Through trains between St Pancras and Matlock ceased when Class 222s units were introduced as they were not allowed on the Derwent Valley Line branch line, unlike the Class 170s which previously operated the route.

The Midland was initially unenthusiastic, but then realised that the branch could be extended to Rowsley, albeit with difficulty, avoiding the section from, on its Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, which was shared with its rival the London and North Western Railway.

The village is on the Limestone Way, at the head of its branch to Matlock.

The driver of each train heading for Matlock must collect a token from the machine at Ambergate station before proceeding, and return it prior to leaving the branch.

A double track railway line used to continue from Matlock via Bakewell and Millers Dale, with a branch to Buxton, and on through Peak Forest to Chinley and ultimately Manchester.

However, in 1849, the branch from Ambergate to Rowsley was built by the proposed Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, with a west to north connection between the lines at the original Ambergate Junction.

Matlock blames Dr. Mark Sloan ( Dick Van Dyke ) for recommending a disastrous investment in 8-track cartridges, in which he lost his savings of $ 5, 000, while he survived by wearing cheap suits and living on hot dogs.

Matlock had largely become, like Silverman and Hargrove's Perry Mason revival, a " movie-of-the-week " type series by its ninth season.

During its nine-season run, many established and pre-fame actors made guest appearances on Matlock.

The show went through several orchestras during its radio life, including those of Ennis, Charles Hoff, Matty Matlock, Matty Malneck, Jack Meakin, Will Osborne, Fred Rich, Leith Stevens, and Peter van Steeden.

The canal was successful until the mid 19th century when the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway extended its line south of the canal.

A former spa town, Matlock ( from the Old English for Moot Oak ) lies on the River Derwent, and has prospered from both the hydrotherapy industry and the mills constructed on the river and its tributary Bentley Brook.

Previously it used its own station, Matlock Riverside, a short distance to the north of the mainline station, however as of 2011 both Peak Rail and trains on the Derwent Valley Line share the same station.

Bank Road runs from Crown Square up Matlock Bank, a steep hill which gives the road its name, to Wellington Street.

* Rockside Hydro-an imposing building with views across Matlock, is a grade II listed building, on higher ground above Smedley's and is distinctive for its two octagonal corner turrets with conical roofs topped by lanterns.

The local secondary school, Highfields School, achieved status as a Performing Arts College due to its connections with Matlock Live!

Before Highfields School was founded in 1982, when the tripartite education system in Matlock ended, there were two secondary schools in Matlock ; Charles White Secondary Modern School ( founded in 1956, and named after two local MPs, father and son, the latter of who died in 1956 ) and Ernest Bailey's Grammar School ( founded in 1924 and named after its wealthy founder ).

The Youth Hostels Association ( YHA ) has its national headquarters in the former Severn Trent Water building on Dimple Road, Matlock.

He lead the group known as ' Rampage ' which campaigned for 6 years to bring Matlock its first extreme sport venue, built in 2004.

The need of a radical adaptation to the former class was first adequately recognized by John Smedley, a manufacturer of Derbyshire, who, impressed in his own person with the severities as well as the benefits of the cold water cure, practised among his workpeople a milder form of hydropathy, and began about 1852 a new era in its history, founding at Matlock a counterpart of the establishment at Gräfenberg.

In 1990, KCNC paid $ 11, 000 to another television station in Denver to carry election coverage using KCNC's reporters so KCNC could air its Tuesday night lineup, including Matlock and In the Heat of the Night.

The water also led to the establishment of Tansley Hydro ( now Tansley House residential adult care home ) when spas and hydrotherapy were in fashion and Victorian tourists came to the Matlock area for its Romantic charm.

( Manchester was not, in fact, reached until later in the century by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway and its extensions.

Currently, KVOS airs most of its programming from the Me-TV schedule such as Cheers, M * A * S * H, Hawaii Five-O, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gunsmoke plus locally acquired classic programming like Matlock, The Andy Griffith Show and The A-Team.

Lack of finance prevented it from proceeding any further, but Matlock Bath capitalised on its reputation as a tourist town with the appellation Little Switzerland.

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.

Andy Griffith's prior career as a comic often showed through in things Matlock did or said.

Running north west from Luton, the road travels through Bedford, bypasses Rushden, Kettering and Market Harborough, continues through Leicester, Loughborough, Derby and Matlock before going through the Peak District to Bakewell, Buxton, Stockport, Manchester, Salford, Pendleton, Irlams o ' th ' Height, Pendlebury, Swinton, Walkden, Little Hulton, Bolton, Chorley, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal and Penrith before reaching Carlisle.

There is a fancy rafts event every year on boxing day on the river Derwent from Matlock through Matlock Bath to Cromford Meadows

The Diorites are the cliffs and blocks seen along the Lin valley, through the so-called Little Matlock Gorge, and near Bradgate House.

Under the original scheme, it would have descended from Wirksworth to Cromford using a tunnel and a long viaduct, and proceed parallel to the existing line, but on the west side of the river through Matlock to Rowsley.

The Matlock to Rowsley operated by Peak Rail who also have an interest in the line through Bakewell to Buxton station.

Crossing the river and the main A6 road, the line passes through Holt Lane Tunnel () before entering Matlock Station.

At present, the heritage line operates from Rowsley South through Darley Dale and nearby Matlock Riverside and now terminates at Matlock station in the Down platform ( 2 ), a distance of a little under five miles ( 6 km ).

The line through Matlock which, in those days, was the ' main line ', carried London to Manchester expresses such as the Palatine and the Peaks.

All that is left now is a platform on a single track to Matlock, and the original main Derby to Sheffield line through Hag Wood ( Toadmoor ) Tunnel, Clay Cross and Chesterfield.

The initial plan was for the line to proceed from Ambergate where the ANB & EJR terminated, through Matlock and Buxton to a junction with the Manchester and Birmingham Railway just south of Stockport which would allow it to run into Manchester.

The Manchester and Birmingham had for some time been looking for a route of its own, and had considered a line through the Churnet Valley ( later built by the North Staffordshire Railway ), but had instead supported the alternative Matlock route with a substantial shereholding.

The transpeak service was Trent Barton's longest distance service, from Nottingham through Derby, Belper, Matlock, Bakewell, Buxton and Stockport to Manchester.

Homicide, Division 4, and Matlock Police remained highly popular through the early 1970s, and The Box was a big hit in its premiere year, ranking as Australia's second highest-rated program for 1974.

There are also regular, direct services to Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln, Bedford, Burton upon Trent, Leicester, Loughborough, Tamworth ( for WCML ), Newark ( Castle ), Luton, East Midlands Parkway ( for the Airport ), Birmingham ( New Street ) and Matlock.

Some services extended to Burton upon Trent, Matlock, Barnsley, Leeds, York and Scarborough.

Regular trains between Derby and Matlock on the Derwent Valley Line are almost the only services to stop there, although one main line service per weekday stops each way and the Friends of the Derwent Valley are campaigning for more.

The preserved railway line is currently over 3 and a half miles in length and, as of August 2012, operates train services from Matlock station ( shared with Derwent Valley Line services from Derby via Ambergate ) via the site of Matlock Riverside and Darley Dale to Rowsley South.

Platform 3 is used by a variety of services, EMT local trains to Derby & Matlock, long distance EMT services to Norwich via Grantham, Peterborough, Ely & Thetford, early morning EMT services to London St. Pancras and Northern Rail services to via Sheffield & Barnsley.

Local passenger services are operated by East Midlands Trains from Nottingham via Derby to Matlock.

On 2 July 2011 Peak Rail extended their services from Matlock Riverside station into Matlock ( Network Rail ) station to provide easy interchange between services.

Having, ( from 2 July 2011 onward ), extended a further third of a mile into the Down platform ( 2 ) of the Main station itself, Matlock is now ( currently ) the terminus of the heritage line, interchanging with rail services on the Derwent Valley Line.

The station is served by one operator, East Midlands Trains, with local services from Nottingham via Derby to Matlock along the Derwent Valley Line.

The unmanned station is served by East Midlands Trains, who operate local services from Derby to Matlock via the Derwent Valley Line.

The station is served by East Midlands Trains Local, who operate the services from Nottingham to Matlock via Derby.

In addition, the section from Derby to Ambergate, where the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway diverged, has local services as part of the Derwent Valley Line, whilst the section north from Clay Cross is served by other East Midland Trains services on the Nottingham-Sheffield corridor.

There are then a number of longer distance services for example ' swift ' to Uttoxeter and ' the sixes ' to Belper and Matlock with their unusual numbering system: 6. 1, 6. 2, 6. 3, 6. 4 and 6. X.