High Marnham Test Track

[6] Network Rail announced their intention for the reopening between Thoresby Colliery Junction and High Marnham on 10 July 2009.

[8] In November 2011 local people were reminded about the operational nature of the test track following acts of trespass.

[1]: 5, 11  The Lodge Lane area also contains portacabins for visiting staff, and a 300-square-metre (3,200 sq ft) inspection shed for railway vehicles.

RFID tags are placed on the track, and contact with a central signalling location is maintained by using encryption over traditional GSM networks and off-the-shelf portable computers used for the cab display.

[13] In October 2013 a new high output "factory train" which will be used on Great Western Main Line electrification is due to be brought from Germany to the test track for trialling and staff familiarisation.

Thoresby Colliery Junction and signal box. Colliery trains turn left into the siding, while the double-track test track begins straight ahead
"Start of Staff Section" sign on the last signal post marking the start of the unsignalled test track main line.
North limit of clearance on the Bevercotes Colliery Branch section of the test track in 2012, just north of Boughton Brake Tunnel