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Originally Posted by steam for ever
Who is it that owns Haddon hall?
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The Duke of Rutland.
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I can't understand why they should have a problem, as the line passes through a tunnel, and cannot be seen. The reinstatement would only work in their favour. Why wouldn't you like the idea of an extra 100,00 visitors each year with no extra pressure on local roads?
Considering the enourmous benefit to Derbyshire, and the other heritage railways in the area.
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The family has the reputation of being pretty reactionary, I understand. It was the Duke who insisted on the railway passing through a tunnel, which killed three workers in building it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddon_Tunnel
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Originally Posted by steam for ever
I have taken note that without the line from Buxton to Matlock, it is very difficult to travel to derbyshires many heritage railways by rail from Liverpool and Manchester areas without taking time consuming detours.
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It is very difficult to travel from Manchester to anywhere in the East Midlands.