The service used the Midland Main Line as far as Trent Junction, before taking the Erewash Valley Line (avoiding Derby) to Clay Cross, rejoining the Midland Main Line until Dore South Curve, before heading west along the Hope Valley Line towards Manchester Piccadilly.
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Another ex-TOC, Midland Mainline, extended some of its London - Derby services to Matlock, though these ceased with the introduction of the Class 222 Meridians which were too heavy for several bridges north of Whatstandwell which are in a poor state of repair.
This station lies at the northern end of the Midland Mainine which begins at St Pancras International, thus affording Sheffield a direct connection to the capital and also Europe, via the Eurostar.