List of British heritage and private railways
List of British heritage and private railwaysThis 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.
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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
- location for film The Railway Children
- 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
- Location for the movies The Land Girls and A Hard Day's Night
- Location for the movies The Land Girls and A Hard Day's Night
Scotland
- Alford Valley Railway
- Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway - by the Firth of Forth, Standard Gauge
- Caledonian Railway (Brechin) - 4 miles in Angus, Standard Gauge
- Keith and Dufftown Railway
- Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway
- Mull Rail
- Royal Deeside Railway
- Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
- Strathspey Steam Railway
Wales
- Bala Lake Railway
- Brecon Mountain Railway - ??? miles in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Narrow Gauge
- Corris Railway - 1 mile in Gwynedd, Narrow Gauge
- Fairbourne & Barmouth Steam Railway
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- Gwili Railway
- Llanberis Lake Railway
- Llangollen Railway
- Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway
- Rhyl Miniature Railway
- Snowdon Mountain Railway
- Talyllyn Railway - 7 miles in Gwynedd, Narrow Gauge
- Vale of Rheidol Railway
- Welsh Highland Railway
- Welshpool & Llanfair Railway