British Heritage and Private Railways List of British heritage and private railways This list is intended as a list of railways (railroads) in Britain. ...

England:

Appleby - Avon Valley - Barrow Hill - Battlefield Line - Bideford & Instow - Birmingham Rly. Mus. - Bluebell - Bodmin & Wenford - Bowes - Bredgar & Wormhill - Buckinghamshire Rly. Centre - Bure Valley - Chasewater - Chinnor & Princes Risborough - Cholsey & Wallingford - Churnet Valley - Cleethorpes - Colne Valley - Coventry - Dartmoor - Dean Forest - Derwent Valley - Didcot - East Anglian Rly. Mus. - East Kent - East Lancs. - East Somerset - Ecclesbourne Valley - Eden Valley - Elsecar - Embsay - Epping-Ongar - Foxfield - Glos. Warks. - Great Central - Isle of Wight - Keighley - Kent & East Sussex - Kirklees - Lakeside & Haverthwaite - Lappa Valley - Launceston - Lavender - Leighton Buzzard - Lincolnshire Wolds - Lynton & Barnstaple - Mangapps Rly. Mus. - Mid-Hants - Mid-Norfolk - Mid-Suffolk - Middleton - Midland Rly. Centre - National Rly. Mus. - Nene Valley - North Norfolk - North Tyneside - North Yorkshire Moors - Northampton & Lamport - Northamptonshire Ironstone - Paignton & Dartmouth - Peak - Plym Valley - Ravenglass & Eskdale - Ribble - Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch - Rutland - Seaton - Severn Valley - Sittingbourne - South Devon - South Tynedale - Spa Valley - Swanage - Swindon & Cricklade - Telford - Walthamstow - Weardale - Wensleydale - West Somerset - Wisbech & March A railway preservation society. ... 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 Great Western Railway. ... The Birmingham Railway Museum Trust operates two subsidiaries: Tyseley Locomotive Works and Vintage Trains. ... The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East Sussex and West Sussex, England. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Heritage railways | British visitor attractions | Cornwall ... 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. ... Quainton railway station at Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England was the northern terminus of the Wotton (later Brill) Tramway. ... The Bure Valley Railway is a Heritage railway in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park. ... 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 Cholsey & Wallingford Railway operates along part of the branch railway from Wallingford on the Great Western Railway main line, 12 miles north of Reading. ... The Churnet Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway located to the west 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. ... Categories: Stub | Heritage railways ... 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 short 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 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 a preserved railway along the final section of the old Great Eastern Railway branch line between Epping and Ongar. ... GWR 2-8-0T 4200 Class, no. ... The GCR is the only heritage railway in the country with double track The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire. ... The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is a heritage railway line on the Isle of Wight, an offshore island of England. ... Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41241 at Haworth station The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a five mile (8 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. ... The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway is a heritage railway in Cumbria, England. ... 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 preserved railway operates in East Sussex near Uckfield. ... The Leighton Buzzard Railway is a narrow-gauge light railways survivor in Bedfordshire, having been built in the 1920s to transport sand. ... Description The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is a heritage railway based at Ludborough station, near Grimsby in Lincolnshire. ... The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway was a narrow-gauge railway through Exmoor in North Devon, England which operated between 1898 and 1935. ... The Mangapps Railway Museum (previously Mangapps Farm Railway Museum) is a heritage railway located near Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. ... The Mid Hants Watercress Railway is a heritage railway in Hampshire, England, running 10 miles from Alresford to Alton where it connects to the national rail network. ... The Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust was established in 1995 with the aim of buying and restoring the then-disused line between the Norfolk market towns of Dereham and Wymondham in Norfolk. ... 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. ... The Midland Railway, Butterley is a complex of railway museum exhibits in Derbyshire, within the Midland Railway Centre. ... The Great Hall at the NRM with LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard The National Railway Museum (NRM) in York forms part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry. ... The Nene Valley Railway is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough and Yarwell Junction. ... Description 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 at the Stephenson Railway Museum, North Shields. ... A diesel train on the NYMR The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. ... Description 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 Trust operates a 2. ... The standard gauge Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway operates along the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, from Paignton to Churston along a now closed Great Western Railway branch to Kingswear. ... In 1968 the former Midland Railway main line from London to Manchester was closed between Matlock, Derbyshire and Buxton in Derbyshire. ... The Plym Valley Railway is part of the closed Yelverton - Launceston branch line of the Great Western Railway in Cornwall. ... The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a heritage railway in Cumbria, England. ... The Ribble Steam Railway, located on Preston Docks, is a recently formed project, still not open to the public External links The Railway website Categories: Stub ... The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ... 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. ... The Seaton Tramway is a narrow gauge tram line which operates over a former axed British rail branch line in Seaton, Devon. ... Class 108 2-car DMU nos. ... 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 is a railway is run by a charity organisation, the South Devon Railway Trust, they run the railway between Buckfastleigh and Totnes in southern Devon. ... South Tynedale Ralway is a heritage railway in Cumbria and Englands highest narrow gauge railway. ... The Spa Valley Railway is a standard gauge line that runs between Tunbridge Wells and Groombridge in Kent, a distance of 3½ miles. ... 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 Telford Steam Railway is a heritage railway located at Dawley, near Telford in Shropshire. ... The Pump House Museum is a museum in Walthamstow. ... The Weardale Railway was set up to operate trains along the once North Eastern Railway branch from Bishop Auckland to Wearhead in County Durham. ... Wensleydale Railway plc took over running passenger trains on a length of the railway that previously linked Northallerton with Hawes in 2003: the railway had been almost closed apart from very occasional freight trains to Catterick. ... 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, but provides transport to 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. ...

Scotland:

Alford Valley - Bo'ness & Kinneil - Caledonian - Keith & Dufftown - Leadhills & Wanlockhead - Isle of Mull - Royal Deeside - Scottish Industrial Rly. Centre - Strathspey The Alford Valley Railway, built in 1859, was a Great North of Scotland Railway branch line from Kintore, northwest of Aberdeen. ... The Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, operates virtually the entire Bo’ness branch of the former North British Railway on the Firth of Forth. ... Description The Caledonian Railway (Brechin) Ltd is a private limited company formed by a group of steam railway enthusiasts, the Brechin Railway Preservation Society, with the object of operating a railway service on the former Caledonian Railway line between Brechin and Montrose. ... The Keith & Dufftown Railway (“The Whisky Line”) operates part of the former Great North of Scotland Railway line which linked Aberdeen with Aviemore. ... The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway a 2ft (610mm) line, is laid on the trackbed of a former Caledonian Railway branch leading off the main line between Carlisle and Edinburgh. ... The Isle of Mull Railway operates a 260mm line, 1. ... The Royal Deeside Railway was formed by a Preservation Society with the intention of reclaiming part of the Great North of Scotland Railway branch from Aberdeen to Ballater. ... The Strathspey Railway operates a 5 mile (8 km) preserved railway, part of the former Highland Railway line which linked Aviemore with Forres. ...

Wales:

Bala Lake - Brecon Mountain - Bridgend Valley - Cambrian Rly. Soc. - Cambrian Rly. Trust - Corris - Fairbourne - Ffestiniog - Gwili - Llanberis Lake - Llangollen - Narrow Gauge Rly. Mus. - Pontypool & Blaenavon - Rhyl - Snowdon Mountain - Swansea Vale - Talyllyn - Vale of Glamorgan - Vale of Rheidol - Welsh Highland - Welshpool & Llanfair The Bala Lake Railway operates at Bala Lake, Gwynedd for a distance of 4. ... One of the locomotives on the Brecon Mountain Railway Brecon Mountain Railway is a rail line that runs through the Brecon Beacons along the full length of the Taf Fechan Reservoir. ... The Cambrian Railway Society (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Trust) is located at Oswestry, and plans to restore to branch line to Nantmawr. ... The Cambrian Railway Trust (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Society) is a heritage railway based at Llynclys near Oswestry. ... The Corris Railway was a narrow gauge (686 mm, 2 ft 3 in ) railway line running along the Dulas Valley, in Mid-Wales, UK. It began as a horse tramroad in the 1850s, connecting the slate quarries in the districts around Corris with the estuary of the Dyfi river at... The Fairbourne Railway is a privately-owned narrow-gauge railway in Gwynedd, North Wales. ... The Ffestiniog Railway (in Welsh Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway, located in Snowdonia in north west Wales. ... The Gwili Steam Railway (in Welsh, Rheilffordd Ager Y Gwili) operates from Abergwili Junction (nearCarmarthen) in South Wales along a short section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway closed for passenger traffic in 1965 and lifted in 1973. ... The loco “Dolbadarn” pulls into the Llanberis station which was opened in June 2003. ... The Llangollen Railway is a preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which runs from Llangollen to Carrog. ... The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum is situated in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales. ... A train at Llanberis station The Snowdon Mountain Railway is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Wales. ... Locomotive no. ... Train taking on water, Vale of Rheidol Railway The Vale of Rheidol Railway is a narrow-gauge (1 foot 11¾ inches) heritage railway that runs for 11¾ miles between Aberystwyth and Devils Bridge (Pont yr Fynach (Welsh) - Bridge over the Mynach) - in Wales, UK. It was the last steam line... The Welsh Highland Railway is a narrow gauge railway in Wales. ... The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) is a narrow gauge heritage railway in Wales. ...

Northern Ireland:

Donegal - Downpatrick - Giant's Causeway Downpatrick Railway Museum is a heritage railway in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... The Giants Causeway & Bushmills Railway operates a narrow gauge 3ft (900mm) line between Giants Causeway and the old Bushmills distillery in Northern Ireland. ...

Channel Islands: Alderney Railway The Alderney Railway in Alderney is the only working railway in the Channel Islands. ...

Isle of Man:

Douglas Horse Tram - Groudle Glen - IoM Steam - Manx Electric - Snaefell The Douglas Horse Tram is a horse-drawn tramway located in the town of Douglas on the Isle of Man. ... External link Notes on the Railway Categories: Substubs ... Categories: Heritage railways | Stub ... The Manx Electric Railway is an electric interurban tramway connecting the towns of Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey on the Isle of Man. ... The Snaefell Mountain Railway is an electric mountain railway connecting the town of Laxey with the summit of Snaefell Mountain which is, at 2036 feet high, the highest point on the Isle of Man. ...