TRIVIA - IF you could travel on a closed line which would it be?

[DarloRich]

IF you could travel on a closed line which would it be? This might well require a journey back in time so i will fire up the tardis.

I think for me it would be the line from Darlington to Tebay via Barnard Castle and Stainmore. Purely personal reasons. I went to school in Barnard Castle and we had a model railway club with the lines around Barnard Castle reconstructed with great accuracy. (A bonus would be to see the area around Darlingotn with the works still open)

Second place would be a Leamside line open to passengers but I traveled that way several times on diverted ECML services. Again purely sentimental as my family are from the area and my grandparents lived right next to line where i spent many happy hours as child.

Over to you.......................

 

[gordonthemoron]

Good call on Tebay I think it went past Stooperdale Offices in Darlo where I first worked, mine would be GCR from Marylebone to Manchester, as I have done the Waverley line before it closed

 

[Stampy]

Peterborough to Northampton direct.......

 

[DarloRich]

Good call on Tebay I think it went past Stooperdale Offices in Darlo where I first worked, mine would be GCR from Marylebone to Manchester, as I have done the Waverley line before it closed

Yes the line will have been out the back of the Stooperdale offices. I heard tell of a special platform in the grounds for the big wigs.

The offices there are in a superb building, like the NER HQ in York.

 

[AlterEgo]

The Brill Tramway.

 

[PeterC]

I started running through these in my head and ended up with "all of them".
Due to family connections I fancy Newport - Blaenavon High Level, walk down to the low level station for the return trip.
In Wales I would also want the Mid Wales Line from Newtown to Brecon

 

[PHILIPE]

Somerset and Dorset. Missed so many routes when they were open. Also many of the former South Wales routes which closed before I moved to the area.

 

[plcd1]

Off the top of my head and purely from childhood memories of doing the equivalent car trip many times it would Penrith - Keswick - Workington.

We often holidayed in Keswick as grandparents were there. Saw the model railway at the old Keswick Station many times but never saw any big trains. I suspect we did have a holiday in Keswick before the line closed but I was too young to remember seeing a "big" train.

There may be other closed lines in the NE that I'd like to ride if I spent some time researching them - something like Rothbury or Wooler.

 

[extendedpaul]

From Hoo Junction to Grain in Kent. I remember seeing an enthusiasts' charter train on the line one Saturday about 25 years ago but I don't think any have run there for many years .

 

[QueensCurve]

Off the top of my head and purely from childhood memories of doing the equivalent car trip many times it would Penrith - Keswick - Workington.

Me too.

I travelled on the last tran from Keswick to Penrith (19 March 1972) but never on the route further west that Keswick.

Would love to do.

 

[QueensCurve]

Leamside line open to passengers but I traveled that way several times on diverted ECML services. Again purely sentimental as my family are from the area and my grandparents lived right next to line where i spent many happy hours as child.

Travelled on that during ECML electrification about 1989.

 

[507021]

If I had to pick one, then it would be the Liverpool Overhead Railway. It was a tough one to choose, as I'd really like to see the North Liverpool Extension Line and the Woodhead Line reopened, but the "Dockers' Umbrella" just edges it for me.

I don't think the NLEL or Woodhead Line will ever be reopened though, unfortunately.

 

[PaulLothian]

Dunblane to Crianlarich for me. Have walked or cycled quite a bit of it over the years, and regularly drive along its course lamenting its loss!

 

[AlterEgo]

If I had to pick one, then it would be the Liverpool Overhead Railway.

Good shout. I bet that was a fascinating operation.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

Neath to Brecon and back via Merthyr to Newport.

 

[RichmondCommu]

The line from Ashbourne to Buxton. I've walked along the route many times and would have loved to have taken the train to Alsop for a day out in the Dales.

 

[rebmcr]

Manchester Central - London St Pancras, on a Blue Pullman.

 

[rf_ioliver]

Specifically two: Pontypridd-Tonteg-Barry and Tonteg-Llantrisant. Could add a third also which was Tonteg Jct via Pontypridd Graig.

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Ian

 

[CapriSpeed]

March to Spalding on the old GN & GE Joint railway line.

 

[gg1]

Not as scenic as some mentioned so far but another vote for Liverpool Overhead Railway from me.

 

[GusB]

There are a few lines that I would loved to have travelled, but most sadly disappeared in the decade or so before I was born. Forres to Aviemore would have been a lovely route, along with the former Morayshire Railway.

I'd have to go a bit further back in time, but there's also my "local" line - the Hopeman Branch of the Highland Railway.

 

[Johnnie2Sheds]

Marylebone "RA" Manchester on the GCR. What a wonderful day that would be.

Can I specify traction? Well I'm going to anyway, 4-6-0 Sir Sam Fay with a set of Barnums. I will bring you the photos back OK?

 

[HarleyDavidson]

Guildford - Christs Hospital - Southwater - Shoreham
Somerset & Dorset (Plus branches)
Yeovil - Taunton
Taunton - Barny - Ilfracombe
Woodhead line
Bridport branch
Macclesfield - Marple
Great Central (Throughout).
Waverley line (Throughout).

 

[Strathclyder]

Dunblane to Crianlarich for me. Have walked or cycled quite a bit of it over the years, and regularly drive along its course lamenting its loss!

In addition to this, I'd also travel on the Connel Ferry - Ballachulish section. Must have been an utterly stunning line to traverse.

Also, another vote for the Woodhead Line here.

 

[J-2739]

There's like a heap of scattered disused tracks here in Barnsley, including a bridge near my house. Would be interesting to discover it.

Also, that dodgy Thameslink branch line down to Moorgate.

 

[djpontrack]

Spean Bridge to Fort Augustas would be my first choice as I was born and brought up at Fort William.
Swindon to Highworth would be another line that I would do if I had a tardis and also a trip on some class 76s on the Woodhead line would be amazing too.
I was in Wetherspoons in Lime Street station on Monday and saw a big poster for the Liverpool Overhead railway, that too would of been an interesting trip.

 

[anti-pacer]

Great Yarmouth to Lowestoft, as I used to live next to the Station Hotel in Gorleston.

Colne to Skipton, and also Buxton to Matlock would be up there, but the Grand Central line from London up to the Midlands would be amazing.

Was there also a line from Scarborough to Whitby? If so I reckon that would be nice.

 

[Howardh]

The line to Coniston; and Bolton-Bury which looking at the traffic around here is so badly needed (but can't happen).

Love to have done Moor Lane to Leigh too.

 

[Altfish]

The Port Road - Dumfries to Stranraer

 

[xotGD]

March to Spalding on the old GN & GE Joint railway line.

Did that on the Newcastle - Great Yarmouth (and return) on a family holiday back in 1979. If anyone could point me to a list of what worked these services each week that summer I would be most grateful!

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