- Crewe to Derby Line
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Crewe-Derby Line 
Class 170 Turbostar at LongtonOverview Type Heavy Rail System National Rail Status Operational Locale East Midlands
North West England
West MidlandsTermini Crewe
DerbyStations 11 Operation Opened 1848 Owner Network Rail Operator(s) East Midlands Trains
London Midland
Northern RailRolling stock Class 153 "Sprinter"
Class 156 "Sprinter"
Class 158 "Sprinter"
Class 350 "Desiro"
Class 323Technical No. of tracks Two, One Track gauge Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Electrification 25 kV 50hz AC OHLE (Stoke-Crewe) Operating speed 70mph Crewe to Derby Line Legend
Crewe 
West Coast Main Line from London 
Radway Green and Barthomley 
Alsager 
To Keele 
To Sandbach 
West Coast Main Line to Manchester Kidsgrove 
Harecastle Tunnel Chatterley Longport Potteries Loop Line Etruria Stoke-on-Trent West Coast Main Line from London Carter's Crossing Halt Fenton Longton Normacot Meir Tunnel Meir Foxfield Light Railway Blythe Bridge Cresswell 
Cheadle Branch Line Leigh Bramshall To Stafford Uttoxeter 
Churnet Valley Line to North Rode Marchington Sudbury Scropton Tutbury and Hatton 
To Burton upon Trent Egginton Junction GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension 
Cross Country Route Sinfin branch line Peartree Ramsline Halt Derby 
The Crewe to Derby Line is a railway line in central England, running from Crewe south east to Derby. Services on the line are provided by East Midlands Trains.
The line serves or has formerly served the following places (highlighted place names currently have a station whereas the others formerly had a named station that is now closed): Crewe; Radway Green and Barthomley; Alsager; Kidsgrove; Chatterley; Longport; Etruria; Stoke-on-Trent; Fenton; Longton; Normacot; Meir; Blythe Bridge; Cresswell; Leigh; Bramshall; Uttoxeter; Marchington; Sudbury; Scropton; Tutbury and Hatton; Egginton; Pear Tree and Normanton; and Derby.
This line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway Company and became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.
The line was opened between Stoke and Uttoxeter on 7 August 1848. The next stage from here to Tutbury was opened 11 September 1848. Just beyond Tutbury was formerly a branch line to Burton upon Trent, having opened on the same date, but now closed.
A separate company, the Cheadle Railway Company, built a line from Cresswell to Cheadle, which was opened throughout on 1 January 1901 and was closed to passengers in 1953 and to freight traffic in 1978.
The section of line between Egginton and the Midland Railway Derby to Birmingham line was opened on 13 July 1849. The section between Stoke and Kidsgrove is part of the West Coast Main Line, which together with the section from Kidsgrove to Crewe opened on 9 October 1848.
The route is double track for all of its length except for a three mile section between Alsager and Crewe, which was singled by British Rail. The section from Crewe to Kidsgrove was electrified in 2003 for use as a diversionary route for the West Coast Main Line.
In April 2006, Network Rail organised its maintenance and train control operations into "26 Routes". The line from Crewe to Kidsgrove (where it joins the line from Manchester) through to Stoke-on-Trent forms part of Route 18 (The West Coast Mainline). The line through to Derby from the junction just south of Stoke-on-Trent station forms part of Route 19 (The Midland Main Line and East Midlands).
Services
When Central Trains were awarded the franchise for the line in the 1990s, the Crewe-Derby service (which under BR Regional Railways had run between Crewe, Derby and Nottingham then either Lincoln or Skegness) was expanded to run between Manchester Airport and Skegness. However, poor punctuality meant that this was later curtailed to Crewe-Skegness. In Autumn 2005, further poor performance saw the through service limited to Crewe-Derby.
Peartree station is served on weekdays by two trains daily in each direction. Etruria station lies on the route but was closed in 2005.
Railway lines in the West Midlands Primary 
Secondary Local Birmingham to Peterborough Line · Birmingham to Stratford Line · Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line · Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line · South Staffordshire Line · Chase Line · Cotswold Line · Coventry to Leamington Line · Coventry to Nuneaton Line · Crewe-Derby Line · Cross-City Line · Leamington to Stratford Line · Northampton Loop Line · Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line · Shrewsbury to Chester Line · Stafford to Manchester Line · Stourbridge Town Branch Line · Walsall to Wolverhampton Line · Welsh Marches Line · Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury LineRailway lines in the North West Primary 
Local Blackpool Branch Lines · Borderlands Line · Buxton Line · Caldervale Line · Chester to Manchester Line · Crewe-Derby Line · Crewe-Manchester Line · Cumbrian Coast Line · East Lancashire Line · Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line · Furness Line · Glossop Line · Hope Valley Line · Huddersfield Line · Kirkby Branch Line · Leeds to Morecambe Line · Liverpool to Manchester Lines · Liverpool to Wigan Line · Manchester to Preston Line · Manchester to Southport Line · Mid-Cheshire Line · Morecambe Branch Line · Newcastle and Carlisle Railway · Northern Line (Merseyrail) · Ormskirk Branch Line · Ribble Valley Line · Settle-Carlisle Line · Stafford-Manchester Line · Stockport to Stalybridge Line · Styal Line · Windermere Branch Line · Wirral LineCategories:- Rail transport in Cheshire
- Rail transport in Staffordshire
- Rail transport in Derbyshire
- Rail transport in Derby
- Railway lines opened in 1848
- Railway lines in the East Midlands
- Railway lines in North West England
- Railway lines in the West Midlands (region)
- Standard gauge railways in England
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