Date: 23/10/2021

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.

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Campaigners fight to save the Monsal Trail from rail line plans

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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.

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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

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 bushes on the right. The former up platform was constructed in wood and has long been removed. The double track main line has been replaced with the tarmac surface of the Monsal Way cycleway, footpath and bridleway.
Location: Monsal Dale
Company: Rowsley to Buxton Line (Midland Railway)
17/06/2012 John McIntyre

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