Victorian critic John Ruskin famously complained that Headstone Viaduct allowed “every fool in Buxton to be in Bakewell in half-an-hour”. Today we see it in a very different light.
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Brief history
Today’s quiet and peaceful Monsal Trail once rang to the noisy sounds of steam engines running on one of the most important railway lines in the country, linking Manchester with London.
Monsal Dale Station
A stretch of platform is all that’s left of Monsal Dale Railway Station which lay on the Buxton side of Headstone Viaduct. It was the last of five stations to be built on this section of the line.