United Kingdom minor railways

Railways in UK Mapping the independent and minor railways.

Status: started

Contents 1 Standard Gauge 2 Narrow Gauge 3 Miniature 4 Disused or Abandoned lines (re-puposed, obliterated or otherwise) 5 Incline, Cliff and funicular railways 6 Cable cars, Gondala lifts, chair lifts and passanger ropeways (United Kingdom)

Standard Gauge

Railway name	Route	Sources/Notes
Bodmin & Wenford Railway	Route	100% mapped
Swanage Railway	Route	100% mapped
Isle of Wight Steam Railway	Route	100% mapped
Bluebell Railway	Route	100% mapped, currently from NPE. GPS survey coming fairly soon. GPS tracks north of Horstead Keynes already
The Lavender Line	Route	Isfield station mapped only (at approx location). Operational line apparently continues north for 1 mile.
Spa Valley Railway	Route	Extension to Eridge isn't included yet as this doesn't appear to have re-opened yet.
Kent & East Sussex Railway	Route	100% mapped. Currently from NPE. GPS survey coming soon.
East Kent Railway	Route	Unclear which bits are in operation </br> According to company website Shepperdswell to Eyethorne is operational? ShakespeareFan00 11:40, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Mid Hants Railway Ltd	Route	99% mapped
West Somerset Railway	Route	99% mapped
East Somerset Railway	Route
East Lancashire Railway	Route
Avon Valley Railway	Route
Dean Forest Railway	Route	Station locations only approx. Railway shares way with the border of a forest at one point - probably needs fixing.
Cholsey And Walingford Railway	Route
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway	Route	According to Wikipedia, an extension into Princes Risborough mainline railway station is proposed.
Epping and Ongar Railway	Route	Currently closed, according to website, but extensions planned.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway	Route	100% mapped. lsces tracks and others
Severn Valley Railway	52.53,-2.42125	100% mapped
Nene Valley Railway	Route	100% mapped.
Chasewater Railway	Route	Brownhills West station mapped only
Great Central Raiway	Route
Great Central (Nottingham) Railway	Route
Mid Norfolk	Route	100%? mapped. From NPE.
Churnet Valley Railway	Route
Foxfield Steam Railway	Route	Partially mapped (from NPE)
LLangolen Railway	Route
Wyevernrail
Midland Railway Centre
Peak Rail	Route	most of line mapped from landsat
North Norfolk Railway	Route	100% mapped.
National Railway Museum
North York Moors Railway
South Devon Railway		99% mapped
Boness And Kineel
Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway		99% mapped.

Narrow Gauge

Railway or Museum	OSM Relation or Location	Sources / Notes
Seaton Electric Tramway	Route
Ruslip Lido Railway	Route
Leighton Buzzard Railway	Route
Derwent Valley Railway	53.962,-1.06
Brecon Mountain Railway	Route
Teifi Valley Railway	51.9685,-4.4739
Vale of Rheidol Railway	Route	mapped from NPE
Welshpool And Llanfair Light Railway	Route	line mapped -intermediate stations missing
Talyllyn Railway	Route	mapped -needs confrimation
Corris Railway	Route
Bala Lake Railway	Route	mapped from NPE & references to company website
Welsh Highland Railway	Route
Ffestiniog Railway	Route	mapped from NPE - however extensive deviation therefrom exists on ground at northern end
Snowdon Mountain Railway	Route
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway	not mapped. former route should be railway=abandonded (from NPE)
North Gloucestershire Railway	51.98863,1.92677	not mapped yet

Miniature

Railway	Operator	OSM location	contacted	Map Status	Notes
Ashton Court Miniature Railway	Ashton Court Miniature Railway	[1]	No	75%	From Bing
Bressingham Steam Museum	Bressingham Steam Museum & Gardens		No	0%
Bure Valley Railway	Bure Valley Railway		No	100%	From NPE
Ickenham Minature Railway	Ickenham & District Society of Model Engineers		No	0%
Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway	Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway Adventure Park		No	0%
Eastleigh Park Miniature Railway	Eastleigh Lakeside Railway		No	100%	Mentioned on proposed map features for minature lines.
Fairbourne and Barmouth Steam Railway			No	20%	Mapped very roughly from NPE
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway	Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway	[2]	No	100%
Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway	Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway	[3]	No	100%	From NPE. GPS survey in next few months.
Ruislip Lido Railway	Ruislip Lido Railway Society		No	90%	From Yahoo aerial images- No stations :(
Watford Miniature Railway	Watford Miniature Railway		No	0%
Wells & Walshingham Light Railway	Wells & Walshingham Light Railway		No	100%	From NPE.

Disused or Abandoned lines (re-puposed, obliterated or otherwise)

Railway	OSM Location(s)	Status	Reuse (if applicable)	Map Status	Sources
Edgware and Highgate Railway(part)		Reused	footway		Ground survey
Muswell Hill Railway		reused	footway		Ground survey
Woodside & South Croydon(part)		reused	tramway		Clive's London Underground Guides
Woodside & South Croydon(part)		oblit
Bushey Heath Tube extension		unbuilt-now oblit			Beard,T.;(2002);"By Tube Beyond Edgware"
Croseor Tramway(part)		reused	railway

Incline, Cliff and funicular railways

Location or Railway	Operator	OSM Location	Contacted	OSM Status	Notes
Bridgnorth			No
Folkestone			No
Hastings			No		Two railways - East and West
Lynton and Lynmouth	[[http://www.cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk/ Lynton & Lynmouth Lift company		No
Babbacome	(Unoffical site)		No

Cable cars, Gondala lifts, chair lifts and passanger ropeways (United Kingdom)

(see also OpenPisteMap 's data for ski-tows)

Location or Railway	Type	Operator	OSM Location	Contacted	OSM Status	Notes
Alton Towers	Areial tramway			No	0%
Heights of Abraham	Gondola lift			No	0%
Cairngorm				No
Nevis Range	Gondola lift			No	80%
Glencoe	chairlift			No	90%
Pleasurewood Hills	Chairlift			No	0%
The Needles,Isle of Wight				No	99%
Dudley Zoo				No	90%	NB Abandoned?