Chapel-en-le-Frith

CRS Code	CEF
Collected date	18/09/18

Chapel-en-le-Frith station is a little way out of the "Capital the Peak", as the small town is called; the former more central Midland Railway was closed in the 1960s. This is the front of the station building:

On the road leading to the station, showing the entrance to platform 1:

On platform 1, looking east:

The rear of the station building:

A long view of the whole of platform 1:

On the station building are two plaques. The first is in memory of John Axon and John Creamer who lost their lives in an accident that happened at the station in 1957:

The second notes flower planting in the memory of a former Mayor of the High Peak, Cllr Tony Bingham:

Signs on the station tell us that it is for Eccles Pike and Combs Reservoir:

In the modern shelter on platform 1 is a plaque from the Friends of Chapel Station:

At the eastern end of the station is the signalbox:

To get to the other side of the station we need to go back to the front of the station and head for the level crossing:

On platform 1 looking west at the level crossing, which both provides access between the platforms and also access to a small number of houses on the platform 2 side:

Gradient markers on platform 1 near the level crossing:

Looking west along the line from the level crossing:

On the other side of the level crossing, with the entrance to platform 2 on the right:

Looking east along platform 2 with platform 1 on the left:

Platform 2 has no buildings, just a shelter, but does have a number of planters and memorials:

Poppies planted to commemorate the centenary of 1914-1918 World War 1:

At the eastern end of platform 2, looking west:

One of the signs says that Chapel-en-le-Frith is "Home of Ferodo". Rather than a misspelled reference to the Lord of the Rings, this is actually a reference to Ferodo, a manufacturer of brakes:

Looking east along the line from the end of platform 2:

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