Ashborne Branch and Cromford and High Peak Railway Doubling and Deviations (London and North Western Railway)

Introduction

This consisted of a connection from Buxton to the Cromford and High Peak Railway, which was improved with new alignments, and a new portion of line to extend to Ashbourne.






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Buxton to Hindlow







Unfortunately strong biting winds and frequent snow showers deterred allotment holders from tending their plots adjacent to the Hindlow Branch in ...
Malcolm Chattwood 17/03/2018
Freightliner 66601 heads out of Buxton on the Hindlow branch with empties for the loading plant on 25th February 2018. I wasn't expecting a movement ...
Malcolm Chattwood 25/02/2018
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Looking south at Hindlow sidings. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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Harpur Deviation








Buxton Curve

This station is a terminus. It has two platforms and three lines - the central line being for locomotive release or stock storage. A fanlight remains at the buffer end of the station, a remaining part of the trainshed.
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More details

See also
Buxton Extension (Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway)
GBRf 66707 draws its train of empties from Hams Hall to Hindlow into Buxton Up Relief Sidings, whilst DB 66181 at the head of its train of limestone ...
Malcolm Chattwood 17/05/2023
DB 66181 runs round its train of limestone in Buxton Up Relief Sidings which originated at Dowlow Briggs Sidings and was destined for Toton via Peak ...
Malcolm Chattwood 17/05/2023
Neither freight nor passenger services were being handled at Buxton following heavy snowfall. The only signs of activity were the signallers ...
Malcolm Chattwood 10/03/2023
A full house of stabled Sprinters at Buxton on 10th March 2023, following heavy snowfall which resulted in trains from Manchester being turned back ...
Malcolm Chattwood 10/03/2023
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Dowlow to Hurdlow Deviation

The last leg of the HIgh Peak and Tissington Trails runs north from the old station site at Hurdlow towards Buxton, as seen here from the foot of the ...
Mark Bartlett 24/05/2012
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Cotesfield Deviation




Parsley Hay to Ashbourne

View looking south west to the Hartington Viaduct, on the former Buxton to Ashbourne line, that now forms a part of the Hartington Trail. The former ...
David Pesterfield 12/11/2022
With all other station remnants gone on the Tissington Trail the beautifully restored signalbox at Hartington is a notable survivor. The display baord ...
Mark Bartlett 24/05/2012
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Like the other old stations on the Tissington Trail Alsop-en-le-Dale has been swept away since closure in 1954 and is only a car park and trail ...
Mark Bartlett 24/05/2012
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The wooden station buildings and platforms at Tissington were swept away after closure, like all the others on the line, but the station site is now a ...
Mark Bartlett 23/05/2012
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Evocative names these old stations on the Tissington Trail. Parsley Hay, Alsop-en-le-Dale and here is Thorpe Cloud, first station out of ...
Mark Bartlett 23/05/2012
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