Minor railways in the United Kingdom
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Mapping the independent and minor railways. | |
Status | started |
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Page infrequently updated or archived This page is infrequently updated or could be considered as archived. The content may no longer be accurate or up to date. |
Standard Gauge
Railway name | Route | Sources/Notes |
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Avon Valley Railway | Route![]() |
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Bluebell Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped, currently from NPE. GPS survey coming fairly soon. GPS tracks north of Horstead Keynes already |
Bodmin & Wenford Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped |
Boness And Kineel | ||
Chasewater Railway | Route![]() |
Brownhills West station![]() |
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway | Route![]() |
According to Wikipedia, an extension into Princes Risborough mainline railway station is proposed. |
Cholsey And Walingford Railway | Route![]() |
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Churnet Valley Railway | Route![]() |
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Dean Forest Railway | Route![]() |
Station locations only approx. Railway shares way with the border of a forest at one point - probably needs fixing. |
East Kent Railway | Route![]() |
Unclear which bits are in operation According to company website Shepperdswell to Eyethorne is operational? ShakespeareFan00 11:40, 3 July 2009 (UTC) |
East Lancashire Railway | Route![]() |
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East Somerset Railway | Route![]() |
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Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway | Route![]() |
90% mapped |
Epping and Ongar Railway | Route![]() |
Currently closed, according to website, but extensions planned. |
Foxfield Steam Railway | Route![]() |
Partially mapped (from NPE). Steepest (1:19) standard gauge adhesion railway in Britain (they claim) |
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped. lsces tracks and others |
Great Central (Nottingham) Railway | Route![]() |
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Great Central Railway | Route![]() |
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Isle of Wight Steam Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped |
Kent & East Sussex Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped. Currently from NPE. GPS survey coming soon. |
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped |
LLangolen Railway | Route![]() |
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Mid Hants Railway Ltd | Route![]() |
99% mapped |
Mid Norfolk | Route![]() |
100%? mapped. From NPE. |
Midland Railway Centre | ||
National Railway Museum | ||
Nene Valley Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped. |
North Norfolk Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped. |
North York Moors Railway | ||
Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway | 99% mapped. | |
Peak Rail | Route![]() |
most of line mapped from landsat |
Severn Valley Railway | 52°31′48.00″ N, 2°25′16.50″ W | 100% mapped |
South Devon Railway | 99% mapped | |
Spa Valley Railway | Route![]() |
Extension to Eridge isn't included yet as this doesn't appear to have re-opened yet. |
Swanage Railway | Route![]() |
100% mapped |
The Lavender Line | Route![]() |
Isfield station mapped only (at approx location). Operational line apparently continues north for 1 mile. |
West Somerset Railway | Route![]() |
99% mapped |
Wyevernrail |
Narrow Gauge
Railway or Museum | OSM Relation or Location | Sources / Notes |
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Bala Lake Railway | Route![]() |
mapped from NPE & references to company website |
Brecon Mountain Railway | Route![]() |
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Corris Railway | Route![]() |
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Derwent Valley Railway | 53°57′43.20″ N, 1°03′36.00″ W | |
Ffestiniog Railway | Route![]() |
mapped from NPE - however extensive deviation therefrom exists on ground at northern end |
Leighton Buzzard Railway | Route![]() |
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Lynton & Barnstaple Railway | not mapped. former route should be railway=abandoned (from NPE) | |
North Gloucestershire Railway | 51°59′19.07″ N, 1°55′36.37″ E | not mapped yet |
Ruslip Lido Railway | Route![]() |
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Seaton Electric Tramway | Route![]() |
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Snowdon Mountain Railway | Route![]() |
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Talyllyn Railway | Route![]() |
mapped -needs confrimation |
Teifi Valley Railway | 51°58′06.60″ N, 4°28′26.04″ W | |
Vale of Rheidol Railway | Route![]() |
mapped from NPE |
Welsh Highland Railway | Route![]() |
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Welshpool And Llanfair Light Railway | Route![]() |
line mapped -intermediate stations missing |
Miniature
Railway | Gauge | Operator | OSM location | contacted | Map Status | Notes |
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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 | ||
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 | |||
Hambleton Valley Miniature Railway | 7¼" | HVMR | No | 0% | ||
Ickenham Minature Railway | Ickenham & District Society of Model Engineers | No | 0% | |||
Millerbeck Light Railway | 7¼" | Millerbeck Light Railway | Circuit | No | 99% | |
Pixie Line | 7¼" | Pixie Line | [2] | No | 50% | From Bing, website photos and YouTube videos. GPS trace needed, Pixie Halt to be added. |
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway | 15" | Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway | [3] | No | 100% | |
Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway | Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway | [4] | 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-purposed, obliterated, or otherwise)
Railway | OSM Location(s) | Status | Reuse (if applicable) | Map Status | Sources |
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Bushey Heath Tube extension | unbuilt-now oblit | Beard,T.;(2002);"By Tube Beyond Edgware" | |||
Croseor Tramway(part) | reused | railway | |||
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 |
Incline, cliff, rack and funicular railways
Location or Railway | Operator | OSM Location | Contacted | Map Status | Notes |
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Babbacome | (Unoffical site) | 18/50.4817/-3.5167 | No | 100% | |
Birmingham Airport 'AirRail Link' to railway station | 18/52.45182/-1.72943 | No | 100% | Funicular pair on ex Maglev tracks | |
Bridgnorth | 18/52.53428/-2.41794 | No | 100% | ||
Folkestone | No | ||||
Hastings | No | Two railways - East and West | |||
Lynton and Lynmouth | Lynton & Lynmouth Lift company | No | |||
Snowdon Mountain Railway | Route![]() |
No | 100% | Rack railway |
Cable cars, Gondola lifts, chair lifts and passenger ropeways (United Kingdom)
(see also OpenPisteMap 's data for ski-tows)
Location or Railway | Type | Operator | OSM Location | Contacted | Map Status | Notes |
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Alton Towers | Areial tramway | No | 0% | |||
Cairngorm | No | |||||
Dudley Zoo | No | 90% | Abandoned? | |||
Glencoe | chairlift | No | 90% | |||
Heights of Abraham | Gondola lift | No | 0% | |||
Nevis Range | Gondola lift | No | 80% | |||
Pleasurewood Hills | Chairlift | No | 0% | |||
The Needles,Isle of Wight | No | 99% |