Buxton train station
You can reach 14 stations directly from Buxton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Chapel-en-le-Frith, with 51 trains a day.
Buxton is the nearest station for postcodes in SK17. Check your own postcode.
- 14 direct destinations
- 1,010th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 56 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Buxton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| Disley | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| Davenport | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| Hazel Grove | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| New Mills Newtown | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| Stockport | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| Whaley Bridge | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| Woodsmoor | 51 | 51 | 16 |
| Furness Vale | 50 | 50 | 16 |
| Heaton Chapel | 48 | 48 | 11 |
| Levenshulme | 48 | 48 | 12 |
| Middlewood | 26 | 26 | 16 |
| Dove Holes | 25 | 25 | 16 |
Lines serving Buxton
Buxton is on the Buxton and Edgeley Junction Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Buxton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Buxton station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Buxton station is
381,872 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,010th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 166,054 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Dove Holes 2.9 miles
- Chapel-en-le-Frith 3.5 miles
- Chinley 5.6 miles
- Whaley Bridge 5.6 miles
- Furness Vale 6.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Buxton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Higher Buxton · 0.4 miles
- Fairfield Halt · 0.5 miles
- Ladmanlow · 1.7 miles
- Peak Forest · 2.7 miles
- Hindlow · 3.3 miles
- Chee Dale · 3.4 miles
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Facilities at Buxton station
Buxton is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 05:50 to 20:00 · Sunday: 08:15 to 22:30
Toilets
Parking at Buxton station
- Station Car Park 56 spaces
£4.40 a day, £17.60 a week
Cycle parking: 24 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 27 August 2026.
Getting to Buxton station
Buxton station is in High Peak, East Midlands, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M60 J25 (Bredbury Interchange), 14.3 miles north-west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Buxton station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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