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Ecclesbourne Valley Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (422 words) |
 | The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Derbyshire, with operations based at Wirksworth station. |
 | It is currently planned to extend the railway along the former Midland Railway branch line to join the main-line at Duffield. |
 | Centre - Bure Valley - Chasewater - Chinnor and Princes Risborough - Cholsey and Wallingford - Churnet Valley - Cleethorpes - Colne Valley - Coventry - Dartmoor - Dean Forest - Derwent Valley - Didcot - East Anglian Rly. |
| Avon Valley Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (376 words) |
 | The railway is part of the otherwise dismantled LMS branch line from Bristol to Bath, which was closed during the Beeching Axe of the 1960s as the Great Western Railway also connected the two cities, a few miles to the south. |
 | The railway is run by a local group, the Bitton Railway co., based in Bitton station, which they acquired in 1972. |
 | The railway shares its route with the Sustrans cycleway and footpath, the Bristol and Bath railway path (part of NCN 4). |