EPW023808 ENGLAND (1928). The Buxton Hydropathic Hotel and Buxton Gardens, Buxton, 1928

This was part of the line that ran from Buxton to join the Cromford and High Peak Railway near Harpur Hill. The latter line was originally built to link the Peak Forest canal at Whaley Bridge to the Cromford canal at Cromford, since a canal could not be built between these two canals due to the hilly nature of the country to be traversed. It was notable for the use of inclined planes at certain points. Part of the line remains in use to serve the various quarries south of Buxton, as far as Dowlow works. Southwards it becomes the "High Peak Trail" splitting at Parsley Hay to follow one line to Ashbourne and the original line to High Peak Junction.

This is the former Midland line from Derby/Ambergate/Matlock to Buxton. A junction East of Buxton took the line NW through to Manchester.

From Matlock southwards the line remains open as part of the national network; from Matlock to Rowsley the line has been restored by the Peak Rail Society and is operated as a heritage railway.

Part of the line remains in use from Buxton to Chinley as a freight-only line, serving quarries at Doveholes and Tunstead.