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The initial plan was for "An Act for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Cheadle in the County of Chester to or near to the Ambergate Station of the Midlands Railway in the County of Derby, to be called "The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway" [1] The bill received royal assent as the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway ...
In 1968, however, the route from Matlock to Buxton (Midland) was closed during the Beeching Axe. The line between the quarry north of Matlock and Ambergate remained as a single track carrying a small amount of limestone, with a passenger service continuing from Matlock (supported strongly by Derby railway employees with their free passes).
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The line runs near Combs Reservoir, through the 110-yard (100 m) Barmoor Clough Tunnel, beside the former Peak Forest Tramway, descends 2 miles (3.2 km) (mostly at 1 in 66), passes the site of Fairfield Halt (a platform on the up side only, 1 ⁄ 2 mile [0.8 km] from Buxton, closed in September 1939) [11] and the junctions to the Ashbourne and ...
This is a route-map template for the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway, a UK railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Buxton railway station serves the Peak District town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England. It is managed and served by Northern Trains . The station is 25 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (41.4 km) south-east of Manchester Piccadilly and is the terminus of the Buxton line .
Part of the route north of Matlock is now preserved as a heritage railway by the railway preservation group Peak Rail. At present, the heritage line operates for a distance of a little under 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 km) from Rowsley South; it travels through Darley Dale and nearby Matlock Riverside, and terminates at Matlock station in the former ...
The Ashbourne line was a 33 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi (53.9 km) [1] railway from Buxton via Ashbourne to Uttoxeter.It was built by the London and North Western Railway using a section of the Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) and it joined the North Staffordshire Railway at Ashbourne, proceeding to Uttoxeter with a junction onto the main line at Rocester.