Hope railway station (England)

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Hope (Derbyshire)
National Rail
Hope (Derbyshire) Railway Station.jpg
LocationHope, High Peak
England
Grid referenceSK180832
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHOP
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1894
Passengers
2016/17Increase 62,874
2017/18Increase 67,122
2018/19Increase 68,820
2019/20Increase 75,922
2020/21Decrease 21,814
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hope railway station serves the villages of Hope and Brough in the Derbyshire Peak District of England, 14+3⁄4 miles (23.7 km) west of Sheffield.

The station lies between the two villages, around 1 km east of Hope, and also serves Bradwell and Castleton, the latter being a notable tourist spot, famous for its caverns and the gemstone called Blue John.

Just west of Hope the line passes between Win Hill (1523 feet) and Lose Hill (1563 feet). Also a short distance to the west is Earle's Sidings, the exchange yard for the privately owned and operated 2 miles (3.2 km) long branch line to the Hope Cement factory and quarry sited south of Hope village.

History[]

It was opened in 1894 on the Midland Railway's Dore and Chinley line (now known as the Hope Valley Line). It was reduced to unstaffed halt status in 1969 and has lost its station buildings.

The station was renamed from Hope Village to Hope on 6 May 1974.[1] The Summer 1961 timetable showed it as Hope (for Castleton & Bradwell).[2] At that time North Western and Pashley provided connecting buses to those villages to meet most trains.[3]

Stationmasters[]

Photograph of the wreckage from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph 4 September 1925

On 3 September 1925, the new station master, Mr Thompson, had only been in the post a few days when three people were killed and 14 injured in a collision at the station.[4] The 3:00pm Manchester to Sheffield express collided with a stationary ballast train at Hope station. The driver and fireman of the passenger train, George Wolfe and Joseph Richard Henderson, were killed along with a platelayer, James Herbert Chapman.[5]

The verdict at the inquest held by Colonel Alan Mount of the Ministry of Transport was that the signalman on duty, Alexander Adams, was responsible for the accident which occurred through negligence due to a temporary lapse of memory, but there was no criminal responsibility. The signalman had been distracted by a requirement to take a telegraph message for the signalman at Bamford who had been in the post for four years, but was not trained in telegraphy.[6]

  • John Ross 1896[7] - 1925[8]
  • Mr. Thompson from 1925 (formerly station master at Manton near Willington)
  • F.K. Upton from 1953 (formerly station master at Wingfield)

Facilities[]

The station is unmanned; however Northern installed automatic ticket vending machines at the station in 2018 to allow passengers to buy tickets before boarding. The only remaining structures here are a lattice footbridge and standard shelters on each platform (only parts of each one are now in use). Train running information is provided via CIS displays, automated announcements, a pay phone and timetable poster boards. No step-free access is available to either platform.[9]

Service[]

The typical off-peak service was one train every two hours to Sheffield and one to Manchester Piccadilly until 2018. This has now been increased to that seen on Saturdays, namely one train per hour in each direction; on Sundays the service is two-hourly in the morning but improved to hourly in the afternoon.[10]

East Midlands Railway 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 Trains. A normal weekday service operates on most Bank holidays.

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Hope Valley Line
East Midlands Railway
Liverpool-Norwich
Limited service

References[]

  1. ^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
  2. ^ Table 186 British Railways London Midland Passenger Services Timetable 12 June to 10 Sep 1961
  3. ^ Official Guide to the Hope Valley 3rd edition: The Home Publishing Co.
  4. ^ "Accident at Hope of 3rd September 1925". Railways Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Express Crash". Hull Daily Mail. England. 4 September 1925. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "The Hope Accident". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 16 September 1925. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 890. 1881. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Stationmaster Retires". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 23 May 1925. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ Hope (Derbyshire) station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  10. ^ Table 78 National Rail timetable, May 2019

External links[]

Coordinates: 53°20′46″N 1°43′44″W / 53.346°N 1.729°W / 53.346; -1.729


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