Railway Museums & Heritage railways in England Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... List of railway museums in the United Kingdom is a list of railway museums in the United Kingdom. ... This list of British heritage and private railways is intended as a list of railways (railroads) in Britain. ...

Amerton Railway - Appleby Frodingham Railway - Avon Valley Railway - Barrow Hill Engine Shed - Battlefield Line - Bideford and Instow Railway - Birmingham Railway Museum - Bluebell Railway - Bodmin and Wenford Railway - Bowes Railway - Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway - Bressingham Steam Museum - Bristol Harbour Railway - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre - Bure Valley Railway - Cambrian Railway Society - Cambrian Railways Trust - Chasewater Railway - Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway - Cholsey and Wallingford Railway - Churnet Valley Railway - Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway - Colne Valley Railway - Coventry Railway Centre - Darlington Railway Centre and Museum - Dartmoor Railway - Dean Forest Railway - Derwent Valley Light Railway - Didcot Railway Centre - East Anglian Railway Museum - East Kent Railway - East Lancashire Railway - East Somerset Railway - Ecclesbourne Valley Railway - Eden Valley Railway - Elsecar Steam Railway - Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway - Epping-Ongar Railway - Foxfield Light Railway - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway - Great Central Railway - Great Whipsnade Railway - Helston Railway Preservation Company - Hythe Pier Railway - Isle of Wight Steam Railway - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - Kent and East Sussex Railway - Kirklees Light Railway - Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway - Lappa Valley Steam Railway - Launceston Steam Railway - Lavender Line - Leighton Buzzard Light Railway - Llewellyn's Miniature Railway - Lincolnshire Wolds Railway - Lynton and Barnstaple Railway - Mangapps Railway Museum - Mid-Hants "Watercress" Line - Mid-Norfolk Railway - Mid-Suffolk Light Railway - Middleton Railway - Midland Railway Butterley - Moseley Railway Trust - National Railway Museum, York - Nene Valley Railway - North Gloucestershire Railway - North Norfolk Railway - North Tyneside Steam Railway - North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Northampton & Lamport Railway - Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust - Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway - Peak Rail - Perrygrove Railway - Plym Valley Railway - Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway - Ribble Steam Railway - Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway - Rudyard Lake Steam Railway - Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway - Rutland Railway Museum - Seaton Tramway - Severn Valley Railway - Shildon Locomotion Museum - Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway - South Devon Railway Trust - South Tynedale Railway - Spa Valley Railway - Steeple Grange Light Railway - Swanage Railway - Swindon and Cricklade Railway - Tanfield Railway - Telford Steam Railway - Volk's Electric Railway - Walthamstow Pump House Museum - Weardale Railway - Wells and Walsingham Light Railway - Wensleydale Railway - West Somerset Railway - Wisbech and March "Bramleyline" - Yaxham Light Railway Kerr Stuart Tatoo locomotive with passenger train. ... The Appleby Frodingham Railway preservation society based at Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. ... Bitton railway station and yards. ... The Barrow Hill Engine Shed is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Derbyshire. ... The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England. ... The Bideford & Instow Railway Group in Devon are “committed to the reopening of the Barnstaple to Bideford branch of the old London and South Western Railway. ... The Birmingham Railway Museum Trust operates two subsidiaries: Tyseley Locomotive Works and Vintage Trains. ... Sheffield Park Station Exterior The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East Sussex and West Sussex, England. ... GWR 0-6-0PT 5700 Class, no. ... The Bowes Railway built by Robert Stephenson is the worlds only preserved rope-hauled railway system in the world, according the note below. ... The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway is located near Sittingbourne in Kent. ... Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a museum located at a gardens at Diss in Norfolk. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Museum stubs | Bristol | Museums in the UK ... Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. ... The *Bure Valley Railway is a Heritage railway in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park. ... The Cambrian Railways Trust (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Society) is a heritage railway based at Llynclys near Oswestry, Shropshire. ... Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. ... The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is located to the east of Oxford, England. ... The current Wallingford end of the line, with locomotive 701 The Cholsey end of the line, with main line platforms to left and the Wallingford platform to right The Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in the English county of Oxfordshire. ... Winston Churchill at the popular 1940s weekend Steam in the Churnet valley The Churnet Valley Railway is a 5 and 1/4 mile long standard gauge heritage railway based at Cheddleton station to the East of Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire. ... Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a 15 (0. ... Description The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham station, near Halstead in Essex, United Kingdom. ... Coventry Railway Centre is located south of the city, near the airport. ... Darlington Railway Centre and Museum is located on the 1825 route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway which was the worlds first steam powered passenger railway. ... Description The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Meldon, near Okehampton in Devon. ... The Dean Forest Railway is a 4. ... The Derwent Valley Light Railway is a heritage railway link based at Murton to the east of the city of York. ... General view, including engine sheds, of part of the site on a cold January day The Didcot Railway Centre, located in the Oxfordshire town of Didcot, is a comprehensive exhibition of Great Western Railway rolling stock. ... The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, situated on the Great Eastern Railway line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. ... // Description The East Kent Railway (EKR) is a microscopic heritage railway in Kent, England. ... The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire, England. ... The East Somerset Railway operates a 2. ... Stations Wirksworth Idridgehay (proposed) Shottle (proposed) Duffield (proposed) - Transfer to main line services. ... The Eden Valley Railway is located near Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria. ... The Elsecar Steam Railway is located on the old Great Central Railway freight-only branch from a junction near Mexborough in Barnsley, Yorkshire, built to serve collieries and ironworks. ... The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. ... The Epping Ongar Railway operates on a preserved railway along the final section of the old Great Eastern Railway and London Underground Central Line branch line between Epping and Ongar, with an intermediate station at North Weald. ... The combined powers of the JCB and nature have often obliterated all trace of an industrial site. ... GWR 2-8-0T 4200 Class no. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... The Great Whipsnade Railway is a 2ft 6in (762mm) gauge narrow gauge heritage railway that operates within the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park. ... The Helston Railway Preservation Company is a heritage railway trying to rebuild part of the branch line linking Gwinear Road (on the Cornish Main Line) to Helston, in Cornwall, England. ... Hythe Pier from the Hythe shore The pier with the pier train The landward station, with depot and spare locomotive More detail on the spare locomotive The pier head station Contrasting forms of the two ferries Hythe Pier, the Hythe Pier Railway and the Hythe Ferry together provide a transport... Vintage carriage and O2 Class 0-4-4T no. ... Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41241 at Haworth station The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a five-mile (eight-km) long heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England, that runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. ... The Kent & East Sussex Railway was opened by Colonel H.F. Stephens, the railway engineer, in 1900. ... Kirklees light railway is a Narrow gauge railway in Kirklees, consisting of 8 miles (13 km) of 15 inch (381 mm) gauge line running along an old branch line which used to connect Clayton West and Skelmanthorpe with the main Sheffield-Huddersfield line. ... Fairburn tank 42085 at Lakeside station. ... The Lappa Valley Steam Railway is of 15 (375mm) gauge. ... The Launceston Steam Railway in Cornwall operates for 2 miles, on a 2ft (600mm) gauge. ... The Lavender Line is a heritage railway based at Isfield station, near Uckfield in East Sussex. ... The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (LBLR) is a narrow-gauge light railway in the town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England It operates on a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge, and is just under 3mi (4. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is a heritage railway based at Ludborough station, near Grimsby in Lincolnshire. ... The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B) was a narrow-gauge railway running through the rugged and picturesque countryside of Exmoor in North Devon, England. ... The Mangapps Railway Museum (previously Mangapps Farm Railway Museum) is a heritage railway located near Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. ... It has been suggested that Mid Hants Railway be merged into this article or section. ... Class 101 DMU at Dereham. ... The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is a reconstruction of a rural railway station at Brockford, Suffolk. ... The Middleton Railway is the worlds oldest working railway. ... Midland Railway 156 Class 158A in the museum amongst other exhibits. ... The Moseley Railway Trust has its base in south Manchester. ... Locomotives arranged around the turntable in the Great Hall. ... The station viewed from the road A view of the station on the platform The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. ... The North Gloucestershire Railway (NGR) is a narrow gauge railway running alongside the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at Toddington. ... The North Norfolk Railway -- also known as the Poppy Line -- is a heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Sheringham and Holt which is further inland. ... The North Tyneside Steam Railway Association operates this 2-mile standard gauge preserved railway between the Stephenson Railway Museum and near to Percy Main metro station in North Shields. ... A diesel train on the NYMR Goathland station. ... Steam Locomotive 7646 Northampton officially named by the Mayor of Northampton The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire England, and is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, roughly 5 miles (8 km) north of Northampton. ... The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust operates a 1½ mile long heritage railway line at Hunsbury Hill, SW of Northampton. ... A train on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway leaving Kingswear railway station Situated in Devon and arguably one of the most picturesque lines in England, the standard gauge Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway operates from Paignton to Kingswear along the former Great Western Railway line. ... In 1968 the former Midland Railway main line from London to Manchester (originally built as the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway), was closed between Matlock and Buxton in Derbyshire. ... The Perrygrove Railway is a Minimum Gauge Railway running on 15 inch gauge track. ... The Plym Valley Railway is part of the closed Yelverton - Launceston branch line of the Great Western Railway in Cornwall. ... The terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway at Dalegarth Station near Boot. ... The Ribble Steam Railway, located on Preston Docks, is a recently formed project, which opened to the public in September 2005. ... Two 15in trains Preparing train in Hythe The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ... Rudyard Lake Steam Railway The third railway on this site runs for a mile and a half along the side of Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire. ... The Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway is the railway section of the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the United Kingdom. ... Steam Hauled passenger train Demonstration of a Goods Train The Rutland Railway Museum occupies an area of nearly 7 acres (28,000 m²) on part of the former Midland Railway mineral branch line in Rutland. ... Seaton Tramway The Seaton Tramway is a 838 mm (2 ft 9 in) narrow gauge tram line which operates over a former axed British Rail (BR) branch line in Seaton, Devon. ... LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. ... Outside the main building at Locomotion, Shildon, County Durham The Locomotion Museum is part of the National Museum of Science and History (NMSI). ... The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway operates a 2ft (610mm) gauge railway line from Sittingbourne to the banks of the The Swale. ... The South Devon Railway Trust operates this former Great Western Railway branch line from Totnes to Ashburton in Devon, along the River Dart. ... Polish locomotive. ... Jinty 47493. ... The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a narrow gauge railway near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. ... Swanage station is decorated with railway memorabilia. ... The Swindon & Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire operates a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade. ... The Tanfield Railway is a tourist attraction in County Durham, England, operating preserved steam and diesel industrial locomotives. ... Map sources for Telford Steam Railway at grid reference SJ676075 The Telford Steam Railway is a small heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford in Shropshire. ... Half-way station VER Carriages Detail of the tracks in front of the carriage shed showing the electrified third rail. ... The Pump House Museum is a museum in Walthamstow. ... // Line History The Weardale Railway was set up to operate trains along the former North Eastern Railway branch from Bishop Auckland to Eastgate, County Durham. ... The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10. ... A ticket issued by the Wensleydale Railway in 2003. ... At 20 miles, the West Somerset Railway (WSR) is the longest privately owned passenger rail line in the UK. It operates using heritage steam and diesel locomotives, and claims to provide transport for the local community as well as a leisure attraction for visitors. ... The Wisbech and March Bramleyline is an embryonic heritage railway that aims to reinstate services over the disused March to Wisbech line. ... Yaxham Light Railway is a narrow gauge light railway situated adjacent to Yaxham railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. ...