The Crewe to Derby Line is a railway line in central England, running from Crewe south east to Derby. Services on the line are provided by Central Trains. Railroad or railway tracks are used on railways, which, together with railroad switches (points), guide trains without the need for steering. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Central Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running local and cross-country trains in central England. ...

The line serves the following places.

• Crewe
• Alsager
• Kidsgrove
• Longport
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Longton
• Blythe Bridge
• Uttoxeter
• Tutbury and Hatton
• Peartree
• Derby

The line was opened in 1848 and 1849 by the North Staffordshire Railway Company and became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... Location within the British Isles Alsager is a town in Cheshire, England, to the north-west of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and east of the railway town of Crewe. ... Map sources for Kidsgrove at grid reference SJ8354 Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... Longton, located in the United Kingdom, is one of the six towns that joined together to form Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. ... Blythe Bridge Village in Staffordshire, England Blythe Bridge is a village situated in the South-Eastern suburbs of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. ... Map sources for Uttoxeter at grid reference SK0933 Uttoxeter is a market town in East Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England. ... Tutbury is a large village of about 3,000 residents surrounded by the agricultural countryside of Staffordshire and Derbyshire. ... Map sources for Hatton, Derbyshire at grid reference SK214296 Hatton is a village in South Derbyshire, England. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... The North Staffordshire Railway was a British railway company which had its roots in an early scheme to build a small plateway from the base of the Cauldon canal up to Cauldon quarries. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...

It is double track for all of its length except for three miles between Alsager and Crewe, which was singled by British Rail. The section from Crewe to Kidsgrove was electrified in 2003 for use as a diversionary route for the West Coast Main Line. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The WCML running alogside the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...

In April 2006, Network Rail organised its maintenance and train control operations into "26 Routes". The line from Crewe to Kidsgrove (where it joins the line from Manchester) through to Stoke-on-Trent forms part of Route 18 (The West Coast Mainline). The line through to Derby from the junction just south of Stoke-on-Trent station forms part of Route 19 (The Midland Main Line and East Midlands). This article is about the Midland Main Line railway route. ...

Services

When Central Trains won the franchise for the line in the 1990s, the Crewe-Derby service (which under BR Regional Trains had run between Crewe, Derby and Nottingham then either Lincoln or Skegness) was expanded to run between Manchester Airport and Skegness. However, poor punctuality meant that this was later curtailed to Crewe-Skegness. In Autumn 2005, further poor performance saw the through service limited to Crewe-Derby. For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... // The now widespread name Lincoln originated in a city in eastern England. ... Skegness is a seaside resort town in Lincolnshire, England, with a permanent population of about 30,000. ... There are two Manchester Airports: For the airport in Manchester, United Kingdom, see Manchester International Airport. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Trains only stop at Peartree station during the peak hours. Etruria station lies on the route but was closed in 2005. Etruria station is a closed station in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, which served the area of Etruria. ...