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Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Wirksworth Station in 2007
Locale
Derbyshire, England
Terminus
Ravenstor Duffield
Commercial operations
Name
Wirksworth branch
Built by
Midland Railway
Original gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by
WyvernRail plc
Stations
5 (to be 6)
Length
9 miles (14 km)
Preserved gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Commercial history
Opened
1867
Closed to passengers
1947
Closed
1964 (freight) 1989 (completely)
Preservation history
1992
WyvernRail is formed
1996
Light Rail order granted
1997
Derby and Wirksworth Railway Association is formed (later to become EVR)
2000
Volunteers start clearing vegetation from the line
1 October 2002
Wirksworth re-opens and its passenger trains begin
2003
WyvernRail and Network Rail agree fifteen-year lease-purchase deal
2004
Gorsey bank reopens and 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km), passenger trains begin
1 September 2005
Ravenstor opens and 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) passenger trains on 1 in 27 (3.7 %) incline (of the same name) begin
2007
Iridgehay level crossing reinstated and later reopened
8 March 2008
Idridgehay reopens and 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) passenger trains begin
8 April 2011
Duffield reopens and 10 miles (16 km) passenger trains begin
9 August 2014
Shottle reopens (after more than 65 years out of use)
Headquarters
Wirksworth
Derby Lightweight, no. 79900, operating on the line on which she was originally tested when new some 55 years earlier, fully restored to passenger carrying standard from being former test car IRIS. The unit is now a unique example of a Derby Lightweight single car unit.Class 122, no. 55006, operating away from home, at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway on 15 October 2004, whilst taking part in the Railcar 50 event. This unit is painted in original BR Green livery, and is usually based at Wirksworth.
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Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Legend
Cromford & High Peak Rly
disused incline
Ravenstor
Stoneycroft Quarry
Wirksworth
Gorsey Bank level crossing
Idridgehay level crossing
Idridgehay
Shottle
A517 (Ashbourne Road)
Hazelwood
Duffield Tunnel (52 yards)
A6 (Milford Road)
Midland Main Line to Belper
Duffield
Midland Main Line to Derby
The route of the railway, running north from Duffield, via Wirksworth, to Ravenstor
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
was reopened in 2011. The station is shared with main line rail services on the Midland Mainline between Sheffield and London St Pancras International, with local services between Newark Castle, Nottingham, Derby and Matlock calling at Platforms 1 and 2. EVR trains to Wirksworth use Platform 3. The station is in Duffield village centre just a few minutes from shops, cafés and pubs.
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 both heritage steam and diesel locomotives, with currently No. 2746 Bagnall saddle tank engine "The Duke" handling steam services. Diesels include a BRCW Type 3 and a Brush Type 2.[1]
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