Explanatory note

This Order authorises Network Rail Infrastructure Limited to construct and operate works on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester for the purposes of improving capacity for the operation of railway services between Sheffield and Manchester.

The works include new sections of embankment and cutting and associated works to the east of Bamford Station and a new section of railway, running partly on embankment and partly in cutting, and associated works to the west of Dore and Totley Station. The Order also authorises alterations to existing railway infrastructure together with a new footbridge to the west of Hathersage Station to replace an existing level crossing and station improvement works at Dore and Totley Station.

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

Upon request, copies of the deposited plans and deposited sections and book of reference referred to in the Order can be made available for inspection at the offices of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited at Network Rail National Records Centre, Unit 5, Audax Road, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4US.