New Mills Central

CRS Code	NMC
Collected date	12/09/16

Although we visited as part of a trip to Manchester, New Mills is actually in Derbyshire, and has two stations. This one, Central, is on the line to Sheffield, while New Mills Newtown is on the line to Buxton.

The station is a short way to the west of the town on the north side of the valley. The entrance to the station and platform 1 from Station Road:

The front (road-side) of the station building, just to the left of the entrance:

The side of the station building has a bricked up doorway:

The entrance leads on to platform 1, seen here under the canopy looking west:

A plaque on the station building marks 2015's 150th anniversary of the station's opening:

Platform 1 seen from platform 2 opposite:

The rear of the station house part of the building on platform 1:

At the top of the gable end of the dormer window is the date 1864 and a finial bearing the letters (unreadable) G B:

At the eastern end of platform 1, next to the entrance, we look east under the footbridge:

Next to the footbridge is a sign telling us that New Mills Central is for the Torrs Millennium Walkway, which connects the two ends of the Torrs gorge:

From the footbridge, looking west at the station platforms:

Looking east from the footbridge:

Down on platform 2, at the other end of the footbridge:

Platform 2 seen from platform 1:

On the road bridge looking west at the station:

Over the road bridge, a ramp leads down to the platform 2 end of the footbridge:

On the eastern side of the road bridge is the New Mills Central signal box:

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