Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station

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Chapel-en-le-Frith
Location
Place	Chapel-en-le-Frith
Local authority	High Peak
Operations
Station code	CEF
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 **	0.035 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1863
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Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station serves the town of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England. It is 33 km (20½ miles) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Buxton line.

It was built in 1863 for the LNWR on its line from Whaley Bridge to Buxton. In 1867, the Midland Railway built another station on its extension to its Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Millers Dale and Rowsley. In LMS days the first was 'Chapel-en-le-Frith South', and the other 'Chapel-en-le-Frith Central'. The town thereby had a main line connection from Manchester to London featuring expresses such as the 'Palatine' and the 'Peaks'. However, with the closure of the Midland main line, the Central station closed in 1967.

[edit] Service

There is generally an hourly service each day to Manchester Piccadilly and beyond (mostly to Blackpool North) northbound and to Buxton southbound.

[edit] Reference

• Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dove Holes		Northern Rail (Buxton Line)		Whaley Bridge