Despite its name, Peak Forest Station was three and a half kilometres from that village and was actually in Peak Dale. Opened by the Midland Railway in 1867, it was on the main line between Manchester Central and London St.Pancras. The station was served by local stopping trains with destinations of Buxton, Derby and Manchester. The line became part of the LMS system in 1923 and services increased, although most northbound trains terminated at Chinley requiring a change for Manchester. By the 1960s passenger numbers were dwindling and the station closed in March 1967. The private sidings remained and are still in use for limestone traffic. The station building is also extant and is used by DB Schenker as an office.
The photographs below are from Mark Lomas and originally came from the collections of Richard Stoodley and an anonymous donor.
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