Cromford and High Peak Railway

The Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) was a standard-gauge line between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. The railway, which was completed in 1831, was built to carry minerals and goods through the hilly rural terrain of the Peak District within Derbyshire, England. The route was marked by a number of roped worked inclines. Due to falling traffic, the entire railway was closed by 1967.

Overview
LocaleDerbyshire, England
Dates of operation1831 (1831)1967 (1967)
SuccessorHigh Peak Trail cycleway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Cromford and
High Peak Railway
Peak Forest Canal
Whaley Bridge Canal Wharf
Whaley Bridge Incline
Buxton line
to Manchester
Whaley Bridge
Shallcross
Shallcross Incline
Fernilee
Bunsall Lower Incline
Bunsall Upper Incline
Burbage Tunnel
Ladmanlow
Old Harpur
Harpur Hill
Ashbourne line
to Buxton and Whaley Bridge
Hindlow
Hindlow Tunnel
Hindlow Quarry
(Brigg's Sidings)
Dowlow Halt
Dowlow Works
Hurdlow
Parsley Hay
Newhaven Tunnel
Friden Goods Yard
Gotham Curve
Minninglow Goods Yard
Longcliffe Goods Yard
Middleton Top
Middleton Incline
Middleton Quarry
Recreation Ground
unopened connection
Ravenstor
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
National Stone Centre
Steeple Grange Light Railway
Steeple House
Steeplehouse & Wirksworth
Sheep Pasture Incline
Sheep Pasture Bottom
(now High Peak Junction)
Cromford Canal
to Whatstandwell
Derwent Valley line
to Cromford
Derwent Valley line
to Whatstandwell
Hurdlow Incline
deviation (1869)
Dowlow Works
Hurdlow Incline
bypassed
Hurdlow

The remains of the line, between Dowlow and Cromford, has now become the High Peak Trail, a route on the National Cycle Network.

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