NSW. It operates the NSW Rail M ...
) operates heritage steam and diesel trains on the line to the station, from & , most weekends.


Image gallery

File:Buxton railway station platform.JPG, Looking north on the platform File:Buxton railway station platform looking south.JPG, Looking south on the platform File:Buxton railway station looking north.JPG, Looking north on the platform File:Buxton railway station platform from south end.JPG, Platform seen from south end File:Buxton railway station platform from north end.JPG, Platform seen from north end File:Buxton railway station platform from exterior.JPG, Platform seen from exterior File:Buxton railway station south end.JPG, Looking towards south end File:Buxton railway station south end entrance.JPG, South end File:Buxton railway station exterior.JPG, Exterior side of platform seen from north end


References

{{reflist Disused regional railway stations in New South Wales Railway stations in Australia opened in 1893 Main Southern railway line, New South Wales Railway stations in Australia closed in 1978