Carlisle to Leeds and Branches (v. 1) (Midland Railway System Maps: The Distance Diagrams)

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The Midland Railway ( MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. [1] The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It amalgamated with several other railways to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at grouping in 1923. [2] At Hawes station, on the branch to the east of the main line, there was an end-on junction with the North Eastern Railway (NER) line across the Pennines to Northallerton

The mid-1870s, saw the Midland line extended northwards through the Yorkshire Dales and Eden Valley on what is now called the Settle–Carlisle Railway. The London and Birmingham Railway and its successor the London and North Western Railway had been under pressure from two directions. Firstly the Great Western Railway had been foiled in its attempt to enter Birmingham by the Midland, but it still had designs on Manchester. At the same time the LNWR was under threat from the GN's attempts to enter Manchester by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. [ citation needed] To London [ edit ] King's Cross 1857–1868 [ edit ] An illustration of King's Cross from 1852, shortly before its use by the Midland Railwaya b c d e Hall, Stanley (1990). The Railway Detectives. London: Ian Allan. pp.26, 50–52, 66. ISBN 0-7110-1929-0. Travel along the B6441 (Nottingham Road) until you reach the one way system around Ripley Town Centre. Follow the left hand route onto the B6179 (Grosvenor Road) follow the B6179 to the traffic lights then take the right turn continuing on the B6179 (High Street) until the next junction. Turn right at this junction onto Church Street continuing to follow the B6179 to the next junction. At this junction bear left continuing on the B6179 (Butterley Hill) past Lidl on your left. From the 1820s proposals for lines from London and the East Midlands had been proposed, and they had considered using the Cromford and High Peak Railway to reach Manchester ( See Derby station). [ citation needed]

In 1850, a train was in a rear-end collision with an excursion train at Woodlesford station, Yorkshire. The cause was a signal not being lit at night. [44] However, the ambition to complete the re-opening of the railway through the Peak District National Park to Buxton remains alive. Consequently, Peak Rail is currently in discussions with various commercial interests, together with the relevant national and local authorities, about the possibilities of re-opening the railway as a freight diversionary route which would allow Peak Rail to extend its services northwards. The Duke used Bakewell station for boarding and alighting from trains and it was therefore a far grander affair than one would expect of a small market town. His coat-of-arms was built into stonework on the platform façade. The Duke of Devonshire used Hassop station which was 2 miles from the village from which it took its name. The next station along the line towards Buxton was Longstone, later named Great Longstone, which served the occupants of nearby Thornbridge Hall. Heading farther northwards, the railway passes through the 533 yards Headstone Tunnel, and from this the line bursts spectacularly on to Monsal Dale viaduct. The structure has five spans each of 50 feet. Although resented by a few prominent people when built, it now blends perfectly well with the surrounding countryside.Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 July 2017 . Retrieved 16 September 2010. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Spades in ground as government delivers on rail investment promise for North and Midlands". GOV.UK . Retrieved 21 December 2021. The coat of arms combines the symbols of Birmingham, Derby, Bristol, Leicester, Lincoln and Leeds. The wyvern, a legendary bipedal dragon, was used extensively as an emblem by the Midland, having inherited it from the Leicester and Swannington Railway. The MR, which used a wyvern sans legs (legless) above its crest, asserted that the "wyvern was the standard of the Kingdom of Mercia", and that it was "a quartering in the town arms of Leicester". [40] The symbol appeared on everything from station buildings and bridges down to china, cutlery and chamber pots in its hotels, and was worn as a silver badge by all uniformed employees. However, in 1897 the Railway Magazine noted that there appeared "to be no foundation that the wyvern was associated with the Kingdom of Mercia". [41] It has been associated with Leicester since the time of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester ( c. 1278–1322), the most powerful lord in the Midlands, who used it as his personal crest, and was recorded in a heraldic visitation of the town in 1619. [42] Accidents and incidents [ edit ] 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. Accessibility enhancements at Elstree & Borehamwood, Harpenden, Loughborough, Long Eaton, Luton, and Wellingborough by 2015 [31] [ needs update]

In 1853, the boiler of a locomotive exploded whilst it was hauling a freight train near Bristol, Gloucestershire. [43] Opening of the Leicester and Hitchin Line". Bedfordshire Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 9 May 1857 . Retrieved 5 July 2016. The station at Monsal was provided for tourists, as there are very few dwellings in the area. The down platform was cut of the stone hillside while the up platform was built on wooden piles, as the valley is so sheer at this point. Burton and Ashby Light Railway". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 3 July 1906 . Retrieved 9 February 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.

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The bill was resubmitted in 1853 with the support of the people of Bedford, whose branch to the LNWR was slow and unreliable, and with the knowledge of the Northamptonshire iron deposits.

Twells, H.N. (1985). A Pictorial Record of the Leicester and Burton Branch Railway. Burton-upon-Trent: Trent Valley Publications. ISBN 0-948131-04-7. Midland Counties Railway". Leicester Chronicle. British Newspaper Archive. 9 May 1840 . Retrieved 5 July 2016. On 10 May 1844 the North Midland Railway, the Midland Counties Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway merged to form the Midland Railway. Between 2001 and 2003, the line between Derby and Sheffield was upgraded from 100 miles per hour (160km/h) to 110 miles per hour (180km/h) as part of Operation Princess, the Network Rail funded CrossCountry route upgrade.Before this date the Midland had already constructed a line from Rowsley to Manchester, although this did not follow the route intended by the M.B.M. & M.J.R. owing to the opposition of the Duke of Devonshire to the idea of a railway through Chatsworth Park. In its efforts to gain a through route to Manchester, the Midland Railway had surveyed several possible routes to achieve this end. A line from Duffield to Rowsley was commenced but was terminated at Wirksworth. One outrageous proposal, however, was the upgrading of the Cromford and High Peak Railway to main line status which would have resulted in Derby-Manchester expresses going over gradients as steep as 1:8. London North Eastern Route Sectional Appendix; LOR LN3201 Seq001 to 030" (PDF). Network Rail . Retrieved 13 January 2018. An Act for the Construction by the Midland Railway Company of a new Line of Railway between London and Bedford, with Branches therefrom; and for other Purpose". [18] Ambergate Junction to Manchester [ edit ] The complex network of road and rail around Ambergate Junction, formerly where Manchester expresses left the mainline In 1977, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Nationalised Industries recommended considering electrification of more of Britain's rail network, and by 1979 BR presented a range of options that included electrifying the Midland Main Line from London to Yorkshire by 2000. [16] By 1983, the line had been electrified from Moorgate to Bedford, but proposals to continue electrification to Nottingham and Sheffield were not implemented.