Trains to New Mills Central - Station Details and further Information on New Mills Central Train Services
New Mills Central train station serves the town of New Mills in Derbyshire, England. It is on the Hope Valley Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield. The locality is also served by New Mills Newtown station on the Buxton to Manchester line.
The station lies at the junction of what was the Hayfield branch and the Midland line, the two appearing through tunnels, on a ledge blasted out of the cliff face, some forty feet above the River Goyt.
The buildings on the down side still exist, as does the stationmaster's house built in 1864. The London line from Millers Dale closed in 1967 and the Hayfield branch closed in January 1970, but the station still supports the Hope Valley Line local service from Sheffield to Manchester. Stopping trains from Sheffield formerly terminated here and those passengers wishing to travel onwards to Manchester had to change trains (most express services from Sheffield to Manchester ran through without stopping). This practice however ceased when through trains were diverted via Hazel Grove and Stockport in 1986.
Terminating services from Manchester reverse into sidings just outside the station in the Manchester direction. The driver then changes ends before the points are set to allow the train to pull back into the station to form the return working.
From New Mills Central there is now a half-hourly daytime service to Manchester Piccadilly northbound on weekdays (hourly in the evenings) and generally a two-hourly service stopping service to Sheffield. On Saturdays there is an hourly service to both Manchester & Sheffield. Sundays see a two-hourly service each way. |
