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{{Short description|Railway station in Derbyshire, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
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{{Infobox station
| name                = Edale
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Edale Station on the Hope Valley Line - geograph.org.uk - 1221771.jpg
| borough             = [[Edale]], [[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]]
| country             = England
| coordinates         = {{coord|53.36443|N|1.81663|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SK123853)|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SK123853|25|SK123853}}
| manager             = [[Northern Trains]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = EDL
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] F2
| original            = [[Midland Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[Midland Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]
| opened              = 25 June 1894
| mpassengers =
<!--{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{increase}} 93,860}}-->
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 99,808}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 45,800}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 109,250}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 116,982}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 145,830}}

| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}
'''Edale railway station''' serves the rural village of [[Edale]] in the [[Derbyshire]] [[Peak District]], in [[England]]. It is located {{convert|20|mi|km}} west of [[Sheffield station|Sheffield]] and {{convert|22|mi|km}} east of [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]]. The station was opened in 1894 on the [[Midland Railway]]'s Dore and Chinley line, now known as the [[Hope Valley Line]].

Lying below [[Kinder Scout]], the station is about 5 minutes' walk from the centre of the village, where the [[Pennine Way]] begins; the ''Nags Head'' public house is known as the official starting point.

==History==
The station was opened on 25 June 1894 when the [[Midland Railway]] opened the line between {{rws|Dore}} and {{rws|Chinley}} for passengers, the line had opened for freight on 6 November 1893.<ref>{{cite book|last=Leleux|first=Robin|date=1984|edition=2nd|title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain|volume=9 The East Midlands|publisher=David St John Thomas|isbn=0-946537-06-2|page=187}}</ref>

The station had two platforms either side of a double track connected by an underpass, there was a signal box and sidings to both sides of the running lines to the west of the station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edale station on OS 25 inch map Derbyshire IX.3 (Edale)|year=1898|url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/114586397#zoom=5&lat=8252&lon=14015&layers=BT|website=National Library of Scotland |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>

The station was host to two [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]] [[camping coach|caravan]]s from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was positioned here by the [[London Midland Region of British Railways|London Midland Region]] from 1954 to 1956.<ref>{{cite book|last=McRae|first=Andrew|title=British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region) |volume=Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One) |publisher=Foxline |year=1997 |isbn=1-870119-48-7|pages=22 & 50}}</ref>

It became an unstaffed halt in 1969. It formerly had wooden buildings and canopies on each side, but these have been demolished and replaced by basic shelters.

===Stationmasters===
{{div col}}
*Lewis Wright 1896<ref name=MR1881>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1881 |title=1881-1898 Coaching |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1728/images/32167_626640_0604-00451?ssrc=&backlabel=Return |journal=Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts |volume= |issue= |pages=891 |doi= |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> - 1922 (formerly station master at Cromford)
*Charles Workman 1922<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Parkgate Man to be Edale's stationmaster | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19220426/122/0005 |newspaper=Sheffield Daily Telegraph |location=England  |date=26 April 1922 |access-date=5 April 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> - 1931 (afterwards station master at Bamford)
*Ernest L. Denley 1934 - 1936<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mr. L. Henley | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000541/19360313/554/0024 |newspaper=Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald |location=England  |date=13 March 1936 |access-date=5 April 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>
*C.V. Grocott 1936<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Harringworth. New Stationmaster | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19361224/239/0014 |newspaper=Grantham Journal |location=England  |date=24 December 1936 |access-date=5 April 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> (afterwards station master at Harringworth)
*Harold Brooks 1936 - 1938
*D. Walker ca. 1942
{{div col end}}

==Facilities==
The station is managed and served primarily by [[Northern Trains]] using rolling stock such as the [[British Rail Class 150|Class 150 ''Sprinter'']] and [[British Rail Class 195|Class 195 ''Civity'']], with the occasional [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''Super Sprinter'']]. [[East Midlands Railway]] services are usually run with [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158 ''Express Sprinter'']] units. 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.<ref name = NRE />

The station has now received ticketing provision in the form of automatic ticket vending machines (like all the other stations on the route between {{rws|New Mills Central}} and {{rws|Dore and Totley}}), so passengers can buy their tickets prior to travel.  Leading on from this, a [[penalty fare]] scheme is in operation here and at other Hope Valley stations.<ref>[https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/transport/northern-extending-penalty-fares-scheme-to-include-hope-valley-rail-route-1-9473886 Northern extending penalty fares scheme to include Hope Valley rail route] Dodds, J, ''Buxton Advertiser'' new article 3 December 2018; Retrieved 25 March 2019</ref>  Train running information is offered via [[Passenger information system|CIS displays]], automated announcements, timetable posters and a customer help point on each platform.  Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps to/from the subway.<ref name = NRE>[https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/EDL/details.html Edale station facilities]'' National Rail Enquiries''</ref>

==Service==
The typical off-peak is one train an hour, with some gaps at certain times of the day, to [[Sheffield railway station|Sheffield]] and to [[Manchester Piccadilly]] via {{rws|Marple}}, provided solely by Northern. This also applies on Saturdays and Sundays.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2023|96}}</ref>  Until 2018, weekday trains only called every second hour for much of the day.

[[East Midlands Railway]] provide the first service of the day to [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] via {{stnlnk|Warrington Central}}. The final return working of the day starts from Liverpool Lime Street and continues on to {{stnlnk|Nottingham}} via {{stnlnk|Sheffield}}. All other services are provided by [[Northern Trains]]. A normal weekday service operates on most bank holidays.
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==References==
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== External links ==
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{{Derbyshire stations}}
{{Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway}}
{{Railway stations served by Northern Trains}}
[[Category:Railway stations in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:DfT Category F2 stations]]
[[Category:Former Midland Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1894]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern]]