- Source: Great Longstone for Ashford railway station
Great Longstone for Ashford railway station served Great and Little Longstone in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. It was opened in 1863 by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley.
History
The station was known originally as Longstone and was renamed Great Longstone for Ashford in 1913. Once the London, Midland and Scottish Railway reached Manchester London Road, the line carried expresses to London St Pancras and heavy mineral traffic.
It closed in 1962, although one train a day in each direction continued to stop to allow a local resident, Mrs A Boardman, to travel to work; this was immortalised by the British Movietone film It Only Stops For Her. Trains continued to pass through the station until 1968 when the line was closed.
= Stationmasters
=From 1926, the stationmaster was also responsible for Hassop; by 1931, the stationmaster managed both Longstone and Monsal Dale instead.
Route
The site today
The station building was designed to match the nearby Thornbridge Hall and is Grade II listed; it is now a private residence. The trackbed through the station is part of the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) Monsal Trail, a shared-use path. Access to the trail can be made at the station site, via the ramp from Longstone Lane.
See also
Listed buildings in Great Longstone
References
= Citations
== Sources
=Truman, P., Hunt, D., (1989) Midland Railway Portrait, Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing
Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak, Unicorn Books
External links
Longstone station on navigable 1947 O. S. map
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Great Longstone for Ashford railway station
- Great Longstone
- Hassop railway station
- Clifton (Mayfield) railway station
- Sawley railway station
- Thornbridge Hall
- Buxton railway station (Midland Railway)
- Parsley Hay railway station
- Monsal Dale railway station
- Weston-on-Trent railway station
