Harbornite
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I've noticed a few threads recently about disused stations without tracks and lines without stations etc. This one's a bit different, basically I was wondering how many disused or mothballed railways are there where the track is mostly or completely in situ, but obviously not in use. A couple I can think of are:
Gaerwen- Amlwch
Blaneau Ffestiniog- Trawsfynydd
Round Oak- Walsall
Langley Green- Albright and Wilson
Weymouth tramway
Folkestone Harbour branch
North Somerset line
Cattewater branch (last used in 2014, I'm not actually sure if it's mothballed)
Loanhead line
Moorswater branch (reactivated for freight use)
Ironbridge (again, I'm not sure about this one)
Wolverhampton - Walsall (only the bit by Heath Town)
Sudbrook and Caerwent branches
Feel free to add any more. Disused sidings and yards alongside operational railways don't count.
I've had a good response to my query, and I'll expand the list
Trafford Park lines
St Helens Junction - St Helens Central
Gobowen- Oswestry
Hamworthy Branch
Newton Longville to Claydon Junction (East West Rail)
Saxmundham-Leiston
Horbury Curve
March (Whitemoor) - Wisbech
Seal Sands line
Birkenhead Dock branch
Chatham Dockyard branch
Stoke - Leekbrook Junction.
Barrow in Furness dock line
Elmton & Creswell junction- Clowne
Brierley Hill- Pensnett
The Fleetwood branch.
The Ludgershall branch.
The Heathfield branch.
The old china clay branch at Marsh Mills
Preston- Longridge
North Liverpool Branch
Croxley Green branch (being reopened for Croxley rail link)
Angelsea sidings- Lichfield
Thornton Junction- Methil / Leven
Madeley Chord
Tytherington branch (being reopened for freight use)
Netherfield line
Bloxwich smelter branch
Prologis branch
Marsh Barton branch
Staines West branch
Chalmerston branch
Stratford- North Woolwich
Little Eaton junction - Denby colliery
Willowbrook East industrial Estate, east of Corby
Desborough to Ironstone quarries
Princess Pier line in Greenock
Gaerwen- Amlwch
Blaneau Ffestiniog- Trawsfynydd
Round Oak- Walsall
Langley Green- Albright and Wilson
Weymouth tramway
Folkestone Harbour branch
North Somerset line
Cattewater branch (last used in 2014, I'm not actually sure if it's mothballed)
Loanhead line
Moorswater branch (reactivated for freight use)
Ironbridge (again, I'm not sure about this one)
Wolverhampton - Walsall (only the bit by Heath Town)
Sudbrook and Caerwent branches
Feel free to add any more. Disused sidings and yards alongside operational railways don't count.
I've had a good response to my query, and I'll expand the list
Trafford Park lines
St Helens Junction - St Helens Central
Gobowen- Oswestry
Hamworthy Branch
Newton Longville to Claydon Junction (East West Rail)
Saxmundham-Leiston
Horbury Curve
March (Whitemoor) - Wisbech
Seal Sands line
Birkenhead Dock branch
Chatham Dockyard branch
Stoke - Leekbrook Junction.
Barrow in Furness dock line
Elmton & Creswell junction- Clowne
Brierley Hill- Pensnett
The Fleetwood branch.
The Ludgershall branch.
The Heathfield branch.
The old china clay branch at Marsh Mills
Preston- Longridge
North Liverpool Branch
Croxley Green branch (being reopened for Croxley rail link)
Angelsea sidings- Lichfield
Thornton Junction- Methil / Leven
Madeley Chord
Tytherington branch (being reopened for freight use)
Netherfield line
Bloxwich smelter branch
Prologis branch
Marsh Barton branch
Staines West branch
Chalmerston branch
Stratford- North Woolwich
Little Eaton junction - Denby colliery
Willowbrook East industrial Estate, east of Corby
Desborough to Ironstone quarries
Princess Pier line in Greenock
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