North West
River Esk approaching Beckfoot
on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
(Photo: www.visitcumbria.com)
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- Has a miniature railway (21 in, 533 mm gauge, diesel
hauled with steam outline locomotives) and a monorail (open electric railcars).
- Brookside Miniature Railway
- Brookside Garden Centre, Poynton. 7¼ in (184 mm) gauge miniature
railway nearly ½ mile (0.8 km) in length. Steam and diesel hauled.
- East
Lancashire Railway
- Heywood to Rawtenstall (Rossendale): 12 miles (19.3 km). The
principal station is at Bolton Street, Bury. Standard gauge. Steam
and diesel hauled. Dining trains operate at certain times.
- Eden Valley
Railway
- Warcop to Sandford: about ½ mile (0.8km). Proposed extension
to Appleby East, a total distance of 5¼ miles (8.5 km). Possible
future extension to Kirkby Stephen East. Standard gauge. Diesel
hauled.
- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway
- Grosvenor Park, Chester. Line about ¼ mile (0.4 km) in length, encircling the lake.
7¼ inch (184mm) gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
- Haigh Railway
- 15 inch (381 mm) gauge railway nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) in length
at the Haigh Country Park (near Wigan). Steam hauled.
- Heaton Park
Tramway
- Heaton Park, Manchester. Line about ½ mile (0.8 km) in length.
Standard gauge electric trams.
- Hills Miniature Railway
- Hills Garden Centre, Allostock (near Knutsford). 7¼ in (184 mm)
gauge miniature railway nearly ½ mile (0.8 km) in length. Steam and
diesel hauled.
- Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
- Lakeside (Newby Bridge) to Haverthwaite (Ulverston): 3½ miles
(5.6 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled. The railway
connects at Lakeside with Windermere Lake Cruises.
- Lakeside Miniature Railway
- Southport: Marine Parade to Pleasureland, about ½ mile (0.7 km).
15 inch (381mm) gauge. Diesel hauled, mainly with steam outline
locomotives.
- Merseyside
Tramway Preservation Society
- Birkenhead (near Hamilton Square Merseyrail station). Line a
little under ½ mile (0.7 km) in length. Standard gauge electric
tramway.
- Poulton & Wyre Railway Society
- Proposal, currently in its very early stages, to reopen all or
part of the line from Poulton-le-Fylde to Fleetwood. Standard gauge.
- Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
- Ravenglass to Dalegarth (Eskdale): 7 miles (11.2 km). 15 in
(381 mm) gauge. Steam hauled.
- Ribble
Steam Railway
- Preston: about 1½ miles (2.4 km) of line formerly serving the
docks. Standard gauge. Usually steam hauled.
- Southport Pier Tram
- 3 foot 6 inch (1067 mm) gauge battery electric tramway running
the length of the pier, about 1100 yards (over 1 km).
- South Tynedale
Railway
- Alston to Kirkhaugh: 2¼ miles (3.6 km). Extension proposed to
Slaggyford, a further 2¼ miles (3.6 km). 2 foot (610 mm) gauge.
Steam and diesel hauled.
- West Lancashire Light Railway
- Hesketh Bank, near Preston. Line about 300 yards (275 m) in
length. 2 foot (610 mm) gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
- Windmill Farm Railway
- 15 inch (381 mm) gauge line about ½ mile (0.8 km) in length,
at Windmill Animal Farm near Burscough. Steam and
diesel hauled.
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2000-2008 Glyn Williams
