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Lengthening of platforms at Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Loughborough, Long Eaton, and Beeston stations as well as work related to the Thameslink Programme (see below) The railway was not conceived as a single entity by one company but was in fact the result of the ambitions of several separate companies who for their own individual reasons, built the line at different times over a period of some 20 years. Nevertheless, the eventual result of these ventures was a mainline providing a direct route between Derby and Manchester.
a b c Barnes, E.G. (1969). The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844–1874. New York: AugustusM. Kelley. p.308. The Midland Railway route linking Derby and Manchester across the Derbyshire Peak District must rate as one of the most spectacular lines ever to have existed in the country. Whatever the merits and claims of other lines, the railway, which carved through Derbyshire’s great limestone hills, has been described as the most scenic line in Britain. Because of the terrain, numerous tunnels and other impressive civil engineering features including the magnificent viaducts at Millers Dale and Monsal Dale had to be constructed. Department for Transport (26 July 2011). "Access for all – stations". GOV.UK . Retrieved 11 April 2014. The MR controlled all the traffic to the North East and Scotland from London. The LNWR was progressing slowly through the Lake District, and there was pressure for a direct line from London to York. Permission had been gained for the Northern and Eastern Railway to run through Peterborough and Lincoln but it had barely reached Cambridge.Trent Junction to Clay Cross Junction via Derby (the original line), the Nottingham branch, and the Erewash Valley Line each diverge north of East Midlands Parkway Take the left exit onto B6441 (Nottingham Road) at the mini roundabout by Sainsburys heading for Ripley Town Centre (signposted Midland Railway Centre). Follow the B6441 until you reach Ripley Town Centre then follow the directions for Town Centre route shown below. Plans by the Midland Railway to build a direct line from Derby to Manchester were thwarted in 1863 by the builders of the Buxton line who sought to monopolise on [ clarification needed] the West Coast Main Line. The Leeds and Bradford". Derby Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 15 August 1849 . Retrieved 10 August 2016– via British Newspaper Archive. Red carriages with gold lettering still formed the Midland expresses. On some occasions, an L.N.W.R. locomotive hauling Midland coaches could be seen, a sight unheard of before 1923 and one that would have virtually caused civil war. The amalgamation meant that competing routes could be rationalised. The two Buxton stations were placed under one stationmaster; the former L.N.W.R. platforms were numbered 1. 2. and 3. And the Midland ones relegated to 4. 5 and 6. Departures for Manchester could be arranged alternately instead of simultaneously, but the longer journey time via Millers Dale resulted in alternate departures from Buxton becoming simultaneous arrivals in Manchester.
Connecting Communities – Expanding Access to the Rail Network" (PDF). London: Association of Train Operating Companies. June 2009. p.9 . Retrieved 7 September 2018. The term Midland Main Line has been used from the late 1840s to describe any route of the Midland Railway on which express trains were operated.
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The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/ Nottingham and Chesterfield. Take the exit at the roundabout heading for Ripley Town Centre. Continue up the hill into the town. As you join the one way system (Church Street), take the left hand lane and bear left on the B6179 (Butterley Hill). Now follow the instructions from the second paragraph describing the directions from the town centre below. From SOUTH A610 E. G. Barnes (1969). The Midland main line 1875–1922, London: George Allen and Unwin, ISBN 0-04-385049-9, pp. 223–224 The New Works of the Midland Railway Company". Birmingham Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 21 December 1867 . Retrieved 10 August 2016– via British Newspaper Archive. The cities, towns and villages served by the MML are listed below. Stations in bold have a high usage. This table includes the historical extensions to Manchester (where it linked to the West Coast Main Line) and Carlisle (via Leeds where it meets with the 'modern' East Coast Main Line).
In June 1850, the boiler of a locomotive exploded at Kegworth railway station, Nottinghamshire. [43] London North Eastern Route Sectional Appendix; LOR LN3201 Seq001 to 030" (PDF). Network Rail . Retrieved 13 January 2018. Midland Railway. Removal of the Passenger Station at Birmingham". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. 28 April 1851 . Retrieved 12 July 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
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Traffic levels on the Midland Main Line are rising faster than the national average, with continued increases predicted. In 2006, the Strategic Rail Authority produced a Route Utilisation Strategy for the Midland Main Line to propose ways of meeting this demand; [20] Network Rail started a new study in February 2008 and this was published in February 2010. [21] [22] [23] [24] New cutting-edge trains in full operation across Thameslink route". mynewsdesk.com. Mynewsdesk. 18 September 2017 . Retrieved 8 November 2017. Trent Junction to Clay Cross via Derby and Erewash Valley lines rejoin together south of Chesterfield.
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