Grindleford railway station

Grindleford
265px Northern Rail service heading from Manchester to Sheffield
Location
Place	Grindleford
Local authority	Derbyshire Dales
Grid reference	SK249788
Operations
Station code	GRN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	30,900
2005/06	32,789
2006/07	37,191
2007/08	43,180
2008/09	47,730
2009/10	53,768
2010/11	53,162
2011/12	55,352
History
Key dates	Opened 1894 (1894)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Grindleford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Grindleford railway station serves the village of Grindleford in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England, although the station is about a mile way, the nearest village being Nether Padley.

It was opened in 1894 on the Midland Railway's Dore and Chinley line (now the Hope Valley Line), at the western entrance to the Totley Tunnel.

The line opened up the previously isolated valley to day-trippers to Padley Gorge and commuters from Sheffield, and the transport of stone from the local quarries. The station buildings still exist and have become home to a popular and well-known café.

Service

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train every two hours to Sheffield and one to Manchester Piccadilly. This is increased on Saturdays to one train per hour.

On Sundays there is a train every two hours in each direction for most of the year, but a near-hourly service operates from May to September.

Trains from Sheffield take around 15 minutes, and trains from Manchester Piccadilly take around one hour.

East Midlands Trains call here with the first service of the day to Manchester and also on the final return working. All other services are provided by Northern Rail.

External links

• Train times and station information for Grindleford railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Dore and Totley		Northern Rail Hope Valley Line		Hathersage
		East Midlands Trains Liverpool-Norwich Limited service