Whatstandwell railway station

Whatstandwell railway station is a railway station owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway. It serves the villages of Whatstandwell and Crich Carr in Derbyshire, England. The station is located on the Derwent Valley Line from Derby to Matlock.

Whatstandwell
Station nameboard
LocationWhatstandwell, Derbyshire Dales
England
Grid referenceSK333541
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeWTS
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
4 June 1849[1]opened
1894resited
Passengers
2016/17 27,844
2017/18 26,794
2018/19 23,084
2019/20 27,052
2020/21 6,350
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

There is a ticketing machine on the single platform; a full range of tickets for travel for any destination in the country can be also purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost.

History
Whatstandwell Station with Up freight in 1961

Opened by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway on 4 June 1849, though it was not listed in the timetable until 1853. The first station was 'Watstandwell Bridge' (sic) north of the 149-yard (136 m) Whatstandwell Tunnel, behind the Derwent Hotel. The original platform still exists, though the area was used as a goods yard when the present station was opened in 1894; it then became 'Whatstandwell'.

A little way north was High Peak Junction at the base of the former rope-worked incline of the Cromford and High Peak Railway.

Stationmasters
  • Thomas Stevenson ca. 1853 ca. 1854
  • Robert Turner ca. 1857 - 1860[2]
  • Luke Fox 1860 - 1864
  • S. Greenhough from 1864
  • William Webster ca. 1871 - 1873 (afterwards station master at Chapel-en-le-Frith)
  • Brierly Ayton 1873 (formerly station master at Beauchief, appointed to Whatstandwell but died 27 February 1873)
  • William T. Stowell 1873 - 1876 (formerly station master at Wixford, afterwards station master at Crosby Garrett)
  • Edwin Hoe 1876 - 1879 (afterwards station master at Finedon)
  • George Simmons 1879 - 1883
  • Fred Watkin 1883 - 1887 (formerly station master at Stirchley Street, afterwards station master at Shefford)
  • Charles Whitmore 1887 - 1896 (formerly station master at Ratby)
  • H.T. Swain 1896[3] - 1900 (formerly station master at Penns)
  • Harry Smith Dawes 1900 - 1911[4] (formerly station master at New Mills, afterwards station master at Bakewell)
  • William Henry Hewitt ca. 1914 ca. 1937
  • E. Barker ca. 1946
  • A. Cyril Phillips until 1957

Today
Whatstandwell station with the tunnel in the background

The station is served by East Midlands Railway, who operate the service from Nottingham to Matlock (via Derby). For journeys beginning at Whatstandwell, tickets may be bought from the machine on the platform or on the train for any destination in the country; beyond Derby, tickets must be bought at the ticket office. The journey time to Derby is approximately 24 minutes. Services are approximately hourly, but two-hourly on Sundays. Trains on the Derwent Valley line were replaced by a bus service for several weeks in late summer of 2018; this was due to essential works being carried out on the approach to Derby station.

The footbridge at the station leads to the Cromford Canal towpath and to a bridge over the canal to Main Road and the village.

One of the platform planters maintained by the station adopters

A team of volunteers from the village helps to maintain the station and car park.

Services

All services at Whatstandwell are operated by East Midlands Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5][6]

On Sundays, there is a two-hourly service in the morning with services increasing to hourly from mid-afternoon onwards.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
East Midlands Railway

References
  1. "Our Kist. The Dales of Derbyshire". Derbyshire Courier. England. 9 June 1849. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 83. 1914. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. "Whatstandwell". Derby Mercury. England. 11 November 1896. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "New Stationmaster for Bakewell". Derbyshire Courier. England. 20 May 1911. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Table 56 National Rail timetable, May 2020
  6. "May 2021 Timetable Changes: Whatstandwell". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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