Date: 22/08/2020

Nearly 5,000 people have signed a petition to stop a rail route being reinstated over a landmark viaduct.
The Manchester and East Midlands Rail Action Partnership (MEMRAP) has campaigned for the Peaks and Dales line to reopen between Matlock and Buxton.
The line includes the Monsal Viaduct in Derbyshire, which has been converted into a walking and cycling trail.

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Plans to turn Monsal Viaduct into railway opposed

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A petition to stop the Monsal Trail being used in a reopened rail line has nearly 5,000 signatures.

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Main building of the former Midland railway station at Bakewell seen here platform side in July 1991. View is from the adjacent overbridge looking towards Buxton. Bakewell station closed to passengers in March 1967.
Location: Bakewell
Company: Rowsley to Buxton Line (Midland Railway)
/07/1991 David Pesterfield

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 distance it passed through Monsal Dale station before entering first Cressbrook and then Litton Tunnels. Today over 8 miles of the former railway trackbed (including 6 tunnels) have been converted into a footpath for walkers, cyclists and horse riders
Location: Monsal Dale Viaduct
Company: Rowsley to Buxton Line (Midland Railway)
17/06/2012 John McIntyre

Approaching Cressbrook Tunnel on the Monsal Trail heading west on 28 September 2014.
Location: Cressbrook Tunnel
Company: Rowsley to Buxton Line (Midland Railway)
28/09/2014 Bruce McCartney

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