Dinting railway station serves the village of
Dinting in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
, England. It is a stop on the
Glossop line
The Glossop line is a railway line connecting the city of Manchester with the towns of Hadfield, Derbyshire, Hadfield and Glossop in Derbyshire, England. It formed part of the historic Great Central Main Line between Manchester Piccadilly rail ...
and, prior to the
Woodhead Line's closure in 1981, Dinting was a station on the
Great Central Main Line
The Great Central Main Line (GCML), also known as the London Extension is a former main line railway in the United Kingdom. The line was opened in 1899, built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), which had been renamed t ...
between
Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. Opened originally as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchest ...
and
Sheffield Victoria.
History
An earlier station had been opened as ''Glossop'' by the
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was an early British railway company which opened in stages between 1841 and 1845 between Sheffield and Manchester via Ashton-under-Lyne. The Peak District formed a formidable barrier, and ...
in 1842, but was renamed when the
Glossop branch opened in 1845. In 1847, a temporary ''Glossop Junction'' station was built, on the site which the present station was built in 1848. A direct west-to-south curve was added in 1884, when the station was rebuilt, allowing through running from Glossop to Manchester.
For most of the day, all trains use platform 2; however, in the rush hour, platform 1 is the departure platform for services to Glossop via Hadfield, with platform 2 being used for trains to Manchester Piccadilly (although this can reverse with trains to Hadfield via Glossop departing from platform 2 and Manchester Piccadilly services using platform 1). Two further platforms survive, but both are out of use and fenced off; these are the old eastbound mainline platform towards Hadfield and that formerly used by Manchester-bound trains on the Glossop branch. Buildings still stand on each one, though neither is now in rail use. There are also buildings on platform 1 and a
signal box
A signal is both the process and the result of transmission of data over some media accomplished by embedding some variation. Signals are important in multiple subject fields including signal processing, information theory and biology.
In ...
that controls the triangular junction and single lines to both termini.
Immediately adjacent to the station is the
Dinting viaduct, where three people were killed in an accident in September 1855. Another accident south of the station, in 1906 on the Glossop branch, resulted in 20 passengers and three members of train crew being injured when two trains were involved in a rear-end collision. A derailment of a freight train took place along the then eastbound Hadfield platform on 10 March 1981, shortly before the Woodhead's closure, destroying much of its original structure.
Dinting is considered to be part of the
Transport for Greater Manchester
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is a local government body responsible for co-ordinating transport services throughout Greater Manchester in North West England. It is an executive arm of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), ...
rail network, being only a short distance from the administrative boundary; the same is true for
Glossop
Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak (borough), High Peak, Derbyshire, England, east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock. Near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Mancheste ...
and
Hadfield stations. This means that ticketings, such as rail rangers, season tickets and integrated multi-mode ticketing, is the same as
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. ...
rather than
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
.
Derbyshire County Council
Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Derby. The county council is ba ...
's ''Derbyshire Wayfarer'' ticket is not valid on trains on the Glossop line; however, it can be used on buses in the area.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, a new railway station was proposed a short distance down the line across the viaduct at
Gamesley
Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak
in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Boroug ...
, with funding in place at one point for the project to go forward after a feasibility study; however, such plans have yet to come to fruition.
Facilities
The station is staffed part-time (6:30 am to 1:00 pm, weekdays only), with the ticket office on platform 2. Outside the times listed, tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train. There is a shelter on this platform, whilst canopies on the buildings on platform 1 offer a covered waiting area when this platform is in use. Level access is available to both platforms from the car park and station entrance. Train running information is offered via automated announcements, timetable posters and digital CIS displays.
Services
There is generally a half-hourly daytime service to Manchester Piccadilly and Hadfield, via Glossop. Some peak journeys go directly to and from Hadfield along the north side of the triangle, in order to allow a more frequent service to operate with the same number of train sets.
Early morning, rush hour and late evening services start and terminate at Glossop.
Trains operate hourly in the evenings in each direction.
Dinting Railway Centre
The Dinting Railway Centre was based at Dinting station. Formed by the
Bahamas Locomotive Society, the museum used to feature visits by such famous
railway engines as ''
Flying Scotsman,
Mallard
The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa. It has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Arge ...
'', ''
Blue Peter
''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC ...
'' and surviving members of the
LMS Jubilee Class
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for main line passenger work. 191 locomotives were built between 1934 and 1936. They were built concurrently with the similar looking LMS Stani ...
. It was closed in 1991; the society and its collection are now based at
Ingrow West railway station near
Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford, n ...
,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...
.
Brief History of the A2
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Gallery
File:Dinting6242.JPG, Platform 1 : Hadfield and Manchester
File:Dinting6245.JPG, Platform 2 : Glossop and Manchester
File:Dinting6251.JPG, Over the Dinting Viaduct
File:Dinting viaduct in the snow.jpg, Dinting railway viaduct in the snow, 1994
References
External links
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Railway stations in Derbyshire
DfT Category E stations
Former Great Central Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848
Railway stations served by Northern