Travels: Minor Railways By Line

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England

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Audley End Railway	10¼"	—	2009-04-12
Barrow Hill RPS	standard	Y, Y	2000-07-15 (HRT: "The Twisted Spire") \| 2004-01-17 Pathfinder: "The Joint Line Jester" \| 2006-03-04 BLS: "The Peterborough Re-Re-Avoider" \| 2007-07-14 BHRPS: "The Hope Valley Explorer"
Battlefield Steam Railway	standard	N	2004-05-03 \| 2005-11-12 CURC DMU Driving
Bicton Woodland Railway	18"	—	2002-07-20
Bluebell Railway	standard	Y, Y	1996-05-04 \| 2005-06-11 CURC visit \| 2023-09-23 UKRT: "The Bluebell Railway"
Bodmin & Wenford Railway	standard	Y, N	1991-08-08 \| 2002-05-05
Bristol Harbour Railway	standard	Y, N	1995-10-08
Bure Valley Railway	15"	—	1991-05-06 \| 1995-06-17 CURC Steam Driving \| 1998-02-28 CURC Steam Driving
Cambridge Model Engineering Society: Grantchester Woodland Railway	3½", 5", 7¼"	—	1994-11-12 Bonfire Event
Chasewater Light Railway	standard	N	2005-05-01
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway	standard	Y, Y	2013-10-12 "The Wolverton Wanderer"
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway	standard	N	2006-11-25 CURC Diesel Driving
Churnet Valley Railway	standard	Y, Y	(1994-04-16 BLS: "The Caldon Peak") \| 2008-05-05 \| 2011-04-02 UKRT: "The Moorland & City"
Dartmoor Railway	standard	Y, Y	(1992-02-01 SEG: "The Meldon Hoover") \| 2010-04-17 UKRT: "The Dartmoor Excursion"
Dart Valley Railway / South Devon Railway	standard	Y, Y	1995-01-07 Pathfinder: "The Teign-Dart" \| 2019-02-03 BLS: "The Looe Brush"
Dean Forest Railway	standard	Y, Y	1994-04-23 MRS: "The Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Growler II" \| 1995-11-11 Pathfinder: "The Severn-Sider" \| 2012-09-15 HDL: "The Western Forester"
East Lancashire Railway	standard	Y, Y	1993-10-03 diesel gala \| 2010-06-12 BLS: "Wrexham and Lancashire"
East Somerset Railway	standard	Y, Y	1993-11-20 HRT: "The Herald Angel"
Eaton Park Miniature Railways	3½", 5", 7¼"	—	2012-09-02 [elevated line]
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway	standard	N	2011-05-28
Epping Ongar Railway	standard	N	(1988-06-13 One-Day Travelcard) \| 2004-10-10 \| 2024-10-19
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway	standard	N	2006-07-29
Great Central Railway	standard	N	1989-04-08 \| 1989-06-19 CURC Steam Driving \| 1995-08-28 \| 2005-01-15 \| 2023-03-18 Mountsorrel \|
Great Central Railway (Nottingham)	standard	Y, Y	(2000-04-01 HRT: "The Glazed Leek") \| 2014-05-05 \|
Hastings Miniature Railway	10¼'	—	2025-04-06
Heaton Park Tramway	standard; 500V DC	N	2015-06-28
Hythe Pier Railway	2'; 250V DC third rail	—	2001-07-28
Isle of Wight Steam Railway	standard	N	1995-07-16 \| 2006-06-17 CURC trip
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway	standard	Y, Y	2012-11-03 EMT / UKRT: "The Worth Valley Wanderer"
Kent & East Sussex Railway	standard	N	1994-07-16 \| 2008-05-17
Kew Bridge Steam Museum: Waterworks Railway	2'	—	2007-03-17
~~Knebworth & Winter Green Railway~~	1' 11½"	—	opened 1972 \| 1970s?? \| closed 1990
~~Knebworth Park Railway~~	10¼"	—	opened 1991 \| 2012-09-01 \| closed late 2012
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway	standard	N	2025-03-28 BLS: "Lakeside & Haverthwaite Anything Goes"
Lappa Valley Railway	15"	—	1979/1980
Launceston Steam Railway	1' 11½"	—	2010-04-17 UKRT: "The Dartmoor Excursion"
Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway	2'	—	1996-09-07
Mail Rail	2'	—	(1988-11-01 CURC Visit - no ride) \| 2021-11-10
Mangapps Railway Museum	standard	N	2021-08-30
Middleton Railway	standard	Y, N	2021-11-13 BLS
Mid-Hants Railway	standard	Y, Y	1989-06-11 \| 1991-07-20 \| 1994-10-01 (Pathfinder: "The Hampshire Hog II") \| 2005-07-17 HDL: "The Mid-Hants Venturer"
Midland Railway Centre	standard	Y, Y	1995-12-02 HRT: "The Butter Mountain" \| 2000-04-01 HRT: "The Glazed Leek"
Mid-Norfolk Railway	standard	Y, Y	1999-05-08 HRT: "The Wymondham Willows" \| 2005-03-19 diesel day \| 2013-08-10 Charity Railtours: "The Great Eastern Freighter"
Museum of Science & Industry	standard	Y, N	2009-10-03
National Railway Museum	standard	Y, N	1994-11-05 BLS shuttles \| 2004-06-05 Railfest 200
National Tramway Museum [Crich]	standard; 600V DC	N	1993-07-17
Nene Valley Railway	standard	Y, Y	1990-10-06 diesel gala \| 1994-02-19 BLS: "The Radlett Roundabout" \| 1995-01-14 HRT: "The Brown Cow" \| 2006-10-08 diesel gala
North Norfolk Railway	standard	Y, Y	1988-07-25 \| 1991-08-25 \| 1992-10-03 "Sulzer Saturday" \| 1992-11-07 CURC Steam Driving \| 2011-05-07 UKRT: "The Norfolkman" \| 2017-06-10 Diesel Gala
North Tyneside Steam Railway	standard	N	1995-08-12
North Yorkshire Moors Railway	standard	Y, N	1988-06-18 CURC Summer Visit
Nottingham SMEE	3½", 5", 7¼"	—	2014-05-05
~~Paignton Zoo Railway~~	10¼"	—	2002-10-05 \| closed early 2022
Peak Rail	standard	Y, Y	1994-05-22 HRT: "The Peak Explorer" \| 1998-05-04
The Railway Age [Crewe]	standard	Y, N	1993-08-15 \| (2005-05-07 no ride)
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway	15"	—	1989-06-22 CURC Summer Visit
Ribble Steam Railway	standard	Y, Y	2005-11-19 Pathfinder: "The Guild 'n' Docker"
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway	15"	—	1994-10-08 HRT: "Doctor Syn" \| 1996-09-14 HRT: "The Doctor Syn"
~~Romsey Horticultural Tramway~~ [Cambridge]	5"	—	2021-05-31 BLS: Romsey Horticultural Tramway \| "closed" 01/06/21
Seaton Tramway	2' 9"; 120V DC	—	2003-07-07
Severn Valley Railway	standard	Y, Y	1991-06-15 \| 2025-02-21 UKRT: "The Chopper Quartet" \|
Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway	2' 6"	—	2008-09-07
South Tynedale Railway	2'	—	2018-07-28 UKRT: "Hills of the North"
Southend Pier Railway	3'	—	2017-07-15 \| 2021-08-30
Spa Valley Railway [TWERPS]	standard	N	2024-01-06
Statfold Barn Railway	2', 2'6"	—	2012-03-31
Steeple Grange Light Railway	18"	—	2011-05-28
Swanage Railway	standard	Y, Y	2009-04-01 UKRT: "The Purbeck Pioneer"
Torbay & Dartmouth Railway	standard	Y, Y	1995-05-06 TransRail: "The Cream T"
Vanstone Woodland Railway	10¼"	—	2012-09-01
Volk's Electric Railway	2' 8½"; 110V DC 3rd rail	—	2018-09-16
Weardale Railway	standard	Y, Y	(1988-06-26 CURC Northeast Visit) \| (1993-02-27 HRT: "The Tyne & Wear 125")
~~Wells Harbour Railway~~	10¼"	—	1970s?? \| 2012-07-28 \| closed September 2021
Wells & Walsingham Light Railway	10¼"	—	2012-07-28
Wensleydale Railway	standard	Y, Y	(1992-09-20 HRT: "The Wensleydale Ranger")
West Somerset Railway	standard	Y, Y	1993-04-04 \| 1996-09-21 HDL: "The Quantock DEMU"
Wicksteed Park Railway [Kettering]	2'	—	1970s??

Wales

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Festiniog Railway, Welsh Highland Railway	1'11½"	—	1990-06-22 CURC Summer Visit \| 2005-05-22, 2005-05-23 \| 2012-02-18 UKRT: "The Snowdonian Panorama"
Llangollen Railway	standard	N	1996-08-31 (HRT: "The Chester & Llangollen")
~~Llechwedd Slate Caverns: tramway~~	2'	—	2005-05-23 Jeremy's Stag Weekend \| closed 2014 (site also has 3' funicular)
Snowdon Mountain Railway	2'7½", Abt rack	—	2005-05-22
Talyllyn Railway	2'3"	—	2005-05-21
Welshpool & Llanfair Railway	2'6"	—	1998-08-02 \| 2005-05-21

Scotland

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Bo'ness Railway	standard	Y, Y	1996-08-24 BLS: "The Bo'ness Traveller"
Strathspey Railway	standard	Y, N	2003-08-03

Other British Isles

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Isle of Man Railway	3'	—	1993-08-06 to 08
Manx Electric Railway	3'; 550V DC	—	1993-08-06 to 08
IoM: Snaefell Mountain Railway	3'6"; 550V DC	—	1993-08-07
IoM: Groudle Glen Railway	2'	—	1993-08-08

Austria

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Graz: Schlossberg Grottenbahn	600mm	—	2008-08-12 (Desperate: "The Terminator")
Gurkthalbahn	760mm	—	2019-07-28 BLS: "The Carinthia Explorer"
Mostviertler draisine (Wieselburg - Ruprechtshofen)	760mm	Y, Y	2011-07-28
St. Paul - Lavamünd	standard	Y, Y	2008-08-10 Desperate: "The Terminator"
Steyrtalbahn	760mm	—	2025-09-14 Interrail
Taurachbahn	760mm	Y, Y	2019-07-28 BLS: "The Carinthia Explorer"
Weinviertler draisine, Zayataler Schienentaxi	standard	N	2008-08-15, 2016-08-28, 2020-09-05
Wien: Prater Liliputbahn	381mm (15")	—	2008-08-16

Belgium

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des Trois Vallées	standard	Y, Y	1997-06-01 diesel gala
Ciney - Spontin	standard	Y, ?	1997-10-04 TTB Day

France

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
CF Baie de la Somme	metre	—	1998-05-24 \| 1999-08-08
CF de la Mure	metre; 2.4kV DC	—	1998-08-25
CF du Vivarais	metre	—	1998-08-23

Germany

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Brohltalbahn	metre	—	2009-12-13 IBSE tour
Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Eisenbahn	standard	Y, Y	2016-03-13 IBSE: "Sonderfahrt in und um Bremen"
Draisinenfreunde Mittelholstein	standard	N	2023-07-30 (IBSE: "Sonderfahrten in Schleswig-Holstein")
Drachenfelsbahn	metre, Riggenbach rack; 750V	—	2016-04-03 (DGEG: "Abenteuer Hunsrückbahn")
Freistätter Feldbahn	600mm	—	2012-10-06 DGEG: "Mit der V 65 zum Sulinger Kreuz"
Friedrichsgrüner Parkeisenbahn	600mm	—	2014-08-16 IBSE: "Erzgebirgsbahn Rundreise"
Hespertalbahn	standard	Y, Y	2014-11-15 DGEG: "Bahnen an Ruhr und Emscher"
Kasbachtalbahn (EVG, Linz am Rhein)	standard	Y, ?	2016-04-03 (DGEG: "Abenteuer Hunsrückbahn")
Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli	900mm	—	2023-08-02 Germany
Museumseisenbahn Küstenbahn Ostfriesland	standard	Y, Y	2024-06-02 Germany: Ostfriesland
Piesberger Feldbahn	600mm	—	2019-10-26 IBSE: "Gütergleise in und um Osnabrück"
Pinglheini / BTE	standard	Y, N	2024-06-01 Sauren: "Mit der Diesellok V22 über die Bremen-Thedinghauser-Eisenbahn"

Hungary

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Gyermekvasút	760mm?	—	2004-08-22 "The Austro-Hungarian"

Lithuania

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
ASG	750mm	—	2013-05-21 PTG: "Rail Wonders of Lithuania"

Luxembourg

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
AMTF	standard	Y, Y	2011-04-16 Mercia: "The Alter Ego"

Netherlands

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Stoom Stichting Nederland	standard	Y, Y	1995-04-01 ADL: "The Dutch Treat"
Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij	standard	Y, Y	2007-07-07 Mercia: "That Which Survives"

Poland

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Chorzów park railway	900mm *	—	2003-08-10 ADL: "A Silesian Sojourn"
Górnośląskie Koleje Wąskotorowe	785mm	—	2003-08-13 ADL: "A Silesian Sojourn"
Rudy narrow gauge	785mm	—	2003-08-14 ADL: "A Silesian Sojourn"

* Chorzów park railway regauging
• opened in 1957
• 1957 - 1965: 1000mm
• 1965 - 2014: 900mm
• 2014 - current: 785mm

Portugal

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Sintra-Atlântico	metre; 550V DC	—	1998-03-22 ADL: "Portuguese Super Power" \| 1998-10-25

Slovakia

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
TREŽ	760mm; 600V DC	—	2019-08-03

Slovenia

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Postojnska jama	620mm	—	2010-06-22 (PTG: "The Slovenian Spanka Rides Again")

Spain

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Barruelo de Santullán preserved line	1668mm	Y, N	2003-10-30 ADL: "Roving La Robla"
Basque Railway Museum	metre	N	2007-05-05 PTG: "Great Spanish Track Bash"
Ferrocarril de las Delicias (Madrid)	127mm (5")	—	2020-01-28 PTG: "The ALCo Holic 5"

Switzerland

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Blonay-Chamby	metre; 900V DC	Y, Y	1997-07-27
Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke	metre	Y, N	2017-08-01

Australia

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
National Railway Museum	18"	—	2007-09-22
Puffing Billy Railway	2'6"	—	2007-09-16
Zig Zag Railway	3'6"	—	2007-08-22

United States

Railway	Gauge etc.	Conn	Days
Adirondack Scenic RR	standard	Y, N	1999-10-03
New Hope & Ivyland RR	standard	Y, N	2012-05-13
Western Maryland Scenic RR	standard	Y, N	1999-10-12

Last update: 2025-09-25 23:04 BST