Petition for new Buxton to Matlock rail line launched

[editor]

This would be such a great line to travel along. There was some cracking stations on the line too, although they're gone forever.

Campaigner James Wyatt started the online petition and wrote a letter to the Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin during the summer.

The petition had attracted 1,200 people by September and has since grown to over 3,700 names and needs 10,000 to secure a response from the Government. A 100,000 names would allow the issue to be considered for a debate in Parliament.


Mr Wyatt said: “There would be opportunity for freight traffic to use the line from quarries around Buxton who currently have to use road transport when rail is the preferred alternative.”


He argued passenger numbers have grown and rail travel is in demand and Mr Wyatt feels the new line would boost tourism and the economy.

He added: “The line would provide a much-needed link that would offer a diversionary route for other lines during times of engineering works and take pressure off other lines where capacity is an issue, such as where freight is being routed that way when this line would offer a more direct route.”
Petition for new Buxton to Matlock rail line gathers steam - Matlock Mercury

Derbyshire County Council: re-open the railway line between Matlock, Bakewell and Buxton.

 

[SikhWarrioR]

Hands up everyone who thought beeching went way to deep with the cuts

 

[editor]

 

[editor]

He closed the Brecon line. The bastard.

 

[J4meswyatt]

Derbyshire County Council: re-open the railway line between Matlock, Bakewell and Buxton. this is my first petition to open the line from Matlock to Manchester It has already gained 4,113 signatures my other petition is here Petition: Re-open the railway line between Matlock, Bakewell, Buxton and Manchester. and has 499 signatures if you could please sign and share these with friends and family and over social media I'd be more than happy and the Matlock line closed in 1968 it was closed by Barbara Castle and The Bakewell Freight Depot closed Monday 1st July 1968

 

[Dogsauce]

There's a rather nice cycle track along that line now, which is very popular, plus the steam railway (which will hopefully get to Bakewell eventually).

 

[Markulous]

.... plus the steam railway (which will hopefully get to Bakewell eventually).

Sadly, don't think that'll ever happen as the cost of crossing the road in Rowsley would be prohibitive - road used to dip down under the bridge but since levelled and village is even more prone to flooding now the ex-mine soughs are collapsing

 

[UnderOpenSky]

There's a rather nice cycle track along that line now, which is very popular, plus the steam railway (which will hopefully get to Bakewell eventually).

The Monsal trail is great, love the way it goes across all the old bridges and through the tunnels. It's a few miles from my house.

If reopened the railway could upset a lot of leisure users, including a lot of providers who use one the bridge for abseils.

Keep it as a cycle track I say.

 

[SikhWarrioR]

Sadly, don't think that'll ever happen as the cost of crossing the road in Rowsley would be prohibitive - road used to dip down under the bridge but since levelled and village is even more prone to flooding now the ex-mine soughs are collapsing

Bridging costs are not holding the two GCR lines back from crossing the MML