Millers Dale also sent dairy, agricultural and quarried products (mainly lime and limestone) from the surrounding areas to the major cities.

Traffic for Buxton actually followed the main line north for nearly two miles, before diverging at Millers Dale Junction, just east of Blackwell Mill Halt.

[2] 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 waiting area and booking office was reopened as a cafe now known as the Refreshment Rooms[14] in 2019, following an extensive £230,000 restoration led by the National Park Authority.

In 2022, the former goods shed reopened after a £330,000 EU-funded restoration;[15] i now includes a self-guided interpretive and information exhibition open at all times when the café is in operation.