Fairfield Halt railway station

Fairfield Halt
General information
LocationBuxton, High Peak, Derbyshire
England
Coordinates53°16′1″N 1°54′23″W / 53.26694°N 1.90639°W / 53.26694; -1.90639
Grid referenceSK063744
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLNWR
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
16 December 1907 (1907-12-16)Opened
11 September 1939 (1939-09-11)Closed

Fairfield Halt was a railway station at Fairfield near Buxton, Derbyshire that was open between 1907 and 1939. The station was opened by the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) on 16 December 1907 to serve the nearby Buxton Golf Club.[1] Opening the station had been requested by the golf club committee and the local authority to attract more visitors who lived close to the LNWR's line between Manchester and Buxton.[2]

The station was unusual in that it only had one platform and was only served by trains heading to Buxton.[1] In addition passengers were only allowed to alight from trains.[3]

Known at various times as simply Fairfield, Fairfield Halt and Fairfield Halt for Golf Links, the station closed at the outbreak of the Second World War.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Golf and Golfers". Manchester Courier. No. 15, 953. 24 December 1907. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ a b Bentley, J.M. (1987). Scenes from the Past:2 The railways around Buxton. Foxline. p. 15. ISBN 978-18701-1901-6.