Bamford railway station

Bamford
Location
Place	Bamford
Local authority	High Peak
Coordinates	53°20′20″N 1°41′20″W / 53.3389°N 1.6890°WCoordinates: 53°20′20″N 1°41′20″W / 53.3389°N 1.6890°W
Grid reference	SK208825
Operations
Station code	BAM
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	25,656
2011/12	25,050
2012/13	27,044
2013/14	27,774
2014/15	28,628
History
Original company	Dore and Chinley Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
25 June 1894	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 Bamford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bamford railway station serves the village of Bamford in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England and is managed by Northern.

History

The view in 1966.

Bamford station was built by the Dore and Chinley Railway, a company which was absorbed by the Midland Railway prior to opening. The line was opened for goods traffic on 6 November 1893, and for passenger trains on 1 June 1894, but Bamford station was not opened until 25 June that year.^[1][2] The Dore and Chinley line later became known as the Hope Valley Line. The station became an unstaffed halt in 1969 when the last station master purchased the Station House. The main station building was located on the road overbridge, and was removed during the late 1970s.

Derwent Branchline

During the construction of the nearby Derwent and Howden dams between 1912 and 1916, the railway carried stone from a quarry at nearby Grindleford, up a branchline to the worksite. When the dams were completed, the branchline was removed, but later re-instated in 1945 during the construction of the Ladybower Reservoir. A signalbox used to control the station and branchline, but this has since been relocated to Peak Rail. The branchline has since been removed, but there is access to the old trackbed as the Thornhill Trail.

Service

All services are provided by Northernl except the first (to Manchester) and the last (to Nottingham) which are provided by East Midlands Trains.

Trains from Sheffield take around 22 minutes, and trains from Machester Picadilly take around 53 minutes.

Weekdays

• The typical off-peak service from the station includes a train in each direction (west to Manchester Piccadilly via New Mills Central and east to Sheffield) once every two hours. The above also operates on Bank Holidays.^[3]

Weekends

• Saturday: A train in each direction once every hour
• Sunday: A train in each direction once every two hours (more frequent in summer)

References

1. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 71. CN 8983.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 26. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Northern Rail timetable 23 Manchester to Sheffield, 13 December 2015 - 14 May 2016Northern Rail; Retrieved 31 March 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Bamford railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Hathersage		Northern Hope Valley Line		Hope
		East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich Limited service