Route Directory
From Railways
This is the root page for a on-going project to produce a directory/gazetteer of UK railway routes (and stations)
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[edit] UK National Rail Network in 2007
[edit] High Speed
[edit] Main Lines
- Cross Country Route (Virgin Cross Country (TOC))
- East Coast Main Line (route)(GNER)
- Great Western Main Line (route)(First Great Western)
- Great Eastern Main Line (route) (one)
- Midland Main Line (route)(Midland Mainline)
- West Coast Main Line (route)(Virgin West Coast)
[edit] London and South East
- London Tilbury and Southend(C2C))
- Great Eastern Main Line(One (TOC))
- West Anglia mainline(One (TOC))
- Great Northern(First Capital Connect)
- Thameslink(First Capital Connect
- Northampton Line (route)(Silverlink)
- Euston New Line (route)(TfL|Silverlink)
- Chiltern mainline (Chiltern Railways)
- Chiltern Line -Aylesbury(Chiltern Railways)
- Thames Line(First Great Western)
[edit] Western area
- Atlantic Coast Line (route) (First Great Western)
- Tarka Line (route) (First Great Western
- Avocet line (route) (First Great Western
- Tamar Valley Line (route) (First Great Western
- Maritime Line (route) (First Great Western
- Heart of Wessex Line (route) (First Great Western
- Golden valley line (route) (First Great Western
- Looe Valley Line (route) (First Great Western
- St Ives Bay line (route) (First Great Western
- Severn Beach line (route) (First Great Western
- Riveria line (route) (South West Trains:First Great Western)
- Wessex Mainline (route) (First Great Western)
- Cherwell Valley Line (route) (First Great Western))
- Goucester-Newport Line (route) (First Great Western)
[edit] Birmingham & Central England
[edit] Wales
[edit] Cardiff & Valleys Local Lines (Arriva Trains Wales)
- Butetown Line (route)
- Cardiff City Line (route)
- Coryton Line (route)
- Eddw Valley Line (route)
- Maesteg Line (route)
- Merthyr Line (route)
- Rhondda Line (route)
- Rhymney Line (route)
- Vale of Glamorgan Line (route)
[edit] Manchester
[edit] East of England
[edit] North of England (inc Transpennine)
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Strathclyde
- North Clyde Line (route)(First Scotrail)
- Argyle Line (route) (First Scotrrail)
- Maryhill Line (route) (First Scotrail)
- Croy Line (route) (First Scotrail)
- Cumbernauld Line (route)(First Scotrail)
- Paisley Canal Line (route) (First Scotrail)
- Cathcart Circle Lines (route) (First Scotrail)
- Shotts Line (route) (First Scotrail)
- Whifflet Line (route) (First Scotrail)
- Motherwell-Cumbernauld (route)(First Scotrail)
[edit] Highlands
- Highland Mainline (route) (First Scotrail)
- Far North Line (route) (First Scotrail)
- Kyle of Localsh Line (First Scotrail)
- West Highland Line aka Road to the Isles (First Scotrail)
[edit] Metropolitan systems
[edit] London Undergound
- Bakerloo Line
- Central Line
- Circle Line
- District Line
- East London Line
- Hammersmith and City Line
- Jubilee Line
- Metropolitan Line
- Northern Line
- Piccadilly Line
- Silverlink Line
- Victoria Line
[edit] Other London
[edit] Others
[edit] Tramways (modern)
[edit] Independent Railways
(see also Museums with railway exhibts)
[edit] Preserved and other Lines (Standard Gauge)
- Alderney Railway Society
- Bluebell Railway
- Great Central Railway (preserved)
- Mid-Norfolk Railway
- Bure Valley Railway
- North Norfolk Railway
- Wesleydale Railway
- Epping Ongar Railway
- Colne Valley Railway
- Nene Valley Railway
- Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway
- Tanfield Railway
- Aln Valley Railway
- Wyevernrail
- Midland Railway Centre
- Peak Rail
- Northampton & Lamport Railway
- Batllefield Steam Railway
- Foxfield Steam Railway
- Churnett Valley Railway
- East Lancashire Railway (Preserved)
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
- Embasy Steam Railway
- Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
- Chinnor and Princess Risborough Railway
- Cholsey and Wlaingford Railway
- Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway
- Swindon and Crickdale Railway
- Avon Valley Railway
- Dean Forest Railway
- Severn Valley Railway
- Telford Steam Railway
- Llangolen Railway
- Pontypoll & Blaenavon Railway
- Swansea Vale Railway (Preserved)
- Gwilli Railway
- East Sommerset Railway
- West Sommerst Railway
- Dartmoor Railway
- Paignton and South Devon Railway
- South Devon Railway formerly Dart Valley Railway
- Mid Hants Railway aka The Watercress Line
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway
- Swanage Railway
- Lavender Line
- Spa Valley Railway
- Kent & East Sussex Railway
- Rother Valley Railway
- East Kent Railway
- Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
- Caledonion Railway
- Strathspey Railway
- Keith and Dufftown Railway
- Tunbridge Wells & Eridge RPS
- Vale of Glamorgan Railway
- Bristol Harbour Railway
- Bristol Electric Railbus
- Gwilli Railway
- Swansea Vale RPS
- Pontypool & Blaenavon RPS
- Chasewater Railway
- Battlefield Steam Railway
- Northampton & Lamport Railway
- Embasy and Bolton Steam Railway
- Elescar Steam Railway
- Middleton Ralway
- Eden Valley Railway
- Weardale Railway Company
- North Tyneside
- Bowes Railway (preserved)
- Strathspey Railway
[edit] Preserved and other Lines (Narrow Gauge)
[edit] England & Scotland
- Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (15")
- Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway(15")
- Ruislip Lido Railway (1')
- Seaton Tramway (2'9")
- Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway (2')
- Launceston Steam Railway (1'11.5")
- Bicton Woodland Railway (1'6")
- Gartell Light Railway (2')(private)
- East Hayling Light Railway (2')
- Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway(2'6")
- Leighton Buzzard Railway aka BuzzRail (2'0")
- Great Whipsnade Railway (2'6")
- Volks Electric Railway
- Kirkless Light Railway (1'3")
- North Bay Railway (1'8")
- South Tynedale (2')
- Heatherslaw Light Railway (1'3")
- Wells and Walsingham Light Railway (10¼")
- Wells Harbour Railway (10¼")
[edit] Wales
- Welshpool and Llanifair (preserved) (2'6")
- Vale Of Rehidol Railway (1'11.5")
- Talyllyn Railway (preserved) (2'3")
- Ffestiniog Railway (1'11.5")
- Welsh Highland Railway (preserved) (1'11.5")
- Snowdon Mountain Railway (800mm)
- Tefi Valley Railway (2'0")
- Brecon Mountain Railway (1'11.5")
- Corris Railway (preserved) (2'3")
- Llanberis Lake Railway (1'11.5")
- Bala Lake Railway (1'11.5")
- Great Orme Tramway (3'6")
[edit] Isle of Man
(for convenience all lines shown)
- Douglas Horse Tramway (3')
- Isle of man Steam Railway (preserved) (3')
- Manx Electric Railway (3')
- Snaefell Mountain Railway (3'6")
- Groudle Glen Railway (2')
[edit] Minature Railways
- Bure Valley Railway (15")
- Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway (15")
- Fairboune Steam Railway
- Lappa Valley Railway (15")
- Rudyard Lake Railway (10.5")
- Wells & Walsingham Railway (10.5")
[edit] Funicular Railways/Cliff Lifts
[edit] Monorails
[edit] Disused Lines (inc Dissolved companies)
For the numerous former industrial systems see Industrial Railways Directory
(Bracketed year is the date of closure if known
(p) Passenger (f) freight.
[edit] London Area
- London & Blackwell Railway(1980's)
- Millwall & North Greenwich Railway (1980's)
- Poplar branch (NLR)
- Beckton branches (NLR)
- Broad Street (NLR)
- Edgware, Highgate & London Railway (1954)
- Stanmore Branch (LNWR)
- Euston New Line (Branches)
- Epping-Ongar (GER) (later LPTBCentral Line
- Woodside and South Croydon Railway (1983)?
- Edgware Highate and London Railway(1954/1964(p))
- Muswell Hill Railway (1954)
- Crystal Palace HL branch(LCDR)
- Greenwich branch (LCDR)
- Hammersmith (NSWJR)
- Primrose Hill (NLR)?
[edit] South East
- Great Northern (St Albans Branch)
- Great Northern (Dunstable Branch)
- Great Northern (Hertford Branch)
- Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
- Metropolitain Railway
[edit] Western area
- Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company (1969 sections)
- Skelmersdale Branch (1956(p) 1964(f))
- Somerset and Dorset Joint Line (1966)
- Weston,Clevedon & Portishead (1940)
[edit] Birmingham and Central England
- Stafford and Utoxetter Railway
- Dravell and Strathaven Railway
- Varsity Line aka Oxford-Cambridge (Late 60's-Sections)
[edit] Wales
- Bury Port and Gwendreath Railway(1953 (p) 1966)
- Swansea and Mumbles Railway (1960)
[edit] Manchester
[edit] East of England
- Tilbury Riverside Station (1992(p))
[edit] North of England (inc Transpennine)
- East Lincolnshire Railway (sections 1970's)
- Chester & Connah's Quay Railway (1969(p) 1992(f))
- Langton Dock Branch aka Alexandra Dock Branch(1970)
- Leicester and Swannington Railway (1964(p) 1980(f))
- Liverpool Southport & Preston Junction Railway (1952)
- Manchester,Buxton,Matlock & Midlands Junction Railway.(1968 sections))
- West Lancashire Railway (1964)
- Hooton-West Kirby Branch (1956(p) 1962(f)
- North Liverpool Extenstion Line (1952/1960)
- St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway (1951(p) 1980s's(f))
- Woodhead Route (1970's (p) 1980's (f))
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Channel Islands
[edit] Isle of Man
[edit] Others
- Cromford and High Peak Railway
- Great Central Railway (London Extension) (1969 sections)
- Hincaster Branch (1942(p) 1966(f))
- Palace Gates Line (1963(p) 1964(f))
- Oakwood Mineral Railway (Sometimes simply called Oakwood Railway)
- Shropshire and Montgomery Railway (1933) - later millatry use still secret.
- Brill Tramway (1935)
- Liverpool Overhead Railway (1956)
- Port Talbot Railway-(1924-1938 sections)
- Maidens and Dunure Light Railway- (1942)
- Wick and Lybster Light Railway - (1944)
[edit] Narrow Gauge Lines
- Ashover Light Railway (2') (1950)
- Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway(2'3") (1931)
- Leek and Manifold Light Railway(2'6") (1934)
- Corris Railway (2'3")(1948)
- Glyn Valley Tramway (2'4.5") (1935)
- Lynton & Barnstaple (1'11.5") (1935)
- North Wales Narrow Gauge (1'11.5")
- Pothmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon (1'11.5")
- Ravenglass and Eskdale (3ft) (1913)
- Southwold Railway (3') (1929)
- Rye and Camber Tramway (3') (1946)
- Torrington and Marland Railway (3')(1971)
- Sand Hutton Railway (15") (1932)
- Alton Towers Railway (2') (1995)
- Cadbey Light Railway (2') (2005)
- Devils Dyke Steep Railway (3) (1908)
