Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (original) (raw)

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The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a 9-mile (14.5 km) long heritage railway in Derbyshire. The headquarters of the railway centre on Wirksworth station, and services operate in both directions between Wirksworth and Duffield and from Wirksworth to Ravenstor. Passengers are able to board and alight heritage services at Duffield where a station platform (3) has been re-constructed. Heritage services are timed to connect with East Midlands Railway Nottingham – Derby – Matlock service at the adjacent Duffield Network Rail platforms and therefore it is now possible for passengers to travel to and from Wirksworth by train from anywhere on the national network. The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is named after the River Ecclesbourne and the track follows the river from its source to its confluence with the River Derwent at the Derbyshire village of Duffield. Despite being a branch in itself, there is also a separate 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) branch operating from Platform 3 at Wirksworth Station up a 1 in 27 (3.27 %) gradient incline to Ravenstor (for the National Stone Centre and the High Peak Trail). The line is operated by a large fleet of heritage Diesel Multiple Units, as well as diesel and visiting steam locomotives. Locomotive hauled trains initially only operated on Enthusiast and special event days often alongside the DMU fleet, whereas now locomotive hauled services make up a larger part of the railway's timetable. (en)

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Wirksworth Station as it is today. (en)

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1964 (xsd:integer)
1989 (xsd:integer)

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1947 (xsd:integer)

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Ravenstor opens and passenger trains on 1 in 27 incline begin (en)
Derby and Wirksworth Railway Association is formed (en)
Duffield reopens and passenger trains begin (en)
Gorsey bank reopens and , passenger trains begin (en)
Idridgehay reopens and passenger trains begin (en)
Light Rail order granted (en)
Shottle reopens (en)
Volunteers start clearing vegetation from the line (en)
Wirksworth re-opens and its passenger trains begin (en)
[[#WyvernRail (en)
Iridgehay level crossing reinstated and later reopened (en)

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Wirksworth branch (en)

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Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (en)

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WyvernRail plc (en)

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1867 (xsd:integer)

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WyvernRail is formed (en)

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1992 (xsd:integer)

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5 (xsd:integer)

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1996 (xsd:integer)
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2002-10-01 (xsd:date)
2005-09-01 (xsd:date)
2008-03-08 (xsd:date)
2011-04-08 (xsd:date)
2014-08-09 (xsd:date)

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The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a 9-mile (14.5 km) long heritage railway in Derbyshire. The headquarters of the railway centre on Wirksworth station, and services operate in both directions between Wirksworth and Duffield and from Wirksworth to Ravenstor. The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is named after the River Ecclesbourne and the track follows the river from its source to its confluence with the River Derwent at the Derbyshire village of Duffield. (en)

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