Editing Midland Main Line (section)

==Route description==
The cities, towns and villages served by the MML are listed below. Stations in bold have a high usage. This table includes the historical extensions to Manchester (where it linked to the West Coast Main Line) and Carlisle (via Leeds where it meets with the 'modern' East Coast Main Line).

Network Rail groups all lines in the East Midlands and the route north as far as Chesterfield and south to London as route 19. The actual line extends beyond this into routes 10 and 11.

===London to Nottingham and Sheffield (Network Rail Route 19)===
{| class="wikitable"
! Station
! Village/town/city and county
! [[Ordnance Survey]] <br> [[British national grid reference system|grid reference]]
! Year opened
! Step free access
! No. of platforms
! Usage 2015/16 <br>(millions)
! Branches and loops
|-
| '''[[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]]'''
| [[St Pancras, London|St Pancras]], [[London]]
|
| 1868
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 15
| {{increase}} 31.724
| [[High Speed 1]] diverges north of St Pancras
|-
| [[Kentish Town station|Kentish Town]]
| [[Kentish Town]], London
|
| 1868 
|
| 4
| {{increase}} 2.844
| Branch from to [[Gospel Oak to Barking line]] north of station
|-
| {{rws|West Hampstead Thameslink}}
| [[West Hampstead]], London
|
| 1871
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4
| {{increase}} 3.710
|
|-
| {{rws|Cricklewood}}
| [[Cricklewood]], London
|
| 1868
|
| 4
| {{decrease}} 1.057
| [[Dudding Hill Line]] diverges north of Cricklewood
|-
|{{rws|Brent Cross West}}
| [[Brent Cross]], London
| 
| 2023
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4
|
|[[Dudding Hill Line]] diverges south of Brent Cross
|-
| {{rws|Hendon}}
| [[Hendon]], London
|
| 1868
| 
| 4
| {{decrease}} 1.178
| 
|-
| {{rws|Mill Hill Broadway}}
| [[Mill Hill]], London
| {{gbmapping|TQ213918}} 
| 1868 
|
| 4
| {{decrease}} 1.949
| 
|-
| {{rws|Elstree & Borehamwood}}
| [[Borehamwood]], [[Hertfordshire]]
|  
|  1868
| 
|  4
| {{decrease}} 3.382
|
|-
| {{rws|Radlett}}
| [[Radlett]], Hertfordshire
| {{gbmapping|TQ164998}}
| 1868
|
| 4
| {{decrease}} 1.188
| 
|-
| '''{{rws|St Albans City}}'''
| [[St Albans]], Hertfordshire
| {{gbmapping|TL155070}}
| 1868
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4
|  {{decrease}} 7.451
|
|-
| {{rws|Harpenden}}
| [[Harpenden]], Hertfordshire
| {{gbmapping|TL137142}}
| 1868
|
| 4
|  {{increase}} 3.337
|
|-
| {{rws|Luton Airport Parkway}}
| [[Luton]], [[Bedfordshire]]
| {{gbmapping|TL105205}}
| 1999
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4
| {{increase}} 3.188 
|
|-
| '''{{rws|Luton}}'''
| Luton, Bedfordshire
| {{gbmapping|TL092216}}
| 1868
| 
| 5
| {{increase}} 3.626
|
|-
| {{rws|Leagrave}}
| [[Leagrave]], Luton, Bedfordshire
| {{gbmapping|TL061241}}
| 1868
|
| 4
| {{increase}} 1.915
|
|-
| {{rws|Harlington}}
| [[Harlington, Bedfordshire|Harlington]], Bedfordshire
| {{gbmapping|TL034303}}
| 1868
|
| 4
| {{increase}} 0.336
|
|-
| {{rws|Flitwick}}
| [[Flitwick]], Bedfordshire
| {{gbmapping|TL034350}}
| 1870
|
| 4
|{{increase}} 1.480
|
|-
| '''{{rws|Bedford}}''' ''Midland''
| [[Bedford]], Bedfordshire
| {{gbmapping|TL041497}}
| 1859
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 5
|  {{increase}} 3.830
| [[Marston Vale line]] diverges south of Bedford 
|-
| {{rws|Wellingborough}}
| [[Wellingborough]], [[Northamptonshire]]
| {{gbmapping|SP903681}}
| 1857
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4
| {{increase}} 0.969
|
|-
| {{rws|Kettering}}
| [[Kettering]], Northamptonshire
| {{gbmapping|SP863780}}
| 1857
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4
| {{increase}} 1.042 
| [[Oakham–Kettering line]] diverges north of Kettering at Glendon Jun
|-
| 
| '''via Corby & diversion route'''
|-
| {{rws|Corby}}
| [[Corby]], Northamptonshire
| {{gbmapping|SP891886}}
| 2009
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 1
| {{increase}} 0.278 
| Oakham–Kettering line
|-
| {{rws|Oakham}}
| [[Oakham]], [[Rutland]]
| {{gbmapping|SK856090}}
| 1848
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
| {{increase}} 0.213
| Birmingham–Peterborough line
|-
| {{rws|Melton Mowbray}} 
| [[Melton Mowbray]], [[Leicestershire]]
| {{gbmapping|SK752187}}
| 1848
|
| 2
| {{increase}} 0.266
|
|-
| 
| '''Main Line via Market Harborough'''
|-
| {{rws|Market Harborough}}
| [[Market Harborough]], [[Leicestershire]]
| {{gbmapping|SP741874}}
| 1850
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
| {{increase}} 0.870
|
|-
| '''{{rws|Leicester}}''' 
| [[Leicester]], Leicestershire
| {{gbmapping|SK593041}}
| 1840
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4
| {{increase}} 5.247
| [[Birmingham to Peterborough Line]] diverges south of Leicester at Wigston Junction
|-
| {{rws|Syston}}
| [[Syston]], Leicestershire
| {{gbmapping|SK621111}}
| 1994
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 1
| {{increase}} 0.210
| [[Birmingham to Peterborough Line]] diverges north of Syston
|-
| {{rws|Sileby}}
| [[Sileby]], Leicestershire
| {{gbmapping|SK602151}}
| 1994
|
| 2
| {{increase}} 0.123
|
|-
| {{rws|Barrow-upon-Soar}}
| [[Barrow-upon-Soar]], Leicestershire
| {{gbmapping|SK577172}}
| 1994
| 
| 2
| {{increase}} 0.098
|
|-
| {{rws|Loughborough}}
| [[Loughborough]], Leicestershire
| {{gbmapping|SK543204}}
| 1872
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 3
| {{decrease}} 1.298
|
|-
| {{rws|East Midlands Parkway}}
| [[Ratcliffe-on-Soar]], [[Nottinghamshire]] (for [[East Midlands Airport]])
| {{gbmapping|SK496296}}
| 2007
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4
| {{increase}} 0.306
| Trent Junction to Clay Cross Junction via Derby (the original line), the Nottingham branch, and the [[Erewash Valley Line]] each diverge north of East Midlands Parkway 
|-
|
| '''Via Derby'''
|-
| {{rws|Long Eaton}}
| [[Long Eaton]], [[Derbyshire]]
| {{gbmapping|SK481321}}
| 1888
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
| {{decrease}} 0.660
| Cord south of Long Eaton to the Nottingham branch
|-
| {{rws|Spondon}}
| [[Spondon]], [[Derby]], Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK397351}}
| 1839
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
| {{decrease}} 0.026
|
|-
| '''[[Derby railway station|Derby]]'''
| [[Derby]], Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK362355}}
| 1839
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 6
| {{increase}} 3.767
| [[Cross Country Route]] and [[Crewe to Derby Line]] diverges south of Derby
|-
| {{rws|Duffield}}
| [[Duffield, Derbyshire|Duffield]], Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK345435}}
| 1841
| 
| 3
| {{increase}} 0.061
|
|-
| {{rws|Belper}}
| [[Belper]], Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK348475}}
| 1840
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
| {{increase}}  0.225
|
|-
| {{rws|Ambergate}} 
| Ambergate, Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK348516}}
| 1840 
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 1
| {{decrease}} 0.042
| [[Derwent Valley line]] diverges at [[Ambergate Junction]] 
|-
|
| '''Via Nottingham'''
|-
| {{rws|Attenborough}}
| [[Attenborough, Nottinghamshire]]
| {{gbmapping|SK518346}}
| 1856
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
| {{decrease}} 0.112
|
|-
| {{rws|Beeston}}
| [[Beeston, Nottinghamshire]]
| {{gbmapping|SK533362}}
| 1839
|
| 2
| {{decrease}} 0.574
|
|-
| '''{{rws|Nottingham}} Midland'''
| [[Nottingham]], Nottinghamshire
| {{gbmapping|SK574392}}
| 1904
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 7
| {{increase}} 7.200
| Northbound trains reverse towards Langley Mill. Others pass through the station onto the [[Robin Hood Line]], [[Nottingham–Grantham line|Grantham line]] or [[Nottingham–Lincoln line|Lincoln line]].
|-
|
| '''Via Erewash Valley (bypassing or calling at Nottingham)''' 
|-
|{{rws|Ilkeston}}
|[[Ilkeston]], Derbyshire
|
| 2017
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
|
|
|-
| {{rws|Langley Mill}}
| [[Langley Mill]], Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK449470}}
| 1847
|
| 2
| {{increase}} 0.116
| Erewash Valley and Trent Nottingham lines rejoin south of Langley Mill.
|-
| {{rws|Alfreton}}
| [[Alfreton]], Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK422561}}
| 1862
|
| 2
| {{increase}} 0.283
|
|-
|
| '''Clay Cross Junction to Leeds'''
|-
| {{rws|Chesterfield}}
| [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK388714}}
| 1840
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 3
| {{increase}}  1.731
| Trent Junction to Clay Cross via Derby and Erewash Valley lines rejoin together south of Chesterfield.
|- 
| {{rws|Dronfield}}
| [[Dronfield]], Derbyshire
| {{gbmapping|SK354784}}
| 1981
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
| {{increase}} 0.200
| [[Hope Valley line]] diverges north of Dronfield
|- 
| '''[[Sheffield station|Sheffield]]'''
| [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]]
| {{gbmapping|SK358869}}
| 1870
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 9
| {{increase}} 9.213
| [[Hope Valley Line]] diverges south of Sheffield <br> [[Sheffield to Lincoln Line]] diverges north of Sheffield
|-
| [[Meadowhall Interchange]]
| [[Sheffield]], South Yorkshire
| {{gbmapping|SK390912}}
| 1990
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 4 NR
| {{decrease}} 2.138
| [[Hallam Line|Hallam]] and [[Penistone Line|Penistone]] Lines diverges at Meadowhall
|-
|
| '''Via Doncaster'''
|-
| '''{{rws|Doncaster}}'''
| [[Doncaster]], South Yorkshire
| {{gbmapping|SE571032}}
| 1838
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 8
| {{increase}} 3.752
| Connects to the [[East Coast Main Line]] south of Doncaster
|-
|
| '''Bypassing Doncaster'''
|-
| {{rws|Wakefield Westgate}}
| [[Wakefield]], [[West Yorkshire]]
| {{gbmapping|SE327207}}
| 1867
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 2
| {{increase}} 2.519
| Connects with the [[East Coast Main Line]] south of Wakefield Westgate
|-
| '''[[Leeds railway station|Leeds]]'''
| [[Leeds]], West Yorkshire
| {{gbmapping|SE299331}}
| 1938
| [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]]
| 17
| {{increase}} 29.724
| Leeds City lines
|}

==== Tunnels, viaducts and major bridges ====
Major civil engineering structures on the Midland Main Line include the following.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 4 Midlands & North West|last=Bridge|first=Mike|publisher=Trackmaps|year=2013|isbn=978-0-9549866-7-4|location=Bradford on Avon|pages=1–5}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 2: Eastern|last=Brailsford|first=Martyn|publisher=Trackmaps|year=2016|isbn=978-0-9549866-8-1|location=Frome|pages=1, 27}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Tunnels, viaducts and major bridges on the Midland Main Line
!Railway Structure
!Length
!Distance from [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras International]]
![[Engineer's Line Reference|ELR]]
!Location
|-
|East Bank Tunnel
|{{convert|80|yards|m}}
|158 [[mile]]s 05 [[Chain (unit)|chains]] – 158 miles 01 chains
| rowspan="5" |TJC1
|South of [[Sheffield station]]
|-
|Bradway Tunnel
|{{convert|1|mile|266|yards|m}}
|153 miles 61 chains – 152 miles 49 chains
|North of Dronfield station
|- 
|Unstone Viaduct (River Drone)
|{{convert|6|chain|m}}
|149 miles 75 chains – 149 miles 69 chains
| rowspan="3" |Between Dronfield and [[Chesterfield railway station|Chesterfield stations]]
|- 
|Former [[Broomhouse Tunnel]]
|
|
|- 
|Whitting Moor Road Viaduct
|
|148 miles 45 chains
|-
|Alfreton Tunnel
|{{convert|840|yards|m}}
|135 miles 50 chains – 135 miles 11 chains (via Toton)
| rowspan="3" |TCC
| rowspan="2" |[[Erewash Valley line|Erewash Valley Line]] between Alfreton and [[Langley Mill railway station|Langley Mill stations]]
|-
|[[Cromford Canal]]
| 
|132 miles 67 chains (via Toton)
|-
|[[Erewash Canal]]
|
|128 miles 09 chains (via Toton)
|Erewash Valley Line south of Langley Mill station
|-
|[[Clay Cross Tunnel]]
|{{convert|1|mile|24|yards|m}}
|147 miles 22 chains – 146 miles 21 chains
| rowspan="10" |SPC8
| rowspan="5" |Between Chesterfield and [[Belper railway station|Belper stations]]
|-
|River Amber
|
|140 miles 40 chains
|-
|Wingfield Tunnel
|{{convert|261|yards|m}}
|139 miles 59 chains – 139 miles 47 chains
|- 
|[[Toadmoor Tunnel]]
|{{convert|129|yards|m}}
|138 miles 12 chains – 138 miles 07 chains
|-
|[[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]] / Broadholme Viaducts
|{{convert|6|chain|m}},<br/>{{convert|7|chain|m}}
|136 miles 47 chains – 136 miles 41 chains, 136 miles 18 chains – 136  miles 11 chains
|-
|Swainsley Viaduct (River Derwent)
|{{convert|4|chain|m}}
|134 miles 61 chains – 134 miles 57 chains
| rowspan="2" |Between Belper and [[Duffield railway station|Duffield stations]]
|-
|[[Milford Tunnel]]
|{{convert|855|yards|m}}
|134 miles 25 chains – 133 miles 67 chains
|-
|Burley Viaduct (River Derwent)
|{{convert|4|chain|m}}
|131 miles 58 chains – 131 miles 54 chains
| rowspan="3" |Between Duffield and [[Derby railway station|Derby stations]]
|-
|Nottingham Road Viaduct
|{{convert|3|chain|m}}
|128 miles 43 chains – 128 miles 40 chains
|-
|River Derwent Viaduct
|{{convert|3|chain|m}}
|128 miles 06 chains – 128 miles 03 chains
|-
|Trent Viaduct
|{{convert|11|chain|m}}
|119 miles 08 chains – 118 miles 77 chains
| rowspan="2" |SPC6
| rowspan="2" |Between [[Long Eaton railway station|Long Eaton]] and [[East Midlands Parkway railway station|East Midlands Parkway]] station
|-
|Redhill Tunnels
|{{convert|154|yards|m}},<br/>{{convert|170|yards|m}}
|118 miles 74 chains – 118 miles 66 chains
|-
|River Soar
|
|112 miles 74 chains
| rowspan="5" |SPC5
| rowspan="2" |Between East Midlands Parkway and Loughborough stations
|-
|Flood openings
|{{convert|2|chain|m}}
|112 miles 60 chains – 112 miles 58 chains
|-
|Hermitage Brook Flood Openings
|{{convert|3|chain|m}}
|111 miles 41 chains – 111 miles 38 chains
|South of [[Loughborough railway station|Loughborough station]]
|-
|[[River Soar]]
|
|109 miles 55 chains
|North of [[Barrow-upon-Soar railway station|Barrow-upon-Soar station]]
|-
|[[River Wreake|River Wreak]]
|
|104 miles 60 chains
|South of [[Sileby railway station|Sileby station]]
|-
|Knighton Tunnel
|{{convert|104|yards|m}}
|98 miles 07 chains – 98 miles 02 chains
| rowspan="2" |SPC4
| rowspan="2" |South of [[Leicester railway station|Leicester station]]
|-
|Knighton Viaduct
|{{convert|4|chain|m}}
|97 miles 34 chains – 97 miles 30 chains
|-
|Wellingborough Viaducts (River Ise)
|{{convert|6|chain|m}}
|64 miles 57 chains – 64 miles 51 chains
| rowspan="2" |SPC2
| rowspan="2" |South of [[Wellingborough railway station|Wellingborough station]]
|-
|Irchester Viaducts ([[River Nene]])
|{{convert|7|chain|m}}
|63 miles 67 chains – 63 miles 60 chains
|-
|Sharnbrook Tunnel (Slow line only)
|{{convert|1|mile|100|yards|m}}
|60 miles 04 chains – 59 miles 00 chains
|WYM
| rowspan="7" |Between Wellingborough and [[Bedford railway station|Bedford stations]]
|-
|Sharnbrook Viaducts
|{{convert|9|chain|m}}
|56 miles 25 chains – 56 miles 16 chains
| rowspan="6" |SPC2
|-
|Radwell Viaducts
|{{convert|143|yards|m}}
|55 miles 03 chains – 54 miles 76½ chains
|-
|Milton Ernest Viaducts
|{{convert|8|chain|m}}
|54 miles 25 chains – 54 miles 17 chains
|-
|Oakley Viaducts
|{{convert|6|chain|m}}
|53 miles 35 chains – 53 miles 29 chains
|-
|Clapham Viaducts (River Ouse)
|{{convert|6|chain|m}}
|52 miles 04 chains – 51 miles 78 chains
|-
|Bromham Viaducts (River Ouse)
|{{convert|7|chain|m}}
|50 miles 79 chains – 50 miles 72 chains
|-
|[[River Great Ouse]] Viaduct
|{{convert|5|chain|m}}
|49 miles 38 chains – 49 miles 33 chains
| rowspan="11" |SPC1
| rowspan="2" |Between Bedford and [[Flitwick railway station|Flitwick stations]]
|-
|[[Ampthill Tunnel]]s
|{{convert|715|yards|m}}
|42 miles 52 chains – 42 miles 19 chains
|-
|Hyde/Chiltern Green Viaduct ([[River Lea]])
|{{convert|6|chain|m}}
|26 miles 72 chains – 26 miles 66 chains
|South of [[Luton Airport Parkway railway station|Luton Airport Parkway station]]
|-
|Elstree Tunnels
|{{convert|1058|yards|m}}
|12 miles 06 chains – 11 miles 38 chains
|South of [[Elstree & Borehamwood railway station|Elstree & Borehamwood station]]
|-
|Stoneyfield/Deans Brook Viaduct
|{{convert|4|chain|m}}
|10 miles 36 chains – 10 miles 32 chains
|Between Elstree & Borehamwood and Hendon stations
|-
|Welsh Harp/Brent Viaduct ([[River Brent]])
|{{convert|10|chain|m}}
|6 miles 31 chains – 6 miles 21 chains
|South of [[Hendon railway station|Hendon station]]
|-
|[[Belsize Tunnel|Belsize Slow Tunnel]]
|{{convert|1|mile|107|yards|m}}
|3 miles 34 chains – 2 miles 29 chains
| rowspan="3" |Between [[West Hampstead Thameslink railway station|West Hampstead Thameslink]] and Kentish Town stations
|-
|Belsize Fast Tunnel
|{{convert|1|mile|11|yards|m}}
|3 miles 32 chains – 2 miles 33 chains
|-
|Lismore Circus Tunnel<ref name="htln1">{{cite web| title = London North Eastern Route Sectional Appendix; LOR LN3201 Seq001 to 030| url=http://archive.nr.co.uk/browse%20documents/sectional%20appendix/sectional%20appendix%20full%20pdf%20copies/london%20north%20eastern%20sectional%20appendix.pdf| publisher = Network Rail| access-date =13 January 2018}}</ref>
|{{convert|110|yards|m}}
|2 miles 22 chains – 2 miles 17 chains
|-
|Hampstead Tunnel
|{{convert|44|yards|m}}
|1 mile 76 chains – 1 mile 74 chains
|
|-
|Camden Road Tunnels
|{{convert|308|yards|m}}
|1 miles 13 chains – 0 miles 79 chains
|South of [[Kentish Town station]]
|-
|[[Canal Tunnels]] 
|{{convert|820|yards|m}}
|0 miles 0 chains – 0 miles 0 chains
|
|Connecting to [[ECML]] at Belle Island Junction
|}

==== Line-side monitoring equipment ====
Line-side train monitoring equipment includes hot axle box detectors (HABD) and wheel impact load detectors (WILD) ‘Wheelchex’, these are located as follows.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/misc/habdwild.shtm|title=Railway Codes: HABD and WILD equipment}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Line-side monitoring equipment on the Midland Main Line
!Name / Type
!Line
!Location (distance from St. Pancras)
!Engineers Line Reference
|-
|Dore HABD (out of use?)
|Down Main
|154 miles 72 chains
|TJC1
|-
|Belper HABD (to replace Duffield HABD)
|Up Main
|134 miles 70 chains
| rowspan="2" |SPC8
|-
|Duffield Junction HABD (removal planned)
|Up Main
|132 miles 63 chains
|-
|Langley Mill HABD
|Up Erewash Fast, Up & Down Erewash Slow
|129 miles 27 chains
|TCC
|-
|Loughborough HABD
|Up Fast, Up Slow
|111 miles 05 chains
| rowspan="3" |SPC5
|-
|Barrow-upon-Soar HABD
|Down Fast, Down Slow
|108 miles 72 chains
|-
|Thurmaston Wheelchex
|Down Fast, Up Fast, Up & Down Slow
|101 miles 78 chains
|-
|East Langton HABD
|Down Main, Up Main
|86 miles 20 chains
| rowspan="2" |SPC3
|-
|Harrowden Junction HABD
|Down Fast, Up & Down Slow
|67 miles 36 chains
|-
|Oakley HABD
|Up Fast, Up Slow
|53 miles 60 chains
|SPC2
|-
|Chiltern Green HABD
|Down Fast, Down Slow
|27 miles 69 chains
| rowspan="2" |SPC1
|-
|Napsbury HABD
|Up Fast, Up Slow
|18 miles 00 chains
|}

===Ambergate Junction to Manchester===
[[File:Ambergate junction.jpg|250px|thumb|The complex network of road and rail around Ambergate Junction, formerly where Manchester expresses left the mainline]]
''For marketing and franchising, this is no longer considered part of the Midland Main Line'': see [[Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway]]

The line was once the Midland Railway's route from [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]] to [[Manchester Central railway station|Manchester]], branching at Ambergate Junction along the [[Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway]], now known as the [[Derwent Valley line]].
In days gone by, it featured named expresses such as [[The Palatine]]. Much later in the twentieth century, it carried the [[Midland Pullman]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Town/City
! Station
! [[Ordnance Survey]] <br> [[British national grid reference system|grid reference]]
|-
| ''[[Ambergate]]''
| ''{{stnlnk|Ambergate}}''
| 
|-
| ''[[Whatstandwell]]''
| ''{{stnlnk|Whatstandwell}}''
|
|-
| ''[[Cromford]]''
| ''{{stnlnk|Cromford}}''
|
|-
| ''[[Matlock Bath]]''
| ''{{stnlnk|Matlock Bath}}''
|
|-
| ''[[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]]''
| ''{{stnlnk|Matlock}}''
|
|-
| Closed section stations
|-
| [[Darley Dale]] 
| [[Darley Dale railway station|Darley Dale]]
| 
|-
| [[Rowsley]]
| [[Rowsley railway station|Rowsley]]
|
|-
| [[Bakewell]]
| {{stnlnk|Bakewell}}
|
|-
| [[Hassop]]
| {{stnlnk|Hassop}}
|
|-
| [[Great Longstone]]
| {{stnlnk|Great Longstone for Ashford}}
|
|-
| [[Monsal Dale]]
| {{stnlnk|Monsal Dale}}
|
|-
| [[Millers Dale]]
| {{stnlnk|Millers Dale}}
|
|-
| [[Blackwell Mill]] 
| {{stnlnk|Blackwell Mill}}
|
|-
| [[Buxton]]
| [[Buxton (Midland) railway station|Buxton]]
|
|-
| [[Peak Forest]]
| {{stnlnk|Peak Forest}}
|
|-
| [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]]
| {{stnlnk|Chapel-en-le-Frith Central}}
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| Now part of the [[Hope Valley line]] or other lines
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| [[Chinley]]
| {{stnlnk|Chinley}}
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| [[Bugsworth]]
| {{stnlnk|Buxworth}} (Now Closed)
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| [[New Mills]]
| {{stnlnk|New Mills Central}}
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| [[Strines]]
| {{stnlnk|Strines}}
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| [[Marple, Greater Manchester|Marple]]
| {{stnlnk|Marple}}
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| [[Romiley]]
| {{stnlnk|Romiley}}
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| [[Bredbury]]
| {{stnlnk|Bredbury}}
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| [[Brinnington]]
| {{stnlnk|Brinnington}}
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| [[Reddish]]
| {{stnlnk|Reddish North}}
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| [[Gorton]]
| {{stnlnk|Ryder Brow}}
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| [[Belle Vue, Greater Manchester|Belle Vue]]/[[Gorton]]
| {{stnlnk|Belle Vue}}
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| [[Stockport]]
| [[Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station|Stockport Tiviot Dale]]
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| [[Manchester]]
| {{stnlnk|Manchester Central}} (Now Closed)
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This line was closed in the 1960s between {{stnlnk|Matlock}} and {{stnlnk|Buxton}}, severing an important link between Manchester and the [[East Midlands]], which has never been satisfactorily replaced by any mode of transport. A section of the route remains in the hands of the [[Peak Rail]] preservation group, operating between Matlock and [[Rowsley]] to the north.

===Leeds to Carlisle===
''For marketing and franchising, this is no longer considered part of the Midland Main Line'': see [[Settle–Carlisle Railway]].

[[File:MidlandMainLineBradfordDiversion.JPG|thumb|right|300px|A geographical representation of the aborted Midland Main Line diversion through the West Riding, which would have put [[Bradford]] on a through line and provided a direct connection to Scotland. (Existing lines shown in black and the diversion in red).]]
[[File:Colne, Halifax, Holmfield & Keighley Laister Dyke, Bowling, Bradford, Low Moor & Shipley RJD 8.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Map showing the proposed Midland line into Bradford]]

World War I prevented the [[Midland Railway]] from finishing its direct route through the [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West Riding]] to join the [[Settle–Carlisle Railway|Settle and Carlisle]] (which would have cut six miles from the journey and avoided the need for reversal at [[Leeds]]).

The first part of the Midland's West Riding extension from the main line at [[Royston, South Yorkshire|Royston (Yorks.)]] to [[Dewsbury]] was opened before the war.  However, the second part of the extension was not completed. 
This involved a viaduct at Dewsbury over the [[River Calder, West Yorkshire|River Calder]], a tunnel under Dewsbury Moor and a new approach railway into [[Bradford]] from the south at a lower level than the existing railway (a good part of which was to be in tunnel) leading into Bradford Midland (or [[Bradford Forster Square railway station|Bradford Forster Square]]) station.

The {{convert|500|yd|m}} gap between the stations at Bradford still exists. Closing it today would also need to take into account the different levels between the two Bradford stations, a task made easier in the days of electric rather than steam traction, allowing for steeper gradients than possible at the time of the Midland's proposed extension.

Two impressive viaducts remain on the completed part of the line between Royston Junction and Dewsbury as a testament to the Midland's ambition to complete a third direct Anglo–Scottish route. The line served two goods stations and provided a route for occasional express passenger trains before its eventual closure in 1968.

The failure to complete this section ended the Midland's hopes of being a serious competitor on routes to Scotland and finally put beyond all doubt that Leeds, not Bradford, would be the West Riding's principal city. Midland trains to Scotland therefore continued to call at Leeds before travelling along the Aire Valley to the [[Settle–Carlisle Railway|Settle and Carlisle]]. From Carlisle they then travelled onwards via either the [[Glasgow and South Western]] or [[Waverley Route]]. In days gone by the line enjoyed named expresses such as the [[Thames–Clyde Express]] and [[Waverley (passenger train)|The Waverley]].

* '''{{stnlnk|Leeds}}''' along the [[Airedale line]]
** Here is ''Apperley Junction'' for the [[Wharfedale line]]
* '''{{stnlnk|Shipley}}''': here is the triangular junction for the branch line serving '''{{stnlnk|Bradford Forster Square}}''' 
* {{Stnlnk|Saltaire}}
* {{stnlnk|Bingley}}
* {{Stnlnk|Crossflatts}} 
* '''{{stnlnk|Keighley}}'''
** Here is the ''[[Keighley and Worth Valley Railway|Worth Valley]] Branch junction'' to {{stnlnk|Oxenhope}}. 
* {{Stnlnk|Steeton & Silsden}} 
* {{stnlnk|Cononley}}
* '''{{stnlnk|Skipton}}'''
** Here is ''Settle Junction'' for the line to Morecambe
***{{stnlnk|Giggleswick}}
***{{stnlnk|Clapham}} 
**** Here was the junction for [[Ingleton, North Yorkshire|Ingleton]] and an end-on junction via [[Sedbergh]] to [[Low Gill]] on the [[London and North Western Railway]] (LNW) [[West Coast Main Line]]
*** {{stnlnk|Bentham}}
*** {{stnlnk|Lancaster Green Ayre}} 
**** At this point the line divided: a triangular junction for the two lines:
*****{{stnlnk|Morecambe}}
*****{{stnlnk|Heysham Port}}, including a station for Middleton Road [[Heysham]]
* {{stnlnk|Settle}}
* {{stnlnk|Horton-in-Ribblesdale}}
* {{stnlnk|Ribblehead}}
* {{stnlnk|Dent}} 
* {{stnlnk|Garsdale}} 
** At [[Hawes railway station|Hawes station]], on the branch to the east of the main line, there was an end-on junction with the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]] (NER) line across the [[Pennines]] to {{stnlnk|Northallerton}}
* {{stnlnk|Kirkby Stephen}} 
* [[Appleby railway station|Appleby]] 
* {{stnlnk|Langwathby}}
* {{stnlnk|Armathwaite}}
* {{stnlnk|Cumwhinton}}
* {{stnlnk|Carlisle}}