Buxton railway station
Buxton 
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Buxton station
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| Location | |
| Place | Buxton |
| Local authority | High Peak |
| Coordinates | 53°15′40″N 1°54′47″W / 53.261°N 1.913°WCoordinates: 53°15′40″N 1°54′47″W / 53.261°N 1.913°W |
| Grid reference | SK059737 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BUX |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.298 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.289 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.290 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.324 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.329 million |
| History | |
| Original company | |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 15 June 1863 | 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 Buxton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Buxton railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England. It is managed and served by Northern. The station is 25 3⁄4 miles (41.4 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly and is the terminus of the Buxton Line.
There is generally an hourly service daily (including Sundays) between Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly, taking about one hour. The service frequency is enhanced to about half-hourly in the morning and evening peaks. A limited number of trains (currently seven on weekdays in total) work through beyond Manchester, with one train each of to/from Blackpool North, Clitheroe, Barrow-in-Furness, Wigan North Western, Wigan Wallgate, Preston and Bolton.
Platform 2 is the main platform for arrivals and departures. Platform 1 is a departure platform by shunt move, which is usually used in early mornings by the first trains of the day which have been stabled overnight or when attachment/detachment of a unit to/from a formation is required.
Network Rail has proposed, in their North West RUS, installing a facing cross-over which will allow platform 1 to become fully operational as an arrival and departure platform. Doing this will reduce the number of shunt moves.
Two railways arrived in Buxton almost simultaneously in 1863. The , heavily promoted by the LNWR, built its line from Manchester to Whaley Bridge and extended it to Buxton. Meanwhile, the Midland Railway extended the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley. When the Midland extended its main line to New Mills in 1867, to bypass the LNWR, Buxton became a branch line from Millers Dale. The stations were side by side, with identical frontages designed by J. Smith with guidance from Joseph Paxton, each having a wrought iron glazed train shed.
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