West Midlands
Former Dudley & Stourbridge tram no.34 meets
Bradford trolleybus no.792 at the Black Country Living Museum
(Photo © Black
Country Museum Trust Ltd)
- Alton Towers
- Theme park near Uttoxeter has a monorail running from the hotel
area through the park to the main entrance (Website contains
little information relating to monorail)
- Amerton
Railway
- Amerton (near Stafford). 2 ft (610 mm) about 1 mile (1.6 km) in
length, located at the Amerton Working Farm. Steam and diesel hauled.
- Black Country
Living Museum
- Dudley. The museum includes a 525 yard (480 m), 3 ft 6 in
(1067 mm) gauge electric tram line.
- Bridgnorth Cliff
Railway
- Bridgnorth: cliff railway joining the Low Town and the High Town, with a rise of
111 feet (34m). The only inland cliff railway in England.
- Chasewater Railway
- Brownhills West (near Walsall) to Chasetown Church Street, about
2 miles (3.2 km), in the Chasewater Pleasure Park on Cannock Chase.
Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
- Churnet Valley Railway
- Leek Brook to Kingsley & Froghall, the principal station
being Cheddleton (near Leek). Extension planned to Oakamoor
(7 miles, 11.2 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled. Dining
trains operate at certain times.
- Cotswold Wildlife Park
- Burford. The park includes a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway, 1200
yards (1100 m) in length (Website contains little information relatin to railway)
- Dean
Forest Railway
- Lydney Junction (near Arriva Trains Wales Lydney station) to
Parkend, the principal station being Norchard. 4 miles (6.4 km).
Possible future extension to Speech House Road, a further 2¼ miles
(3.6 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled and diesel
railcars. Dining trains operate at certain times.
- Drayton
Manor Park
- Theme park near Tamworth including:
- The Polperro Express 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line circling
the park, with its main station in the Fisherman's Wharf area.
Diesel hauled, steam outline locomotive.
- Thomas Land Railway 2 ft gauge line about 550 yards (500 m)
in length, linking the museum / zoo area with the Thomas Land
section of the park. Diesel hauled, steam outline locomotives based
on the Thomas the Tank Engine character.
(Websites contain little information relating to railways)
- Echills Wood Railway
- Bodymoor Heath, near Sutton Coldfield. Steam and diesel hauled
miniature railway located in Kingsbury Water Park. 7¼ inch (184 mm) gauge
miniature railway about 1¼ miles (2 km) in length. Steam and diesel
hauled.
- Evesham Vale
Light Railway
- Twyford, near Evesham. 15 inch (381 mm) gauge miniature railway
located in Evesham Country Park. Line about 1200 yards
(1100 m) in length. Steam hauled.
- Foxfield Light Railway
- Caverswall Road station, Blythe Bridge. Line about 2½ miles
(4 km) in length. Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
- Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway
- Cheltenham Racecourse to Toddington: 9½ miles (15.3 km).
Extension proposed to Broadway, a further 4½ miles (7.2 km). Possible
future extension to Stratford-upon-Avon. Standard gauge. Steam and
diesel hauled.
- North Gloucestershire Railway
- Toddington. Line about ½ mile (0.8 km) in length starting from
the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway station site. 2 foot (610 mm)
gauge (When last checked - May 2008 - website had not been
updated since early 2007)
- Perrygrove
Railway
- Perrygrove (near Coleford, Forest of Dean) to Oakiron: ¾ mile
(1.2 km). 15 inch (381 mm) gauge. Steam hauled.
- Rudyard Lake Railway
- Rudyard (near Leek) to Hunthouse Woods: 1½ miles (2.4 km).
10¼ in (260 mm) gauge. Steam hauled.
- Snailbeach
District Railways
- Project to reopen part of the former mineral railway near
Minsterley, Shropshire. An initial section about ½ mile (0.8 km) in
length, from Callow Hill Quarry to Callow Lane, is planned to open
in late 2008. The reconstructed line will be 2 foot (610 mm) gauge,
although the original line had the unusual gauge of 2 feet 3¾ inches
(705 mm).
- Severn Valley
Railway
- Kidderminster to Bridgnorth: 16 miles (25.7 km). Standard gauge.
Usually steam hauled with some diesel services. Dining trains operate
at certain times.
- Telford Steam Railway
- Horsehay & Dawley (near Telford) to Spring Village: ½ mile
(0.8 km). Extensions under construction or proposed. Standard gauge.
Steam and diesel hauled. At Horsehay there is also a unique
180 yard (166 m) steam tram line and a miniature railway.
- Vintage
Trains
- Besides other excursions, the company operate a regular Summer
Sunday steam train service over the Network Rail line between
Birmingham Snow Hill station and Stratford-upon-Avon (25 miles,
40 km), calling at Tyseley for the Birmingham Railway Museum.
- Weston Park
- On the A5 between Cannock and Telford. 7¼ in (184 mm) gauge line
in the grounds of a stately home. Steam and diesel hauled.
(Website contains little information relating to the railway)
Can't find it? Try searching for a map here.
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2000-2008 Glyn Williams
