Fairfield Halt railway station

Former railway station in England

53°16′1″N 1°54′23″W / 53.26694°N 1.90639°W / 53.26694; -1.90639Grid referenceSK063744Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLNWRPost-groupingLMSKey dates16 December 1907 (1907-12-16)Opened11 September 1939 (1939-09-11)Closed

Fairfield Halt was a railway station at Fairfield near Buxton, Derbyshire that was open between 1907 and 1939. The station was opened by the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) on 16 December 1907 to serve the nearby Buxton Golf Club.^[1] Opening the station had been requested by the golf club committee and the local authority to attract more visitors who lived close to the LNWR's line between Manchester and Buxton.^[2]

The station was unusual in that it only had one platform and was only served by trains heading to Buxton.^[1] In addition passengers were only allowed to alight from trains.^[3]

Known at various times as simply Fairfield, Fairfield Halt and Fairfield Halt for Golf Links, the station closed at the outbreak of the Second World War.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
^ "Golf and Golfers". Manchester Courier. No. 15, 953. 24 December 1907. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b Bentley, J.M. (1987). Scenes from the Past:2 The railways around Buxton. Foxline. p. 15. ISBN 978-18701-1901-6.