A petition has been launched calling for a rail service from Carlton to Matlock to be reinstated.
The petition states: “In June 2021, East Midlands Railway (EMR) withdrew the direct service to Matlock. This was allegedly due to staff being ‘pinged’ and EMR, like many others, were seeing high levels of employees isolating.
“However, in October 2021, the permanent withdrawal of this service effective from December’s Timetable Change was decided. It’s also noted that this service previously travelled beyond Nottingham to Newark prior to this change.
“This has seen a huge level of disruption to passengers travelling for leisure, education and employment. A single journey has typically increased from 45 minutes to nearly 2 hours at peak hours.
They added: “Commuters are switching to cars and this is likely to be having an impact on air quality around these locations.
East Midlands Railway are yet to respond.
The petition can be viewed HERE
