Millers Dale railway station was situated in Millers Dale, near Tideswell, in the Peak District. History It was built in 1863 by the Midland Railway on its extension of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley. It served an important junction where passengers for Buxton joined or left the trains between London and Manchester. It was originally to be called "Blackwell Mill" but, in the end, was named "Millers Dale for Tideswell". For such a rural location, it was unusually large; indeed, it was one of the largest stations on the line and was one of the few stations in England to have a post office on the platform. Millers Dale also sent dairy, agricultural and quarried products from the surrounding areas to the major cities. While also serving local towns and villages (notably Tideswell, Taddington and Wormhill), much of its activity was concerned with the connecting service to and from Buxton. Traffic for Buxton actually followed the main line north for nearly two miles, before diverging at Millers Dale Junction, beside Blackwell Mill Halt. Changing at Millers Dale often involved a wait and the High Peak News of November 1900 referred to the station as "Patience Junction". The station was later immortalised in the 1964 song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. The station closed in 1967, but trains continued to pass through until 1968, when the line was closed. Stationmasters T. Turner 1863 - 1864 (afterwards station master at Kibworth) W. Fry 1864 - 1865 W. Palmer from 1865 (formerly station master at Brightside) H. Lewis until 1872 (afterwards station master at Ripple) W. Whitmore from 1872 - 1898 Joseph Henry Clarke 1898 - 1904 (afterwards station master at Matlock Bridge) W.E Coates 1905 - 1908 (afterwards station master at Kegworth) John Alderson 1908 - 1920 (afterwards station master at Skipton) A. Foster ca. 1937 Route To the north of the station, the line crossed the River Wye three times and ran through the and Chee Tunnels and the Rusher Hall tunnel, before reaching the New Mills line junction, from the station. Platforms Built on a shelf carved out of the hillside, Millers Dale station originally had two platforms, but a bay platform was added in 1905 to accommodate Buxton trains, plus the down platform became an island platform to serve the extra tracks. The new loop and the second (northerly) viaduct were opened on