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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 Railwaysingle 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 Lifta 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:s&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

Telford Steam 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
 
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that I did not know - how does one arrange such a thing? is there a website?

Well I met the boss once and got an invite that way, but have also been on a WNXX tour, invited through the Bashford Hall tours, they advertise the latter periodically on WNXX. If I hear of one in the meanwhile Darlos I`ll mail you
 

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Hey shred, you still didn't add the Telford Steam Railway to the list, unless I've missed it?
 

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Can you add to to the list-

The Post Office Museum -Mail Rail
Kempton Park pumping engines railway
Kew Bridge steam museum railway
Ruislip Lido railway
Great Cockcrow railway
Laxey Mines railway
Llechwedd slate mine cable railway
Hollycombe collection railway
South Downs light railway- Pulborough Wyvale garden centre
Eastbourne minature steam railway
North Bay minature railway Scarborough
Fenn Bell Inn railway- in garden of the pub
Black Country Living Museum tramway.
Royal Victoria Country Park railway Southampton.
Listowel & Ballybunion monorail
Alton Towers monorail
Summerlee heritage museum Coatbridge tramway
Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway
Wirral transport museum & heritage tramway
 
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theageofthetra

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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



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


Australia/NZ or Japan have a load.
 

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Can you add to to the list-

The Post Office Museum -Mail Rail
Kempton Park pumping engines railway
Kew Bridge steam museum railway
Ruislip Lido railway
Great Cockcrow railway
Laxey Mines railway
Llechwedd slate mine cable railway
Hollycombe collection railway
South Downs light railway- Pulborough Wyvale garden centre
Eastbourne minature steam railway
North Bay minature railway Scarborough
Fenn Bell Inn railway- in garden of the pub
Black Country Living Museum tramway.
Royal Victoria Country Park railway Southampton.
Listowel & Ballybunion monorail
Alton Towers monorail
Summerlee heritage museum Coatbridge tramway
Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway
Wirral transport museum & heritage tramway


Wow yes, great thanks
 

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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

Alton Towers monorail


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

Beaulieu motor museum monorail

Bickington Steam Railway - Trago Mills.

Bicton Park Railway

Black Country Living Museum tramway.


Blackpool Pleasure Beach 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 Railwaysingle 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

Chessington world of adventures monorail

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

Eastbourne minature steam 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

Fenn Bell Inn railway- in garden of the pub


Ffestiniog Railway

Fife Heritage Railway

Fintown Railway,

Folkestone, Leas Lifta 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 Cockcrow railway


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

Heaton Park tramway Manchester


Helston Railway

Hollycombe collection railway


Hythe Pier Tramway

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Keith & Dufftown Railway

Kempton Park pumping engines railway


Kent & East Sussex Railway

Kew Bridge steam museum railway


Kidderminster Funicular

Kirklees Light Railway

Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway

Lappa Valley Railway

Launceston Steam Railway

Laxey Mines railway


Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway

Leighton Buzzard Railway

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

Listowel & Ballybunion monorail


Lizard, The Lizard Lifeboat Station (RNLI)

Llanberis Lake Railway

Llangollen Railway

Llechwedd slate mine cable 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 Bay minature railway Scarborough


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

Royal Victoria Country Park railway Southampton.


Rudyard Lake Steam Railway

Ruislip Lido 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 Downs light railway- Pulborough Wyvale garden centre


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

Summerlee heritage museum Coatbridge tramway


Swanage Railway

Swansea, Constitution Hill Incline Tramway

Swindon and Cricklaide Railway

Talyllyn Railway

Tanfield Railway

Tannat Valley Railway

Teifi Valley Railway

Telford Steam Railway

The Bluebell Railway

The Lavender Line


The Post Office Museum -Mail Rail


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)

Wirral transport museum & heritage tramway

Yeovil Railway Centre
 
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A few more

Beaulieu motor museum monorail
Chessington world of adventures monorail
Heaton Park tramway Manchester
 

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Does Butlins in Minehead still have a monorail?
 

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A few more-
Cromford & High Peak -small heritage centre plus inclines/rolling stock

Swanley New Barn railway.

Audley End house railway near Stansted.
 
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There is the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, in addition to The Welsh Highland Railway!
 

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There is the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, in addition to The Welsh Highland Railway!
Another "How did I miss this?" The original Welsh Highland Railway (1964) preservation society operates on a seperate site and since it will never operate over the WHR trackbed has decided to recreate the prewar WHR which was a totally different beast to the railway today, complete with shunting at intermediate stations and no through trains - Beddgelert change for Portmadoc
 

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Bridgnorth Cliff Railway

Golden Valley Light Railway

Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
 
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Hello Shredder1,

Thanks for starting this ever growing thread.

Does the Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society count?
Steam/diesel passenger trains of coaches/Brake vans running around TATA steelworks in Scunthorpe.

Please add;
Perrygrove Railway, Coleford Great Western Railway Museum,
Halton Minature Railway, Rhiw Minature Railway,
Threkeld Quarry and Mining Museum, Rushden Station,
Bideford Railway Centre.

Garne valley- should this be Garw?
Lynchet- should this be Llynclys?
 
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