| Melbourne Line | |
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| Overview | |
| Owner | LMS (during military use) |
| Locale | Derbyshire, Leicestershire |
| Stations | Worthington, Tonge and Breedon, Melbourne |
| Service | |
| Operator(s) | War Department |
| Depot(s) | Melbourne |
| History | |
| Opened | 1868 (Derby Midland – Melbourne), 1874 (Melbourne – Ashby-de-la-Zouch), 1939 (as military railway) |
| Closed | 1945 (as military railway), 1980 (as civilian railway) |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
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The Melbourne Line was a railway line which ran from Derby to Ashby de la Zouch. It was used by the British Army and Allied engineers during the Second World War from 1939 until late 1944 to prepare them for the invasion of mainland Europe. Engineers practised the demolition and rebuilding of railways and the running and maintenance of a railway line and its rolling stock. There was also a bridge building school at Kings Newton.