Minor railways in the United Kingdom
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Mapping the independent and minor railways. | |
| Status | started |
|---|---|
Standard Gauge
| Railway name | Route | Sources/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avon Valley Railway | Route Route | |
| Bluebell Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped, currently from NPE. GPS survey coming fairly soon. GPS tracks north of Horstead Keynes already |
| Bodmin & Wenford Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped |
| Boness And Kineel | ||
| Chasewater Railway | Route Route | Brownhills West station Brownhills West station mapped only |
| Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway | Route Route | According to Wikipedia, an extension into Princes Risborough mainline railway station is proposed. |
| Cholsey And Walingford Railway | Route Route | |
| Churnet Valley Railway | Route Route | |
| Dean Forest Railway | Route Route | Station locations only approx. Railway shares way with the border of a forest at one point - probably needs fixing. |
| East Kent Railway | Route 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 Route | |
| East Somerset Railway | Route Route | |
| Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway | Route Route | 90% mapped |
| Epping and Ongar Railway | Route Route | Currently closed, according to website, but extensions planned. |
| Foxfield Steam Railway | Route Route | Partially mapped (from NPE). Steepest (1:19) standard gauge adhesion railway in Britain (they claim) |
| Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped. lsces tracks and others |
| Great Central (Nottingham) Railway | Route Route | |
| Great Central Railway | Route Route | |
| Isle of Wight Steam Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped |
| Kent & East Sussex Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped. Currently from NPE. GPS survey coming soon. |
| Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped |
| LLangolen Railway | Route Route | |
| Mid Hants Railway Ltd | Route Route | 99% mapped |
| Mid Norfolk | Route Route | 100%? mapped. From NPE. |
| Midland Railway Centre | ||
| National Railway Museum | ||
| Nene Valley Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped. |
| North Norfolk Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped. |
| North York Moors Railway | ||
| Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway | 99% mapped. | |
| Peak Rail | Route 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 Route | Extension to Eridge isn't included yet as this doesn't appear to have re-opened yet. |
| Swanage Railway | Route Route | 100% mapped |
| The Lavender Line | Route Route | Isfield station mapped only (at approx location). Operational line apparently continues north for 1 mile. |
| West Somerset Railway | Route Route | 99% mapped |
| Wyevernrail | ||
Narrow Gauge
| Railway or Museum | OSM Relation or Location | Sources / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bala Lake Railway | Route Route | mapped from NPE & references to company website |
| Brecon Mountain Railway | Route Route | |
| Corris Railway | Route Route | |
| Derwent Valley Railway | 53°57′43.20″ N, 1°03′36.00″ W | |
| Ffestiniog Railway | Route Route | mapped from NPE - however extensive deviation therefrom exists on ground at northern end |
| Leighton Buzzard Railway | Route Route | |
| Lynton & Barnstaple Railway | not mapped. former route should be railway=abandonded (from NPE) | |
| North Gloucestershire Railway | 51°59′19.07″ N, 1°55′36.37″ E | not mapped yet |
| Ruslip Lido Railway | Route Route | |
| Seaton Electric Tramway | Route Route | |
| Snowdon Mountain Railway | Route Route | |
| Talyllyn Railway | Route Route | mapped -needs confrimation |
| Teifi Valley Railway | 51°58′06.60″ N, 4°28′26.04″ W | |
| Vale of Rheidol Railway | Route Route | mapped from NPE |
| Welsh Highland Railway | Route Route | |
| Welshpool And Llanfair Light Railway | Route Route | line mapped -intermediate stations missing |
Miniature
| Railway | Gauge | Operator | OSM location | contacted | Map Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Court Miniature Railway | Ashton Court Miniature Railway | 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 | No | 50% | From Bing, website photos and YouTube videos. GPS trace needed, Pixie Halt to be added. | |
| Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway | 15" | Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway | No | 100% | ||
| Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway | Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Route | No | 100% | Rack railway |
Cable cars, Gondola lifts, chair lifts and passanger ropeways (United Kingdom)
(see also OpenPisteMap 's data for ski-tows)
| Location or Railway | Type | Operator | OSM Location | Contacted | Map Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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