Return of the Railway

After months of rumours, the Churnet Valley Railway have confirmed their expansion plans. Over the next four years, the C.V.R., in conjunction with Moorland & City Railways, will reopen the line form Stoke to Caldon Low and extend the C.V.R. to a new station in Leek, to the North, and to Alton, in the South.

In general, I approve, although the extension to Alton will reclaim and, presumably, bar access to a large part of the current Oakamoor to Denstone greenway, which uses the old track bed. I will accept this with good grace, if the Uttoxeter Canal tow path is opened up, instead.