New Mills Central
New Mills Central 
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New Mills Central in 2009
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| Location | |
| Place | New Mills |
| Local authority | High Peak |
| Grid reference | SJ997853 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NMC |
| 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 |
 156,248 |
| 2012/13 |
213,648 |
| 2013/14 |
 205,274 |
| 2014/15 |
200,974 |
| 2015/16 |
198,432 |
| History | |
| Original company | Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central and Midland Joint Committee |
| Post-grouping | Great Central and Midland Joint Committee |
| 1 July 1865 | Opened as New Mills |
| 25 August 1952 | Renamed New Mills Central |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at New Mills Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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New Mills Central railway station serves the town of New Mills in Derbyshire, England. It is on the Hope Valley Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield, 12 3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) east of the former. The locality is also served by New Mills Newtown station on the Buxton to Stockport and Manchester line.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway ran as far as Rowsley, and was extended by the Midland Railway to Buxton, in its aim to run as far as Manchester. The Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway also wished to extend southwards from its main line through Woodhead Tunnel to Sheffield, and had built a branch to Hyde. The London and North Western Railway meanwhile had constructed their own line to Buxton from Whaley Bridge (with a station at Newtown) which effectively blocked the other two.
An agreement was reached whereby the MS&LR would build their proposed "Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway", while the Midland would extend its line to New Mills from Millers Dale via Chinley. Passenger services began to Hayfield in 1868 and the line came under joint control as the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee in 1870, while the Midland's line opened in 1867.
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