Also, a short distance to the west, is Earle's Sidings; this is the exchange yard for the privately owned and operated 2 miles (3.2 km) long branch line to the Hope Cement factory and quarry sited south of Hope village.

[2] At that time, North Western and Pashley provided connecting buses to those villages to meet most trains.

The driver and fireman of the passenger train, George Wolfe and Joseph Richard Henderson, were killed along with a platelayer, James Herbert Chapman.

Train running information is provided via CIS displays, automated announcements, a pay phone and timetable poster boards.

[10] East Midlands Railway call here with the first service of the day to Manchester and also on the final return working.