and the number of station calls with it, though four southbound London expresses and five from the capital still featured in the station's 1965 timetable. The 1963 Beeching Report recommended that the Peak District main line to and be closed, as it duplicated the West Coast Main Line between Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston, which had recently been electrified. The Hope Valley route was also earmarked for closure in the report, but this was not implemented by the government due to the number of isolated communities it served along its route; the Woodhead line was closed to passenger services instead. The 1902 line through Heaton Mersey to Manchester Central and the link via to would also close; all trains henceforth ran to Piccadilly via New Mills and instead. With the closure of the line to the south in 1967/8, Chinley railway station lost its importance. Local passenger services to Buxton (Midland), and Matlock were withdrawn from 6 March 1967; the route closed to passengers the following year, along with the line to Manchester Central west of . The few surviving London trains via Sheffield ceased to call in 1972 and had disappeared altogether by 1979. Two of the four lines through the station were subsequently removed in 1981/2, as part of a track rationalisation and re-signalling scheme; the platforms they served were closed, along with the station signal box. The remaining two were then realigned to serve the middle 'island' platform and the remaining buildings were demolished. The site of the southern island platform has been redeveloped and is now occupied by houses. Since then, it has served as a local commuter station on the Hope Valley route; the line itself still carries significant quantities of freight traffic, mainly limestone aggregates and cement, in addition to a frequent passenger service. Many goods trains that pass through still use part of the old route to Buxton to access the quarries at Peak Forest, whilst the line through Disley Tunnel was reopened to passenger trains in 1986, when a new chord was opened to link it to the to Buxton line at . Since the summer 2017 timetable, all fast Sheffield to Manchester services use this route in order to call at Stockport, whilst the Marple route is used by the local stopping services that call here. Facilities There is a waiting shelter on the platform, along with timetable information posters, CIS