Hayfield railway station

Hayfield
Hayfield station in September 1966
Location
Place	Hayfield
Area	High Peak
Coordinates	53°22′44″N 1°56′49″W / 53.3789°N 1.9470°WCoordinates: 53°22′44″N 1°56′49″W / 53.3789°N 1.9470°W
Grid reference	SK036868
Operations
Original company	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central and Midland Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Great Central and Midland Joint Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1 March 1868	Opened
5 January 1970	Closed
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Hayfield railway station was the terminus of a three-mile-long branch from New Mills Central, opened to passengers on 1 March 1868. The branch and station became the joint property of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (later Great Central) and the Midland Railway. It remained a joint station, latterly owned by the LNER and LMSR, until nationalisation of the railways in 1948.^[1]

The branch was subsequently assigned to the London Midland Region. Introduction of diesel multiple unit trains led to an improvement in passenger services, and by the 1960s there was an hourly frequency to and from Manchester (Piccadilly), with some additional trains at peak times. Unlike some neighbouring lines the station also enjoyed an hourly Sunday service, popular with walkers.

In common with most other branch lines goods traffic dwindled after the Second World War, and services were withdrawn from the station on 15 April 1963. Passenger traffic continued until withdrawn on 5 January 1970.^[2]

Image gallery

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  Part of a Railway Clearing House junction diagram showing the junction for the Hayfield branch

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  Hayfield branch timetable, summer 1903

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  Summer 1961 timetable

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  Station building, 2 September 1967

References

1. Holt, Geoffrey O. (1986) [1978]. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. 10, The North West (Revised ed.). Newton Abbot: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0946537348.
2. Clinker, C.R.; Firth, J.M. (1971). Clinker’s Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots, 1830–1970. C.R.Clinker & Co.