Matlock is the terminus of the Derwent Valley Line. The station used to be an intermediate stop on the Midland Railway's line to Manchester but National Rail only goes as far as Matlock now. The Peak Rail preserved railway continues up the line as far as Rowsley South. The station is located between Matlock Bath and Matlock Riverside.
EMR 170 420 stands at Matlock
Information
Type:
National Rail (Derwent Valley Line)
& Preserved Railway (Peak Rail)
Station code:
MAT
Opened:
1849
Platforms:
2
The station was opened, originally called Matlock Bridge, by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock & Midlands Junction Railway in 1849. The current station buildings date from 1850 remain though most are no longer used by Network Rail (the main station building is now a railway bookshop run on behalf of Peak Rail). The station was renamed to just Matlock in 1905 [1].
The former Station Master's house is a Grade II listed building. The line North of Matlock was closed in 1968. Peak Rail began reopening part of the closed line in 1991 and in 2011 returned to Matlock itself.
National Rail use Platform 1 (where the main buildings are) and Peak Rail use Platform 2. Interchange between the 2 platforms requires going via a bridge and an access route to an adjacent supermarket. East Midland Railway run services from Matlock to Nottingham and Newark Castle via Derby.
Preserved 31 270 stands on the Peak Rail platform
View down the platform
Station building with canopy
Station frontage
EMR 153 319 arrives at Matlock
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Ambergate to Buxton (Middleton Press, 2019) Fig. 22
