Hassop railway station

Bakewell, Italy

Hassop railway station was situated about two miles from the village of Hassop, in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. It was opened in 1862 by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley. It was built for the benefit of th

e Duke of Devonshire of Chatsworth House who, having previously declined to allow the railway to pass over the easier terrain of his lands, belatedly saw its possible benefit. Indeed, for a while it was renamed Hassop for Chatsworth. However, in this sparsely populated area, it saw little patronage and closed in 1942. Its greatest use was as a goods yard, which closed in 1964.

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