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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 ...
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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).
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 ...
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Meanwhile, the Midland Railway extended the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley. When the Midland extended its main line to New Mills in 1867, to bypass the LNWR, Buxton became a branch line from Millers Dale. The two railways planned separate stations, but the town's leaders were concerned that the railway ...
A double-track railway line used to continue from Matlock via Bakewell and Millers Dale, with a branch to Buxton; it continued on through Peak Forest to Chinley and ultimately Manchester Central. This section of the former Midland Railway's main line to Manchester Central was closed to passengers in 1968.
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway To the west of the station, the line crossed the River Wye three times and ran through the 401 yards (367 m) and 94 yards (86 m) Chee Tunnels and the 121 yards (111 m) Rusher Hall tunnel, before reaching the New Mills line junction (officially Millers Dale Junction), 1.25 miles (2.01 km ...