Explanatory note

This Order authorises Network Rail Infrastructure Limited to construct, operate and maintain an extension to the existing sidings at Buxton, Derbyshire together with associated works. This will enable longer freight trains to be accommodated on the Buxton to Edgeley Junction Passenger Line to increase freight capacity between the Peak Forest and Hope Valley quarry terminals and London via Dore South Junction and the Midland Mainline.

The Order also authorises the construction of a new section of footbridge to extend the existing bridged public right of way over the new railway works.

The Order authorises the acquisition of land and rights in land, and the use of land, for those purposes and confers powers in connection with the construction and operation of the railway.

Copies of the deposited plans, deposited sections, traffic regulation plan and the book of reference referred to in the Order may be inspected at the offices of the Company Secretary and Solicitor to Network Rail Infrastructure Limited at 1 Eversholt Street, London NW1 2DN.