Matlock Riverside railway station

Matlock Riverside

No.WD 150 'Royal Pioneer' (Peak Rail's main service engine) at Matlock Riverside in June 2007
Location
Place Matlock
Area Derbyshire Dales
Operations
Original company Peak Rail
Platforms 1
History
1991 Opened
2 July 2011 Closed for regular operations but used occasionally
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Peak Rail

Legend
Miles
148.43
Monsal Trail
(proposed extension to Bakewell)

Rowsley Yard

148.29 Rowsley South
147.47 Church Lane Crossing
147.26
147.15 Darley Dale
Station Road Crossing
South Yard (shunter depot)
146.75 Bridge 40 (Warney Brook)
Old Road
145.39 Bridge 35 (River Derwent)
145.32 Matlock Riverside
Peak Rail
Network Rail
boundary
Cawdor Way
Network Rail run-around loop

Matlock National Rail
Derwent Valley Line

Matlock Riverside was the terminus of Peak Rail, a preserved steam railway of approximately 4 miles in length. For many years Peak Rail had planned to run trains into Matlock station, shared with the main line from Derby (the Derwent Valley Line).

The station was built in 1991 due to problems negotiating with British Rail to run into the station at Matlock at that time. In 2008 Peak Rail negotiated a 50-year lease to run into Platform 2 at Matlock. Track layout adjustments and refurbishment of the Matlock down platform followed and In July 2011 Peak Rail commencing running services into Matlock station. At the time it was announced that Matlock Riverside was being retained for special events and demonstration goods trains however since then it has also been used for winter trains.

The station itself is a temporary wooden construction, and was previously used at Chee Dale Halt near Buxton when Peak Rail was based at Buxton in the 1980s. Due to operating complications at the Buxton end of the route, Peak Rail moved south to Darley Dale near Matlock, and the former Chee Dale Halt was re-used, forming Matlock Riverside.

The station consists of one platform, situated on the Up (east) side of the former deviation, whilst the Down line was used as a run-round loop, which permits the use of a single locomotive on services (although top-and-tail operation occurred on Special Event Days). The current connection to Matlock station branches from the Down side of the line so it is not possible for a train to call at both Matlock Riverside and Matlock stations. Access to the station is via a public footpath from Matlock Town, the distance between the two being no more than a quarter mile.

For a time, Matlock Riverside possessed a small hut that functioned as a Ticket Office. After this was frequently damaged by local vandals, however, the station became permanently unstaffed with tickets required to be purchased aboard the train.

Coordinates: 53°8′28.1″N 1°34′1.1″W / 53.141139°N 1.566972°W / 53.141139; -1.566972

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