Midland Main Line

Midland Main Line
East Midlands Trains High Speed Train at Tupton, near Clay Cross, in 2008
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Greater London East of England East Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
Termini	London St Pancras Sheffield or Nottingham
Stations	35 (London to Sheffield)
Service
Type	Intercity, commuter rail, regional rail and heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	East Midlands Railway CrossCountry Thameslink TransPennine Express Northern Trains GB Railfreight Freightliner DB Cargo Direct Rail Services
Depot(s)	Cricklewood Derby Etches Park Nottingham Eastcroft Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot Toton Sheffield Station Depot Neville Hill
Rolling stock	Class 150 Sprinter Class 153 Super Sprinter Class 156 Super Sprinter Class 158 Express Sprinter Class 170 Turbostar Class 180 Adelante Class 185 Desiro Class 220 Voyager Class 221 Super Voyager Class 222 Meridian Class 360 Desiro Class 700 Desiro City
History
Opened	Stages between 1830s–1860s
Technical
Number of tracks	2–4
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Loading gauge	W6–W8,[1] planned upgrade to W12[2]
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE (London St Pancras to Corby)
Operating speed	Maximum 125 mph (201 km/h)
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
West Coast Main Line to Glasgow Carlisle Cumbrian Coast line to Barrow-in-Furness West Coast Main Line to Preston Tyne Valley line to Newcastle Settle–Carlisle line Leeds Wakefield line Hallam line Wakefield Westgate Hallam line to Barnsley Wakefield Kirkgate Sandal and Agbrigg Pontefract line to Goole Wakefield line Sandal and Walton Hare Park & Crofton Royston–Savile Town to Dewsbury Dearne Valley Railway Great Central Railway to Barnsley Nostell Fitzwilliam Royston and Notton Hemsworth Hull & Barnsley Railway to Hull Hull & Barnsley Railway to Monk Bretton works Dearne Valley line to Pontefract Baghill Cudworth Wakefield line to Doncaster Stairfoot & Cudworth line to Sheffield Moorthorpe Houghton Colliery Thurnscoe Cat Hill Tunnel Goldthorpe Darfield Frickley Wath North Bolton-upon-Dearne Great Central Railway to Barnsley Dearne Valley Railway to Edlington Swinton Junction Wakefield line Dearne Valley line Swinton–Doncaster line to Mexborough Swinton Swinton Central Kilnhurst West Kilnhurst Central Thrybergh Junction Parkgate and Rawmarsh Parkgate and Aldwarke Rotherham Road Rotherham Central Rotherham Masborough Rotherham Westgate Rail recycling Midland Railway Great Central Railway Wakefield line Dearne Valley line Holmes Canklow shed M1 motorway Tinsley Viaduct M1 motorway Tinsley Viaduct Blackburn Valley line to Barnsley Hallam and Penistone lines to Barnsley Meadowhall Tinsley Tinsley Marshalling Yard Brightside Broughton Lane Sheffield & Rotherham Railway Sheffield Wicker Attercliffe Road Woodhead line (GCML) to Stocksbridge Sheffield Victoria Treeton River Don Darnall Sheffield Orgreave colliery Heeley Woodhouse Millhouses shed Woodhouse Mill Millhouses and Ecclesall Beauchief Beighton Sheffield–Lincoln line to Retford Dore & Totley Hope Valley line to Manchester Piccadilly Killamarsh Central Killamarsh West Bradway Tunnel Eckington and Renishaw Dronfield Doe Lea branch line to Bolsover Unstone Barrow Hill Sheepbridge Whittington Staveley Central Chesterfield Central Chesterfield Chesterfield Loop Great Central Main Line Chesterfield Market Place LD&ECR to Lincoln Clay Cross Clay Cross Tunnel Erewash Valley line Stretton Doe Hill Ashover Light Railway to Ashover Butts Westhouses and Blackwell Wingfield Alfreton Alfreton tunnels Midland Railway –Butterley Robin Hood Line to Worksop Derwent Valley line to Matlock Pye Bridge Ambergate Ambergate–Pye Bridge line Belper Codnor Park and Ironville Milford Tunnel Langley Mill Duffield Shipley Gate GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension Bennerley Viaduct Ilkeston Town Ilkeston Trowell Great Central Main Line Stanton Gate Nottingham Victoria Radford N'ham–Grantham & N'ham–Lincoln lines Derby Nottingham Crewe–Derby line & Cross Country Route Nottingham Arkwright Street Stapleford and Sandiacre Beeston Spondon Ruddington Draycott and Breaston Great Central Railway Borrowash Toton TMD Sawley Attenborough 1968– Long Eaton Long Eaton –1967 Erewash Valley line Attenborough Junction Castle Donington line Trent River Trent Trent Viaducts Redhill Tunnels East Midlands Parkway Kegworth Hathern Loughborough Great Central Railway Loughborough Central Barrow-upon-Soar Great Central Railway Sileby Syston Junction B'ham–P'boro line to Peterborough Syston Leicester North Humberstone Road Leicester Central Leicester Leicester to Burton line to Burton-on-Trent Great Central Main Line to Rugby Central B'ham–P'boro line to Birmingham New Street Mid. Counties Rly to Rugby Wigston Magna Great Glen Kibworth East Langton Rugby & Stamford Rly to Stamford no electrification electrification in progress Market Harborough Rugby & Stamford Rly to Rugby N'hampton–M. Harb. line to N'hampton Bridge St Desborough Glendon and Rushton Oakham–Kettering line to Corby electrification in progress 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead Kettering Loddington & Cransley branch to Loddington Kettering–H'don line to Huntingdon Isham and Burton Latimer Finedon Neilsons sidings Wellingborough N'hampton–P'boro line to N'hampton Bridge St N'hampton–P'boro line to Peterborough East River Nene Higham Ferrers branch to Rushden Irchester Sharnbrook Tunnel (freight only) Sharnbrook Oakley Bedford–N'hampton line to N'hampton St. John's St Bedford Bedford Sidings Bedford St Johns Marston Vale line to Bletchley Varsity Line to Cambridge proposed Wixams Bedford–Hitchin line to Hitchin Ampthill Tunnel Ampthill Flitwick Harlington Leagrave Dunstable Branch Lines to Dunstable Town Luton Luton Bute Street Luton Airport Parkway Luton Hoo Chiltern Green Nickey Line to Boxmoor Dunstable Branch Lines to Welwyn North Harpenden St Albans Abbey St Albans City St Albans (London Road) Hatfield–St Albans line to Hatfield Park Street Napsbury Abbey line to Watford Junction M25 motorway Radlett Elstree & Borehamwood Elstree Tunnel M1 motorway Hertfordshire Greater London Mill Hill Broadway Hendon Welsh Harp Brent Cross West Cricklewood Depot and sidings Dudding Hill Line to Acton Central North London Line to Richmond Cricklewood West Hampstead West Hampstead Thameslink Finchley Road Belsize Tunnel Lismore Circus Tunnel Hampstead Tunnel Haverstock Hill Gospel Oak Gospel Oak–Barking line to Barking Riverside Kentish Town Camden Road East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh Waverley Camden Road Tunnel Copenhagen Tunnel Copenhagen Junction North London Line to Stratford High Speed 1 to the Channel Tunnel Belle Isle Junction Gasworks Tunnel Canal Tunnels 2018– Regent's Canal St Pancras London King's Cross Circle, H&C & Met. lines to Euston Square King's Cross St Pancras King's Cross King's Cross Thameslink Circle, H&C & Met. lines to Farringdon Widened Lines to Farringdon

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Legend
"New Road" (1870)
Masborough Holmes Wincobank Brightside Attercliffe Road Sheffield Midland Heeley Millhouses and Ecclesall Beauchief Dore & Totley Bradway Tunnel Dronfield Unstone Broomhouse Tunnel Sheepbridge Tapton Junction

The Midland Main Line (MML) is a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield.

Express passenger services on the line are operated by East Midlands Railway (EMR). The line is electrified between St Pancras and Corby, and the section south of Bedford forms a branch of the northern half of the Thameslink network, with a semi-fast service to Brighton and other suburban services. A northern part of the route, between Derby and Chesterfield, also forms part of the Cross Country Route operated by CrossCountry. Tracks from Nottingham to Leeds via Barnsley and Sheffield are shared with Northern. East Midlands Railway also operates regional and local services using parts of the line.

The Midland Main Line is undergoing a major upgrade of new digital signalling and full line electrification from London to Sheffield.^[3] High Speed 2 was planned to branch onto the Midland Main Line at East Midlands Parkway railway station.^[4]