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Is this a symptom of our overcrowded network?
There is no longer space for the stopping train. With the need to keep time, slow trains just get in the way. Rationalisation has removed many loops and slow lines. For example the track was removed from the slow line platforms at Duffield (North of Derby on the Midland Mainline) long ago. The line is now upgraded to 100mph running.
The only trains that stop at the station is the Matlock Branch Service (2 hourly). It is going to be interesting to see how they fit in an hourly service to Matlock in the Autumn. It is already a very busy line. It is not uncommon to see 3 or 4 trains go through on the briefest of visits to the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway's Platform, disconnected from Network Railway since the 100mph upgrade.
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