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Over the past year, the Robin Hood Line Community Rail Partnership (CRP) has worked with a team of dedicated volunteers to celebrate the rich and exciting heritage of the Midland Railway between Mansfield and Workshop. As a result, heritage interpretation panels have been installed on all stations between Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Worksop, and a booklet has ...
(Permalink) Kirkby-in-Ashfield Midland Railway Robin Hood Line Community Rail Partnership Worksop  Alfreton: Previously Alfreton & South Normanton until closure in 1967, Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway was Britain's second parkway station following Bristol.
However the seven-mile distance to Mansfield straine ...  Mansfield: Looking north along the platforms of the re-opened station at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on the Robin Hood Line in November 2006. |
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The National Railway Museum has signed a three-year loan agreement with the Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society to enable Midland Railway locomotive no.158A to go on static public display at Barrow Hill roundhouse.
(Permalink) Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society Barrow Hill Roundhouse Midland Railway National Railway Museum |
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Stephen Chaytow of the Manchester and East Midlands Rail Action Partnership (MEMRAP) discusses the groups campaign to restore and upgrade the peaks and dales railway. The former Peak Line was closed in 1968 by Barbara Castle, having delivered East Midlands to North-West connectivity for 101 years.
(Permalink) Buxton Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway Buxton Manchester Manchester and East Midlands Rail Action Partnership Matlock Midland Railway Monsal Trail Peaks and Dales Line  Monsal Dale Viaduct: Looking west into Monsal Dale on 17 June 2012 with the former Midland Railway viaduct crossing the River Wye in the centre. To the left the railway entered Headstone Tunnel while in the middle distanc ... |
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The Monsal Trail is a much-loved walking and cycling route, but pressure is building for trains to return, restoring a direct link between Derby and Manchester. Meandering across spectacular viaducts bridging limestone cliffs that drop into the River Wye, the Monsal Trail is considered one of the most scenic walking and cycling routes in the UK. With slopes covered in purple orchids and cowslips in May, and ox-eye daisies, bloody cranesbill and a lilac dusting of small scabious later in the year, the trail rewards walkers with stunning scenery across the Peak District.
(Permalink) Buxton Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway Buxton Manchester Matlock Midland Railway Monsal Trail  Monsal Dale: Looking east at the site of Monsal Dale station (closed to regular passenger service in 1959) in June 2012. The former down platform edge flagstones are still present as is a goods loading bank in the ... Monsal Dale Viaduct: Looking west into Monsal Dale on 17 June 2012 with the former Midland Railway viaduct crossing the River Wye in the centre. To the left the railway entered Headstone Tunnel while in the middle distanc ... |
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More than 13,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Monsal Trail to remain a route for walkers, cyclists and horse riders and not be used to reinstate the Buxton to Matlock railway line.
(Permalink) Buxton Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway Buxton Manchester Matlock Midland Railway Monsal Trail Monsal Dale: Looking east at the site of Monsal Dale station (closed to regular passenger service in 1959) in June 2012. The former down platform edge flagstones are still present as is a goods loading bank in the ... Monsal Dale Viaduct: Looking west into Monsal Dale on 17 June 2012 with the former Midland Railway viaduct crossing the River Wye in the centre. To the left the railway entered Headstone Tunnel while in the middle distanc ... |
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A book detailing newspaper reports of the building of the Settle-Carlisle has been published.
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