RailRoadFocus website logo
United Kingdom

Railroads of
United Kingdom



Railroad Regional Organisations     Railroad Services & Equipment     Railroad General History

Home : United Kingdom
United Kingdom Railroad History Museums and RailFan sites

Local Time

Webmasters:   Suggest/Modify a local Link   Link to RailRoadFocus!     
    


Results 61 - 75 of 129

  1. Weardale Railway Details
    The Weardale Railway is an independently-owned British single-track branch line heritage railway between Bishop Auckland, Witton-le-Wear, Wolsingham, Frosterley and Stanhope. Weardale Railway began services on 23 May 2010, but decided to run special trains rather than a scheduled service for the 2013 season. The line was purchased by the Auckland Project in 2020 with a view to restarting passenger services.[1] In 2021, a bid was submitted to the 'Restoring Your Railways fund.[2] In October 2021, the Department for Transport allocated funding for the development of a business case.

  2. CRS - Corris Railway Society passenger trains Details
    The Corris Railway is a narrow gauge preserved railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) and Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Mid-Wales. The gauge of the railway is 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) which is unusual, and was shared by only three other public railways in the United Kingdom.

  3. Llangollen Railway passenger trains Details
    The Llangollen Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Llangollen) is a volunteer-run heritage railway in Denbighshire, North Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Corwen. The standard gauge line, which is 10 miles (16 km) long, runs on part of the former Ruabon – Barmouth GWR route that closed in 1965. It operates daily services in the summer as well as weekends throughout the winter months, using a variety of mainly ex-GWR steam locomotives as well as several diesel engines and diesel multiple units.

  4. DFRS - Dean Forest Railway Society passenger trains Details
    The Dean Forest Railway is a 4+1⁄4-mile (6.8 km) long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

  5. GC&BR - Giant's Causeway & Bushmills Railway passenger trains Details
    The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway operating between the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills on the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The line is two miles (3.2 km) long.

  6. EKR - East Kent Railway passenger trains Details
    The White Cliffs Colliery Line. The East Kent Railway is a heritage railway in Kent, England. It is located at Shepherdswell station on the London to Dover Priory direct mainline.

  7. South Tynedale Railway passenger trains Details
    The South Tynedale Railway is a preserved, 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Northern England. The South Tynedale line runs from Alston in Cumbria, down the South Tyne Valley, via Gilderdale, Kirkhaugh and Lintley, then across the South Tyne, Gilderdale and Whitley Viaducts to Slaggyford in Northumberland.

  8. VER - Volk’s Electric Railway passenger trains Details
    Volk's Electric Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway that runs along a length of the seafront of the English seaside resort of Brighton. The line runs between terminal stations at Aquarium (a short distance from the Palace Pier) and Black Rock (at Black Rock, not far from Brighton Marina), with an intermediate station and depot at Halfway. The line has a 2 ft 8+1⁄2 in (825 mm) narrow gauge, is electrified at 110 V DC using a third rail, and is one mile (1.6 km) long.

  9. GWR - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway passenger trains Details
    The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border of the Cotswolds, England. The GWSR has restored and reopened around 14 miles (23 km) of track, operating between Cheltenham Racecourse and Broadway. The most recent extension to Broadway (completed in 2018) involved the company raising £1.38 million. The 28 mile round trip on steam and heritage diesel trains follows part of the route of the former Great Western main line from Birmingham to Cheltenham.

  10. Swanage Railway passenger trains Details
    The Swanage Railway is a railway branch line from near Wareham, Dorset to Swanage, Dorset, England, opened in 1885 and now operated as a heritage railway, operating a 9.5-mile (15.3 km) line which follows the route of the former line from Wareham to Swanage with stops at Norden, Corfe Castle, Harman's Cross and Herston Halt.

  11. Brecon Mountain Railway passenger trains Details
    The Brecon Mountain Railway (Rheilffordd Mynydd Brycheiniog) is a 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) narrow gauge tourist railway on the south side of the Brecon Beacons. It climbs northwards from Pant along the full length of the Pontsticill Reservoir (also called 'Taf Fechan' reservoir by Welsh Water) and continues past the adjoining Pentwyn Reservoir to Torpantau railway station.

  12. Network Rail Details
    Network Rail owns and operates Britains rail infrastructure. We run, maintain and develop Britain’s tracks, signalling system, rail bridges, tunnels, level crossings, viaducts and 17 key stations.

  13. The Foxfield Railway passenger trains Details
    The Foxfield Railway is a preserved Steam Railway in North Staffordshire. Formerly built to carry coal, it now carries visitors on a five mile round journey through the picturesque Staffordshire Moorland scenery. The railway is home to some 28 Steam, Diesel and Electric locomotives along with a wide variety of Coaches and Freight vehicles many of which are on display at the Caverswall Road Station headquarters, Blythe Bridge, Stoke on Trent.

  14. Launceston Steam Railway passenger trains Details
    The Launceston Steam Railway is a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway, in Cornwall, England. The heritage railway operates from the town of Launceston to Newmills, where there is a farm park; it is 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) long.

  15. Llanberis Lake Railway passenger trains Details
    The Llanberis Lake Railway is a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway that runs for 2.5 miles (4 km) along the northern shore of Llyn Padarn in north Wales in the Snowdonia National Park. The starting point is the village of Llanberis at the eastern end of the lake, with the western terminus at Pen Llyn in the Padarn Country Park. The return journey takes around 60 minutes.

     
Switch to page [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]   5   [6]   [7]   [8]   [9]  

Lodging AccommodationHotels in United Kingdom

Search for:
                        Search Tip: Do not use the word  railway  in your search


Copyright © 2006-2022 Rang Ltd     Contact email or form
Disclaimer & Copyright   Privacy Policy
Advertising information
  To link to RailRoadFocus Click here!

Back to Top of the page