Bamford railway station

Bamford railway station serves the village of Bamford in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England and is managed by Northern Trains. It is located 13 miles (21 km) west of Sheffield on the Hope Valley Line.

Bamford
Location
Place	Bamford
Local authority	High Peak
Coordinates	53.3389°N 1.6890°W / 53.3389; -1.6890
Grid reference	SK208825
Operations
Station code	BAM
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	28,628
2015/16	27,922
2016/17	30,514
2017/18	31,654
2018/19	34,526
History
Original company	Dore and Chinley Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
25 June 1894 (1894-06-25)	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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.

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 branch line to the worksite. When the dams were completed, the branch line was removed, but later re-instated during the WW2 construction of the Ladybower Reservoir. A signalbox used to control the station and branch line, but this has since been relocated to Peak Rail. The branch line has since been removed, but there is access to the old trackbed as the Thornhill Trail.

Facilities

The station is unmanned as noted, but Northern has installed ticket vending machines here to allow intending travellers to buy tickets before boarding. Standard waiting shelters are provided on each platform, whilst train running details are offered via help points, automatic announcements and timetable posters. Step-free access is available to both platforms (the eastbound one via a ramp from Station Road).[3]

Service

All services are provided by Northern Trains except the first (to Liverpool Lime Street) and the last (to Nottingham) which are provided by East Midlands Railway.

Trains from Sheffield take around 22 minutes, and trains from Manchester Piccadilly take around 53 minutes.

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

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) hourly - with minor exceptions. The same also operates on Bank Holidays.[4]

Weekends

• Saturday & Sunday: A train in each direction once every hour

References

1. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 71. CN 8983.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 26. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. Bamford station facilities National Rail Enquiries
4. Table National Rail timetable, May 2017

External links

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