Dowlow Halt railway station

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Dowlow Halt was opened in 1894 at Dowlow, near to Brierlow Bar grid reference SK086690 to the south east of Buxton, Derbyshire on the LNWR line to Ashbourne and the south.

The line utilised part of the Cromford and High Peak Railway (which ran from Whaley Bridge to Cromford) joining it at Hindlow and proceeding to a branch to Ashbourne at Parsley Hay

After leaving Hindlow the line began to climb again at 1 in 60 through Hindlow Tunnel to Brigg's Sidings and Dowlow Halt. This was the summit of the line at 1260 feet, making it the highest main line in England at the time, and was followed by a downhill gradient of 1 in 60 to Hurdlow

Brigg's Sidings served Messrs. Briggs and the Dowlow Lime and Stone Company (later Steetley, then Redland Aggregates)

The halt itself was unstaffed with two short stone platforms and without buildings, since it was initially used by workmen's trains for the nearby works. It was opened for public services in November,1929. Passenger services on the line finished in 1954.

This section still exists, serving Buxton Lime Industries, and terminating a short distance further on at the Lafarge Dowlow sidings.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Cromford and High Peak Railway

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32), Romiley: Foxline Publishing

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