Hurdlow railway station served the hamlet of Hurdlow, within the Hartington Middle Quarter civil parish, near Buxton, in Derbyshire, England. It was a stop on the London and North Western Railway's line to and the south.

History

The station opened for goods in 1833 on the Cromford and High Peak Railway, between Whaley Bridge to Cromford. Passenger services began in 1856, but it closed in 1877. When it became part of the Ashbourne Line, the LNWR reopened it in 1894.

In some timetables, it was listed as Hurdlow for Longnor and Monyash; the platforms and buildings were of timber construction, as in all the stations on the line.

From the summit at above sea level at , the line descended at to Hurdlow. From here to Ashbourne, the gradients would become much easier, though this was countered by the curves as the line endeavoured to follow the contours.

Easter Tuesdays were particularly busy with special trains laid on for the Flagg Moor Steeplechase.

The station was closed to passengers on 15 August 1949. but continued in occasional use for workmen until the line closed in 1954.

The site today

Although the station buildings and platforms have been demolished, the site lies at a point where the High Peak Trail, which occupies the track bed, passes under a bridge carrying the road from Longnor to Monyash.

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