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Train leaving Dove Holes Tunnel Location of the tunnel within the Peak District. Dove Holes Tunnel is a tunnel built by the Midland Railway between Peak Forest Signal Box and Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire in 1860–64, now carrying the Great Rocks Line.
Cowburn Tunnel takes the Hope Valley Line west out of Edale valley, to emerge near Chapel Milton, 2.5 miles (4 km) east of Chinley railway station. [9]Unusually, the tunnel is not built at a constant gradient: in fact, the summit of the line between Dore and Chinley lies within the tunnel, about a quarter of the way from the eastern end.
Matlock station with a Peak Rail train hauled by Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST 68013, 21st July 2012. The platform on the right is the one used by trains on the Network Rail network. In 1975, the Peak Railway Preservation Society was established and opened a site at the now-closed Buxton Steam Centre with restoration facilities and a 300-yard ...
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.
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 ...
Hope railway station serves the villages of Hope and Brough in the Derbyshire Peak District of England, 14 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (23.7 km) west of Sheffield.. The station lies between the two villages, Hope and Brough, around 1 km east of Hope, and also serves Bradwell and Castleton; the latter being a notable tourist spot, famous for its caverns and the gemstone called Blue John.
The Peak District is an upland area in central-northern England, ... Preserved railways such as the Peak Rail, Ecclesbourne Valley [136] and Churnet Valley lines, ...
Glossop railway station serves the Peak District town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield . It is located just north of Norfolk Square in the centre of Glossop.