Complete list of Britain`s Preserved Railways

[shredder1]

You added Aln Valley, but not the Bowes... probably too much in my post to take it all in!

Good man, did the Bowes last year, just added it thank you

 

[shredder1]

Another missing funicular is the one (most of the way) up Cairn Gorm.

Ah yes of course, thank you, I think I need a funicular list I suspect there are a lot more

 

[shredder1]

Preserved Railways, new build tourist attractions and funiculars in Great Britain.


Aberporth, Clausen Rolling Platform

Aberystwyth Cliff Railway

Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Cliff Railway

Alderney Railway

Alford Valley Railway
Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre

Aln Valley Railway

Apedale Valley Light Railway

Aviemore, Cairngorm Mountain Railway

Avon Valley Railway

Babbacombe Cliff Railway

Bala Lake Railway

Barry Tourist Railway

Battlefield Line

Beamish – The Living Museum of the North Chester le Street

Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llechwedd Slate Caverns

Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway

Bodmin & Wenford Railway

Bournemouth East Cliff Railway

Bournemouth Fisherman's Walk Cliff Railway

Bournemouth West Cliff Railway

Bowes Railway

Brecon Mountain Railway

Bressingham Railway and Gardens

Bristol Dock`s Railway

Broadstairs, Broadstairs Cliff Railway – single car, all in tunnel [41]

Brookside Miniature Railway

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Bure Valley Railway Colne Valley Railway

Cairn Gorm Funicular

Caledonian Railway

Cambrian Railway, (Oswestry).

Cavan and Leitrim Railway, County Leitrim

Chapel and Wakes Railway

Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway

Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway

Cholsey and Wallingford Railway

Churnet Valley Railway

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway

Colne Valley Railway

Corris Railway

Crich Tramway Village

Crowle Peatland Railway

Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company

Dean Forest Railway

Derwent Valley Light Railway

Didcot Railway Centre

Didcot, STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway

Douglas Head Incline Railway

Douglas: Falcon Cliff Lift (1887–1990)

Downpatrick & County Down Railway preservation society of Ireland
Giant's Causeway tramway
Fairbourne Steam Railway

Foyle Valley Railway

East Anglian Light Railway/East Anglian Transport Museum

East Anglian Railway Museum , Chapel and Wakes.

East Kent Railway

East Lancashire Railway

East Somerset Railway

Ebbw Vale Cableway (opened 2015, 75 foot rise)

Ebbw Vale Garden Festival, Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

Eden Valley Railway, Warcrop

Elsecar Heritage Railway

Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

Epping Ongar Railway

Evesham Vale Light Railway

Exbury Gardens Steam Railway

Exbury Gardens steam railway

Ffestiniog Railway

Fife Heritage Railway

Fintown Railway,

Folkestone, Leas Lift – a water-balance type [42] (reopened 2010)

Foxfield Railway

Garne Valley Railway, (Bridgend

Gartell Light Railway

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Great Britain`s, preserved and new build tourist railways

Great Central Railway

Great Orme Tramway

Great Whipsnade Railway

Groudle Glen Railway

Gwili Steam Railway

Hastings East Cliff Railway

Hastings East Hill Cliff Railway

Hastings West Cliff Railway

Hastings West Hill Cliff Railway

Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum

Helston Railway

Hythe Pier Tramway

Isle of Man Steam Railway

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Keith & Dufftown Railway

Kent & East Sussex Railway

Kidderminster Funicular

Kirklees Light Railway

Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway

Launceston Steam Railway

Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway

Leighton Buzzard Railway

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

Lizard, The Lizard Lifeboat Station (RNLI)

Llanberis Lake Railway

Llangollen Railway

Locomotion’ - NRM Shildon

London, London Millennium Funicular (opened 2003)[43]

Lynchet Railway, (Cambrian Railway)

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway

Machynlleth, Centre for Alternative Technology, CAT Funicular

Manchester, URBIS Museum[44]

Mangotts Farm Railway Museum

Manx Electric Railway

Margate, Margate Cliff Railway (Cliftonville Lido) (1913-1970s) – single-car, parallel to cliff

Mid Hants Railway - ‘Watercress Line’

Midland Railway, Butterley

Mid-Norfolk Railway

Midsomer Norton

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

National Railway Museum

Nene Valley Railway

North Norfolk Railway - (The Poppy Line)

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Northampton & Lamport Railway

Padstow, Padstow Cliff Railway (RNLI]

Peak Rail

Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway

Port Soderick, Port Soderick Beach Funicular

Princess Rishborough

Purbeck mining museum.

Pym Valley Railway

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

Rhyl Lakeside Railway

Ribble Steam Railway

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

Royal Deeside Railway
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway

Rutland Rocks by Rail

Salburn Cliff Railway

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Saltburn Cliff Lift

Scarborough Central Tramway (opened 1880)

Scarborough North Cliff Lift (1930–1996)

Scarborough Queens Parade Cliff Lift (1878–1887)

Scarborough South Cliff Lift (opened 1873)

Scarborough St Nicholas Cliff Lift (1929–2006)

Seaton Tramway

Sennen Cove (private funicular)

Severn Valley Railway

Shipley Glen Tramway

Sittingbourne Steam Railway

Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway,

Snaefell Mountain Railway

Snowdon Mountain Railway

Somerset/Dorset:
S&DR Heritage Trust
Shillingstone Railway Project
Farrell Railway
Yeovil Railway Centre
Devon Railway Centre - Bickleigh
Dartmoor Railway
Beer Height Railway - Pecorama, Beer.
Christow - TeignRail
Bickington Steam Railway - Trago Mills.
Bere Ferrers - Heritage Centre
Bicton Park Railway
Lappa Valley Railway

South Devon Railway

South Tynedale Railway

Spa Valley Railway

St Michael's Mount, St. Michael's Mount Tramway (private underground goods funicular)

Stafold Barn Railway

Stainmore Railway, Kirkby Stephen East

Steeple Grange Railway

Stephenson Railway Museum

Strathspey Railway

Swanage Railway

Swansea, Constitution Hill Incline Tramway

Swindon and Cricklaide Railway

Talyllyn Railway

Tanfield Railway

Tannat Valley Railway

Teifi Valley Railway

The Bluebell Railway

The Lavender Line

Tralee and Dingle Light Railway,.

Vale of Rheidol Railway

Volks Electric Railway, Brighton

Wakefield, National Coal Mining Museum[48]

Waterford & Suir Valley Railway, from Waterford to Mallow.

Weardale Railway

Wells & Walsingham Light Railway

Welsh Highland Railway

Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway

Wensleydale Railway

West Clare Railway,.

West Lancs Railway

West Somerset Railway

Windsor, Legoland, Legoland Hill Train (formerly Windsor Safari Park Funicular)

 

[shredder1]

Preserved Railways, new build tourist attractions and funiculars in Great Britain.


Aberporth, Clausen Rolling Platform

Aberystwyth Cliff Railway

Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Cliff Railway

Alderney Railway

Alford Valley Railway

Aln Valley Railway

Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre

Amerton Railway

Apedale Valley Light Railway

Aviemore, Cairngorm Mountain Railway

Avon Valley Railway

Babbacombe Cliff Railway

Bala Lake Railway

Barry Tourist Railway

Battlefield Line

Beamish – The Living Museum of the North Chester le Street

Beer Height Railway - Pecorama, Beer.

Bere Ferrers - Heritage Centre

Bickington Steam Railway - Trago Mills.

Bicton Park Railway

Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llechwedd Slate Caverns

Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway

Bodmin & Wenford Railway

Bournemouth East Cliff Railway

Bournemouth Fisherman's Walk Cliff Railway

Bournemouth West Cliff Railway

Bowes Railway

Brecon Mountain Railway

Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway

Bressingham Railway and Gardens

Bristol Dock`s Railway

Broadstairs, Broadstairs Cliff Railway – single car, all in tunnel

Brookside Miniature Railway

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Bure Valley Railway Colne Valley Railway

Cairn Gorm Funicular

Caledonian Railway

Cambrian Railway, (Oswestry).

Carnforth MPD

Cavan and Leitrim Railway, County Leitrim

Chapel and Wakes Railway

Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway

Cholsey and Wallingford Railway

Christow - TeignRail

Churnet Valley Railway

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway

Colne Valley Railway

Corris Railway

Crich Tramway Village

Crowle Peatland Railway

Dartmoor Railway

Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company

Dean Forest Railway

Derwent Valley Light Railway

Devon Railway Centre - Bickleigh

Didcot Railway Centre

Douglas Head Incline Railway

Douglas: Falcon Cliff Lift (1887–1990)

Downpatrick & County Down Railway preservation society of Ireland

East Anglian Light Railway/East Anglian Transport Museum

East Anglian Railway Museum , Chapel and Wakes.

East Kent Railway

East Lancashire Railway

East Somerset Railway

Eastleigh Lake Railway

Ebbw Vale Cableway (opened 2015, 75 foot rise)

Ebbw Vale Garden Festival, Ebbw Vale Garden Festival Funicular

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

Eden Valley Railway, Warcrop

Elsecar Heritage Railway

Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

Epping Ongar Railway

Evesham Vale Light Railway

Exbury Gardens Steam Railway

Fairbourne Steam Railway

Farrell Railway

Ffestiniog Railway

Fife Heritage Railway

Fintown Railway,

Folkestone, Leas Lift – a water-balance type (reopened 2010)

Foxfield Railway

Foyle Valley Railway

Garnet Valley Railway, (Bridgend).

Gartell Light Railway

Giant's Causeway tramway

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Great Central Railway (Nottingham)

Great Central Railway, (Loughborough)

Great Orme Tramway

Great Whipsnade Railway

Groudle Glen Railway

Gwili Steam Railway

Hastings East Hill Cliff Railway

Hastings West Hill Cliff Railway

Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum

Helston Railway

Hythe Pier Tramway

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Keith & Dufftown Railway

Kent & East Sussex Railway

Kidderminster Funicular

Kirklees Light Railway

Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway

Lappa Valley Railway

Launceston Steam Railway

Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway

Leighton Buzzard Railway

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

Lizard, The Lizard Lifeboat Station (RNLI)

Llanberis Lake Railway

Llangollen Railway

Locomotion’ - NRM Shildon

London, London Millennium Funicular (opened 2003)

Lynchet Railway, (Cambrian Railway)

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway

Machynlleth, Centre for Alternative Technology, CAT Funicular

Manchester, URBIS Museum

Mangotts Farm Railway Museum

Manx Electric Railway

Margate, Margate Cliff Railway (Cliftonville Lido) (1913-1970s) – single-car, parallel to cliff

Mid Hants Railway - ‘Watercress Line’

Midland Railway, Butterley

Mid-Norfolk Railway

Midsomer Norton

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

Moorside Railway

National Railway Museum

Nene Valley Railway

North Norfolk Railway - (The Poppy Line)

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Northampton & Lamport Railway

Padstow, Padstow Cliff Railway (RNLI]

Peak Rail

Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway

Port Soderick, Port Soderick Beach Funicular

Princess Rishborough

Purbeck mining museum.

Pym Valley Railway

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

Rhyl Lakeside Railway

Ribble Steam Railway

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

Royal Deeside Railway

Rudyard Lake Steam Railway

Rutland Rocks by Rail

Salburn Cliff Railway

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Saltburn Cliff Lift

Scarborough Central Tramway (opened 1880)

Scarborough North Cliff Lift (1930–1996)

Scarborough Queens Parade Cliff Lift (1878–1887)

Scarborough South Cliff Lift (opened 1873)

Scarborough St Nicholas Cliff Lift (1929–2006)

Seaton Tramway

Sennen Cove (private funicular)

Severn Valley Railway

Shillingstone Railway Project

Shipley Glen Tramway

Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway

Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway,

Snaefell Mountain Railway

Snowdon Mountain Railway

Somerset/Dorset&DR Heritage Trust

South Devon Railway

South Tynedale Railway

Southend Pier Railway

Spa Valley Railway

St Michael's Mount, St. Michael's Mount Tramway (private underground goods funicular)

Stafold Barn Railway

Stainmore Railway, Kirkby Stephen East

Steeple Grange Railway

Stephenson Railway Museum

Strathspey Railway

Swanage Railway

Swansea, Constitution Hill Incline Tramway

Swindon and Cricklaide Railway

Talyllyn Railway

Tanfield Railway

Tannat Valley Railway

Teifi Valley Railway

The Bluebell Railway

The Lavender Line

Tralee and Dingle Light Railway.

Vale of Berkeley Railway

Vale of Rheidol Railway

Volks Electric Railway, Brighton

Wakefield, National Coal Mining Museum

Waterford & Suir Valley Railway, from Waterford to Mallow.

Weardale Railway

Wells & Walsingham Light Railway

Welsh Highland Railway

Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway

Wensleydale Railway

West Clare Railway

West Lancs Railway

West Somerset Railway

William McAlpine private Railway

Windsor, Legoland, Legoland Hill Train (formerly Windsor Safari Park Funicular)

Yeovil Railway Centre

 

[341o2]

I'd add and Carnforth mpd
Edit - see Fairbourne listed

 

[shredder1]

I'd add and Carnforth mpd
Edit - see Fairbourne listed

Yes of course Carnforth, thanks

 

[mushroomchow]

Great Central Railway (North) is missing from that list. Easy to forget they're two separate railways in fairness.

 

[Flying Phil]

Great Central Railway (North) is missing from that list. Easy to forget they're two separate railways in fairness.

Strictly it is the Great Central Railway (Nottingham)....
And I am impressed at how many lines Shredder has "copped"!

 

[duffield]

Deleted -redundant.

 

[shredder1]

Strictly it is the Great Central Railway (Nottingham)....
And I am impressed at how many lines Shredder has "copped"!

Thanks Phil, yes I`ve done a few now, still a lot to visit though and that`s only in the UK

 

[341o2]

Southend pier railway. how I remember the electric four wheel cars on the double track layout on a day out.
Now single track with two diesel sets

Miniature railways after Beer Heights - Lakeside near Eastliegh and Moors Valley near Ringwood, the latter 7 1/4 freelance n/g.
http://www.moorsvalleyrailway.co.uk/pages/home

 

[shredder1]

Southend pier railway. how I remember the electric four wheel cars on the double track layout on a day out.
Now single track with two diesel sets

Miniature railways after Beer Heights - Lakeside near Eastliegh and Moors Valley near Ringwood, the latter 7 1/4 freelance n/g.
http://www.moorsvalleyrailway.co.uk/pages/home

Excellent, yes I really must do Southend Pier, so sad that Southport wasnt saved.

 

[matt]

Yes of course Carnforth, thanks

Why, Carnforth is now a commercial depot?

 

[shredder1]

Why, Carnforth is now a commercial depot?

I suppose its because the coaling plant and depot are listed and preserved

 

[curly42]

How about the Vale of Berkeley Railway ?

 

[shredder1]

How about the Vale of Berkeley Railway ?

Oh dont know that one thanks

 

[Cowley]

Has William McAlpine still a railway on his estate? He used to open it to the public at times.

 

[mushroomchow]

Does Island Line count as a heritage operation?

 

[steevp]

Has William McAlpine still a railway on his estate? He used to open it to the public at times.

Still there as far as I now. Went a few years ago - interesting and enjoyable day (especially the corporate ride up the hill)

 

[shredder1]

Does Island Line count as a heritage operation?

No not really, its a private operator isnt it?

 

[shredder1]

Has William McAlpine still a railway on his estate? He used to open it to the public at times.

Dont know that one thanks

 

[DarloRich]

Yes of course Carnforth, thanks

Why - it isnt accessible to the public. Can I underline it if i have seen it from the train?

 

[2HAP]

Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway needs adding. Oh, and it's "Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway", not "Sittingbourne Steam Railway".

 

[shredder1]

Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway needs adding. Oh, and it's "Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway", not "Sittingbourne Steam Railway".

Great stuff thank you

 

[shredder1]

Why - it isnt accessible to the public. Can I underline it if i have seen it from the train?

Thanks for the input, You can get round on tours at times, its quite amazing what they have in there

 

[Cowley]

It’s quite a staggering list isn’t it? I wonder how we compare to other countries like America or Germany? Are we well and truly at the top of the list if you go on route miles or the sheer number of centres?
They used to say we were a nation of shopkeepers.
We now seem to be a nation of railway preservers...

 

[curly42]

Here's a link for the Vale of Berkeley Railway. A long term project,but well worth a visit.

http://valeofberkeleyrailway.co.uk/

 

[alxndr]

Does the East Anglian Light Railway/East Anglian Transport Museum in Lowestoft count?

 

[shredder1]

It’s quite a staggering list isn’t it? I wonder how we compare to other countries like America or Germany? Are we well and truly at the top of the list if you go on route miles or the sheer number of centres?
They used to say we were a nation of shopkeepers.
We now seem to be a nation of railway preservers...

Yes it really is, I didnt realise just how many we had untill I started putting this list together, I should think we do lead, I know in Europe they do a lot of main line running than

It’s quite a staggering list isn’t it? I wonder how we compare to other countries like America or Germany? Are we well and truly at the top of the list if you go on route miles or the sheer number of centres?
They used to say we were a nation of shopkeepers.
We now seem to be a nation of railway preservers...

Yes I am amazed just how many we have, I didn’t realise just how many we had until I started putting a list together, I expect we are the top country, although they do run a lot of tours in Europe and also have a lot of museums and static displays

 

[shredder1]

Does the East Anglian Light Railway/East Anglian Transport Museum in Lowestoft count?

Ah yes I`ve not done that one thanks.