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Heritage railways in England
List of British heritage and private railways
This list is intended as a list of railways (railroads) in Britain. For rail museums see List of British railway museums. More links at foot of page.
Many of these railways were originally lines closed by British Railways under the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and reopened as private and / or heritage lines.
England
- Appleby Frodingham Railway
- Avon Valley Railway
- The Battlefield Line Railway, Shackerstone, Leicestershire
- Bluebell Railway - 9 miles crossing between East Sussex and West Sussex, Standard Gauge
- Bodmin & Wenford Railway - 6.5 miles in Cornwall, Standard Gauge
- Bowes Railway
- Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
- Bure Valley Railway - 9 miles in Norfolk, Narrow Gauge
- Chasewater Railway
- Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
- Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
- Churnet Valley Railway
- Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, Yorkshire
- Colne Valley Railway, Lancashire
- Dartmoor Railway
- Dean Forest Railway
- Derwent Valley Light Railway, Derbyshire
- East Kent Railway, Kent
- East Lancashire Railway - 4 miles in Lancashire, Standard Gauge
- East Somerset Railway
- Eden Valley Railway
- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, North Yorkshire
- Foxfield Light Railway
- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
- Great Central Railway - 12 miles in Leicestershire, Standard Gauge
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - 5 miles in West Yorkshire, Standard Gauge
- Kent & East Sussex Railway
- Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway - 3.5 miles in Cumbria, Standard Gauge
- Lappa Valley Steam Railway
- Launceston Steam Railway
- Lavender Line, East Sussex
- Leighton Buzzard Railway
- Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, Lincolnshire
- London Post Office Railway - not open to the public
- Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, Devon
- Mid Hants Watercress Railway, Hampshire
- Mid Norfolk Railway, Norfolk
- Mid Suffolk Light Railway, Suffolk
- Middleton Railway, West Yorkshire
- Nene Valley Railway, Northamptonshire
- North Norfolk Railway, - 10.5 miles in Norfolk, Standard Gauge
- North Tyneside Steam Railway
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway, North Yorkshire
- location for Aidensfield in TV series Heartbeat
- Northampton & Lamport Railway
- Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, Devon
- Reak Rail, Derbyshire
- Plym Valley Railway
- Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, Cumbria
- Ribble Steam Railway, Lancashire
- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - 13.5 miles in Kent, Narrow Gauge
- Seaton Tramway, Devon
- Severn Valley Railway - 16 miles in Shropshire and Worcestershire, Standard Gauge
- Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, Kent
- Somerset & Dorset Railway
- South Devon Railway
- South Tynedale Railway on the border between Cumbria and Northumberland
- Spa Valley Railway
- Swanage Railway (The Purbeck Line)
- Swindon and Cricklade Railway
- West Somerset Railway - 20 miles in Somerset, Standard Gauge
Scotland
Wales
See also
Referenced By
Heritage railway
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