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The Doe Lea Branch is a partially closed and partially mothballed railway line in north eastern Derbyshire, England. The single track line follows the valley of the River Doe Lea for much of its route. ==Construction== The branch was constructed from north to south in three stages over twenty seven years. * The Midland Railway Additional Powers Act of 21 July 1863 authorised the company to build a line from a junction near Seymour Colliery, near Staveley, approximately to Bolsover Woodhouse in the Doe Lea Valley. * * The junction near Seymour became known as Seymour Junction.〔(Seymour Junction by map and satellite )〕 * * This line opened for traffic on 1 May 1866. The only apparent source of this traffic is Markham No.1 Colliery, evidence confirming this has yet to be found. * The Midland Railway Additional Powers Act of 28 July 1873 authorised the company to build the "Doe Lea Extension" southwards to the west of the Doe Lea to the parish of Ault Hucknall, terminating "in a field called Horse Close". * * Within eighteen months the company changed its mind and wished to build this extension slightly longer and to the east of the river. This alteration was authorised by he Midland Railway Additional Powers Act of 29 June 1875, which included the requirement that the company restore for cultivation any land abandoned by the deviation. * * Buying the necessary land was so time consuming the company had to seek an extension, which was granted by the Midland Railway Additional Powers Act of 17 July 1878. * * The Doe Lea Extension Deviation was opened to Glapwell on 1 September 1886 (thirteen years after authorisation) for goods traffic and workmen's trains. * * Glapwell colliery opened in 1882 and progress was made towards opening Bolsover colliery, where sinking would eventually begin in 1890; both of these would give a return on the investment. * * Workmen's services were provided calling at all collieries between Staveley and Glapwell. * The Midland Railway Additional Powers Act of 16 July 1883 authorised the company to * * build the "Doe Lea and Teversall Junction Railway" from the Doe Lea Extension Deviation (in construction) to a junction which became known as Pleasley Colliery West Junction〔(Pleasley Colliery West Junction by map and satellite )〕 a short distance south of the future station, and * * bring the whole route up to passenger-carrying standards. * The first two sections had been easy to build along the gently sloping bottom of the Doe Lea Valley, the only section with any gradient being the approach to Glapwell from the north. This third and final section was a very different matter, it involved boring the only tunnel on the whole route and the only significant gradients, notably long sections at 1 in 50. Time and costs overran significantly with contractors experiencing landslips and wet ground which involved among other things having to extend Rowthorn Tunnel beyond original estimates. * The route as a whole was opened to passenger traffic on 1 September 1890. * Later additions occurred with the opening of Bolsover Collieries, Ramcroft Colliery during WW1, Markham No.2 Colliery, Byron Bricks siding and Coalite at Bolsover. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Midland Railway Doe Lea Branch Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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