Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

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The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a 9-mile (14.5 km) long heritage railway based at Wirksworth station in Derbyshire, England. It operates passenger services between Duffield and Wirksworth, with occasional services to Ravenstor. Passengers can board and alight heritage services at Duffield, where a platform was reopened in 2011.

The station is shared with National Rail services on the Midland Main Line between Sheffield and London St Pancras, with local services between Newark Castle, Nottingham, Derby and Matlock, which call at platforms 1 and 2; EVR trains to Wirksworth use platform 3. The station is sited 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, up a 4% incline to Ravenstor (for the National Stone Centre and the High Peak Trail). The line is operated by heritage steam locomotives, including no. 2746 Bagnall saddle tank engine...