Derbyshire County Councillors have voted in favour of reinstating the railway along the Monsal Trail rather than approve the electric tram proposal from Blackwell into Buxton. Madness!
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Tunstead Quarry
Lying just a few miles east of Buxton, Tunstead is the largest limestone quarry in the UK. And its railway could provide the much-needed link between the Monsal Trail and Buxton.
Reinstating the railway
The last train ran along what today is the Monsal Trail in 1969. But calls for the reinstatement of the line to provide a public transport link between Buxton and Bakewell are gaining support.
Monsal Trail by LVR
A small electric train connecting the Monsal Trail with Buxton would greatly benefit this famous Georgian spa town, but the project seems to have come to a grinding halt because of a lack of funding.