Although abandoned, the station is not entirely forgotten. The track that loops through it is still in use today and serves as a turnaround point for the 6 train. Passengers who stay on the ...

The line was closed as part of the Beeching Cuts, and in 1971, the county council obtained the land to create a bypass around ...

but now disused. "In these photos, you will see the steps to the station slowly overtaken by nature. The railway looks like it’s been used as a tipping area with old VHS tapes and random items.

Drone footage has shown the scale of the task at hand for those hoping to restore the Middleton Towers railway station.

The last train to run on the line was in April 1999 and the track was taken up in 2011. Derbyshire County Council took over the disused railway from Network Rail in 2014. The transformation into a ...