| Further Information: | The station was constructed as part of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway, which, despite its name, only managed to construct a line between Ambergate, Matlock and Rowsley and opened in 1849. The intention had been to continue the line northwards past Chatsworth, but when the Midland Railway eventually took the line forwards to Buxton in 1862, a route to the west via Bakewell and Monsalldale was adopted. This meant that a new station had to be built to serve Rowsley on a different site. The original station remained in use as a goods depot at the end of a dead end spur until 1968. The site was then used as a contractors yard before being redeveloped as a retail complex, with the 1849 station building being restored to form a centrepiece. |