Buxton Train Station

Buxton railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England. It is managed and served by Northern. The station is 25 + 3 /4mi south east of Manchester Piccadilly and is the terminus of the Buxton Line. FacilitiesThe station is fully staffed, with the ticket office open on weekdays between 05: 50 - 20: 00, Saturdays 05: 50 - 20: 00 and Sundays 08: 15 - 22: 30. A self-service ticket machine is also available for use outside these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. A payphone, waiting room and toilets are all provided in the main building, whilst platform 1 has a waiting shelter and bench seating. Train running details are offered via automatic announcements, CIS displays and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available to both platforms from the main entrance. ServicesThere is generally an hourly service daily between Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly, taking about one hour. The service frequency is enhanced to about half-hourly in the morning and evening peaks. A limited number of trains work through beyond Manchester, with trains to /from, Clitheroe, , and. Platform 2 is the main platform for arrivals and departures. Platform 1 is a departure platform by shunt move, which is usually used in early mornings by the first trains of the day which have been stabled overnight or when attachment /detachment of a unit to /from a formation is required. FutureNetwork Rail has proposed, in their North West RUS, installing a facing cross-over which will allow platform 1 to become fully operational as an arrival and departure platform. Doing this will reduce the number of shunt moves.

Buxton railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England. It is managed and served by Northern. The station is 25 + 3 /4mi south east of Manchester Piccadilly and is the terminus of the Buxton Line. FacilitiesThe station is fully staffed, with the ticket office open on weekdays between 05: 50 - 20: 00, Saturdays 05: 50 - 20: 00 and Sundays 08: 15 - 22: 30. A self-service ticket machine is also available for use outside these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. A payphone, waiting room and toilets are all provided in the main building, whilst platform 1 has a waiting shelter and bench seating. Train running details are offered via automatic announcements, CIS displays and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available to both platforms from the main entrance. ServicesThere is generally an hourly service daily between Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly, taking about one hour. The service frequency is enhanced to about half-hourly in the morning and evening peaks. A limited number of trains work through beyond Manchester, with trains to /from, Clitheroe, , and. Platform 2 is the main platform for arrivals and departures. Platform 1 is a departure platform by shunt move, which is usually used in early mornings by the first trains of the day which have been stabled overnight or when attachment /detachment of a unit to /from a formation is required. FutureNetwork Rail has proposed, in their North West RUS, installing a facing cross-over which will allow platform 1 to become fully operational as an arrival and departure platform. Doing this will reduce the number of shunt moves.