MINOR RAILWAYS
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Standard Gauge Railways - Narrow Gauge Railways
Miniature Railways - Tramways - Cliff Railways
This Web Site provides news and up to date information to the book "Minor Railways" (details below), now in its 21st year of publication.
The following pages are available:

Latest Changes - New Items - Updates

• Threlkeld Quarry Railway in the Lake District granted permission to carry passengers. See Latest Infrastructure Changes & News & Online Supplement

• Research for a new book underway. Can you help? See Research

Background
What is a "Minor Railway"? As far as this Web Site and the book "Minor Railways" is concerned a "Minor Railway" is a Standard Gauge Railway, Narrow Gauge Railway, Miniature Railway (7¼" gauge or greater & ground level), Tramway or Cliff Railway - which offers rides to the general public and is operated mainly for leisure purposes. The range of such railways is enormous - from the Severn Valley Railway and the Ffestiniog Railway, to railways in theme parks, garden centres, zoos and small circuits of track operated by local a Model Engineering Society. It is true to say the range of "Minor Railways" is so wide, that the only thing they have in common are wheels running on rails!

They are all listed in "Minor Railways" and there are around 490 of them! Details are given to show: name, location, gauge, layout, length, OS grid reference and telephone number. For more details of "Minor Railways" see the Publications page of this Web Site.

Last updated: 31st January 2009

Created by: Peter Scott
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