| Buxton | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Buxton, High Peak |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.2598°N -1.9126°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Platforms: | 3 |
| Original: | Midland Railway |
| Pregroup: | Midland Railway |
| Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Events: | Station opened |
| Years1: | 6 March 1967 |
| Events1: | Station closed |
Buxton (Midland) railway station served the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, England between 1863 and 1967. It was one of two stations in the town centre that were sited next to each other; only Buxton railway station remains in operation.
The station was opened by the Midland Railway (MR) on 1 June 1863. It was adjacent to, and to the south-east of, the Buxton railway station of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway, which opened two weeks later. The two stations had similar end walls, incorporating large fan-shaped windows.
The station was the terminus of the MR route from Derby. This route had opened as far as on 4 June 1849; and was continued to Buxton in 1863. The station was 164miles from .
The station closed on 6 March 1967. Most of the station was subsequently demolished and the land used for a ring road.
Part of the site, including the trackbed of the tracks outside the station, were occupied by the Buxton Steam Centre of the Peak Rail heritage railway in the 1970s; it relaid track with ambitions to reopen the line towards . This plan failed; they moved their entire operations and stock to the section between and, where the railway was reopened in 1992.[1]
In June 2019, Peak Rail announced that they hoped to recommence work on the Buxton site during the summer of 2019.[2] Support of the local MP was gained;[3] however, the builder of a new development was causing difficulties with access.[4] As of 2024, plans have not yet come to fruition.
A small section of stonework that supported the original end wall and the platform that Peak Rail built remain extant. A shopping centre and a 1980s ring road now cover much of the site.[5]
