Manchester to Derby in 8 minutes: flight sim of closed Midland Railway via Millers Dale and Matlock

We follow the path of the old Midland Railway main line, from the former Manchester Central Station (now the Manchester Central Convention Complex) to Derby Midland Station, via Chinley, Millers Dale and Matlock. With the aid of Google Earth, we cover the 60 mile trip in just 8 minutes. The route is colour coded as follows: grey denotes public and national railways (including Metrolink), pink is for heritage railways (Peak Rail), green shows former track-bed used as a long distance footpath/cycleway (the Monsall Trail), and yellow is for abandoned or redeveloped track-bed. A similar colour coding is applied to text labels: all former Midland Railway stations are labelled, along with most tunnels and some viaducts and junctions.

Please note this video has no sound.