The station was opened by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock & Midland Junction Railway in 1849. The station serves a spa which was known as Little Switzerland and it is for this reason that the main station building was given "Swiss styling" looking not unlike a Swiss chalet [1]! The "chalet" had to have high chimneys though due to the problem with down draughts caused by the station being situated in a narrow valley.
The station was closed in 1967 but re-opened in 1972 [2]. The station now has just a single platform but originally has two platforms as well as a cattle dock and a goods shed. Next to the station were sidings for a quarry.
Next to the station is a cable car station for the Heights of Abraham park overlooking Matlock Bath.
An EMT service departs
Swiss style main building
Looking down the platform towards Matlock
...and down the platform towards Cromford
An EMT train prepares to depart
Matlock bound 153 382 allows passengers to alight
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Ambergate to Buxton (Middleton Press, 2019) Fig. 19 [2] Ibid. Fig. 20
