GMac wrote:
although I'm sure the Matlock
line users group will be delighted to get a regular hourly service
again rather than the current irregular shuttle from Derby.

Absolutely. With a new Matlock bus station currently under construction
next to the railway station (as part of a supermarket scheme), this
could sound like real joined-up thinking ... until one hears that a good
proportion of the buses will not serve the new bus station.

Why not? Because it will take too long to circumnavigate the town as a
result of the new road layout ... which is part of the scheme to build
the new bus station!

John Geddes
Derbyshire