United Kingdom
England
East Midlands
Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales
Great Longstone
Great Longstone for Ashford Railway Station
United Kingdom
England
East Midlands
Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales
Great Longstone
Great Longstone for Ashford Railway Station
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 72 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Peak District National Park
Location: Great Longstone, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Great Longstone for Ashford railway station was a station which served Great and Little Longstone in the Peak District of Derbyshire. It was opened in 1863 by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley.
It closed in 1962, except that one train a day in each direction continued to stop to allow a local resident, Mrs A Boardman, to travel to work, an episode immortalised by the British Movietone film It Only Stops For Her..[4] Trains continued to pass through the station until 1968 when the line was closed.
The trackbed through the station is part of the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) Monsal Trail, a walk and cycleway. Access to the Monsal Trail can be made at Great Longstone for Ashford railway station, via the ramp off Longstone Lane.
January 23, 2024
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