Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the transfer from Network Rail to WyvernRail plc of the existing Duffield to Wirksworth branch line in the County of Derbyshire, together with certain statutory provisions and other rights and liabilities, and makes related provisions. At present the railway is leased by Network Rail to WyvernRail plc and is operated under the title of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.
The Order also provides for the transfer from Lafarge Tarmac to WyvernRail plc of the former Tarmac Roadstone private siding at the termination of the former branch to the Cromford and High Peak Railway where Ravenstor Station is now located, together with certain statutory provisions and other rights and liabilities, and makes related provisions. At present the siding is leased by Lafarge Tarmac to WyvernRail plc.
The Order permits WyvernRail plc to sell or lease the railway, or any part of it, to a third party, subject to the consent of the Secretary of State.
The applicant for the Order is WyvernRail plc.