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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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.