Minor railways in the United Kingdom

Train routes in the United Kingdom

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
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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=abandoned (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	[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
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 passenger 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%