Dove Holes railway station

Dove Holes

Location
Place	Dove Holes
Local authority	High Peak
Grid reference	SK074781
Operations
Station code	DVH
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	5,446
2011/12	6,246
2012/13	5,874
2013/14	4,382
2014/15	4,910
History
Key dates	Opened 1863 (1863)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dove Holes from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dove Holes railway station serves the village of Dove Holes, Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Manchester Piccadilly to Buxton line 22 ³⁄₄ miles (36.6 km) south east of Piccadilly. It is managed and served by Northern.

It was opened in 1863 by the LNWR at the summit of its line between Whaley Bridge and Buxton.

Originally the Midland Railway had hoped that the LNWR would join it in extending the line that they jointly leased between Ambergate and Rowsley. The LNWR declined, then built this one from Buxton to meet its line to Manchester.

Later the Midland built a line from Millers Dale through Chapel to Chinley passing 183 feet beneath it in Dove Holes Tunnel.

Accident

In 1957, the gradient into Chapel-en-le-Frith was the scene of a serious accident, in which the driver of a runaway freight train, John Axon remained at his post and died, being awarded a posthumous George Cross.

Service

There is a train every two hours Monday-Saturday towards Manchester Piccadilly northbound and Buxton southbound. On Sundays the service frequency in both directions from the station is also two-hourly.

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Train times and station information for Dove Holes railway station from National Rail
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Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Buxton		Northern Buxton Line		Chapel-en-le-Frith

Railways in Derbyshire

Railway lines	█ Buxton Line █ Crewe to Derby Line █ Derwent Valley █ Erewash Valley █ Hope Valley █ Midland Main Line █ Robin Hood Line

Heritage and historic lines	Duffield Bank Railway Ecclesbourne Valley Railway GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension Peak Rail Ripley Branch Midland Heritage Railway

Railway stations	Alfreton Ambergate Bamford Belper Buxton Chapel-en-le-Frith Chesterfield Chinley Creswell Cromford Derby Dinting Dove Holes Dronfield Duffield Edale Furness Vale Glossop Grindleford Hadfield Hathersage Hope Langley Mill Langwith-Whaley Thorns Long Eaton Matlock Bath Matlock New Mills Central Peartree New Mills Newtown Shirebrook Spondon Tutbury and Hatton Whaley Bridge Whatstandwell Whitwell Willington

Heritage Railways and their Stations	Bakewell (Proposed) Butterley Darley Dale Hammersmith Idridgehay Ironville (Proposed) Pye Bridge (Proposed) Matlock Riverside Matlock Ravenstor Riddings (Proposed) Rowsley South Rowsley (Proposed) Shottle Wirksworth

Current operators	█ CrossCountry █ East Midlands Trains █ TransPennine Express █ Northern

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Coordinates: 53°17′59″N 1°53′26″W / 53.29980°N 1.89043°W / 53.29980; -1.89043

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Dove Holes railway station

Accident

Service

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