Trains to Edale - Station Details and further Information on Edale Train Services
Edale train station serves the Vale of Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. It was opened in 1894 on the Midland Rainilway's Dore and Chinley line (now the Hope Valley Line), becoming an unstaffed halt in 1969. Lying below Kinder Scout, the station is the closest station for the start of the Pennine Way.
The typical off-peak service from the station is one train every two hours to Sheffield and one to Manchester Piccadilly, provided solely by Northern Rail. This is increased on Saturdays to one train per hour in each direction and on Sundays it returns to being two-hourly.
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.
The station has two platforms with no level crossing or footbridge. To change platforms, there is an underpass located next to the road in the village. The station is managed and served primarily by Northern Rail using rolling stock such as the Class 142 Pacer and Class 150 Sprinter, with the occasional Class 156 Super Sprinter. East Midlands Trains services are usually run with Class 158 Express Sprinter units.
The station is about 5 minutes walk from the centre of the village, where the famous Pennine Way begins, with the Nags Head public house being 'the official start of the Pennine Way'. |