GARETH EVANS’ FULL LISTING OF OPERATIONAL LINES AND MUSEUMVENUES
SOUTH EAST
Amberley Museum& Heritage Centre
2ft gauge, ¼ mile.
Arundel, West Sussex.
Tel: 01798 831370.
Running: Wed- Sun.
Bluebell Railway
Standard gauge, 11miles, footplate experience, wine and dine. Sheffield Park,
East Sussex TN22 2QL.
Tel: 01825 720800.
Running: W/ Es.
East Kent Railway
Standard gauge, two miles, Shepherdswell, Dover.
Tel: 01304 832042.
Open: W/ Es. EastleighLakesideRailway
10 ¼ in & 7 ¼ in gauge, 1 ¼ miles, footplate experience.
Running: W/ Es. HaylingSeasideRailway
2ft gauge, one mile.
Hayling Island, Hants.
Running: W/ Es, Weds.
IsleofWight SteamRailway Standard gauge, fivemiles. Havenstreet, Isle of Wight.
Tel: 01983 882204.
Running: Daily until Oct 1.
Kent& East SussexRailway Standard gauge, 10 ½ miles, footplate experience, wine and dine. Tenterden, Kent. Tel: 01580 765155. Running: W/ Es, Weds, Thurs.
Mid- HantsRailway
Standard gauge, 10miles, footplate experience, wine and dine. Alresford, Hants SO24 9JG.
Tel: 01962 733810.
Running: TBA.
Romney, Hythe& Dymchurch Railway
1ft 3in gauge, 13 ½ miles, footplate experience. NewRomney, Kent.
Tel: 01797 362353.
Running: Sat- Thurs.
Royal Victoria Railway
10 ¼ in gauge, one mile.
Netley, Southampton.
Tel: 02380 456246.
Running: W/ Es + sch hols.
Sittingbourne& Kemsley Railway
2ft 6in gauge, 1 ¾ miles. Sittingbourne, Kent.
Tel: 01795 424899.
Running: Suns, B/ Hs+ Weds. SpaValleyRailway Standard gauge, fivemiles, footplate experience. Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Tel: 01892 537715.
Running: Aug 15, 16, 22, 23, 29- 31. Volks ElectricRailway
2ft ½ in gauge, one mile. Brighton.
Running: Weds- Suns.
SOUTH WEST
Avon ValleyRailway Standard gauge, threemiles, footplate experience, wine and dine. Bitton, Bristol.
Tel: 0117 932 7296.
Running: W/ Es. DartmouthSteam Railway Standard gauge, seven miles, wine and dine. Paignton, Devon.
Tel: 01803 555872.
Running: Daily. DevonRailway Centre
2ft gauge, ½ mile. Bickleigh, Devon. Tel: 01884 855671.
Running: Weds- Suns.
East Somerset Railway Standard gauge, two miles. Cranmore, Somerset.
Tel: 01749 880417.
Running: W/ Es, Weds, Thurs. Lynton& Barnstaple Railway 2ft gauge, one mile. Woody Bay, north Devon. Tel: 01598 763487. Running: Daily.
Moors ValleyRailway
7 ¼ in gauge, one mile. Ringwood, Hants. Tel: 01425 471415.
Running: W/ Es + sch hols.
Seaton Tramway
3ft gauge, threemiles.
Harbour Road, Seaton, Devon.
Tel: 01297 20375.
Running: Daily.
Somerset& Dorset Railway Standard gauge, ½ mile, Midsomer Norton station,
Silver Street BA3 2EY.
Wells& Walsingham Railway 10 ¼ in gauge, fourmiles.
Wells- next- the- Sea, Norfolk.
Tel: 01328 711630.
Running: Daily.
Whitwell& Reepham Railway Standard gauge, ¼ mile. Reepham, Norfolk.
Tel: 01603 871694.
Open: W/ Es.
Running: Steam first Sun of month.
HOME COUNTIES
Crich Tramway Village Standard gauge, 1 mile
Crich, Derbyshire.
Tel: 01773 854 321
RunningW/ Es, Tues- Thurs.
Dean Forest Railway
Standard gauge, 4 ¼ miles, footplate experience. Norchard, Lydney, Glos.
Tel: 01594 845840.
Running: W/ Es, Weds. Ecclesbourne ValleyRailway Standard gauge, eightmiles. Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Tel: 01629 823076.
Running: W/ Es.
Evesham Vale Railway
1ft 3in gauge, 1 ¼ miles.
A46 north of Evesham, Worcs.
Tel: 01386 422282.
Running: W/ Es + sch hols.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
Standard gauge, 14miles. Toddington, Glos.
Tel: 01242 621405.
Running: From Aug 15, Sat, Tues, Weds, B/ Hs+ Aug 30.
Great Central Railway
Standard gauge, eightmiles. Loughborough,
Leics LE11 1RW.
Tel: 01509 632323.
Running: W/ Es until Aug 30, then W/ Es fromSept 19.
Northampton& Lamport Railway
Standard gauge, two miles. Pitsford,
Northants.
Tel: 01604 820327.
Running: Aug 9, 16, 23.
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Perrygrove Railway
1ft 3in gauge. B4228, Coleford, Gloucestershire.
Tel: 01594 834991.
Running: W/ Es + sch hols. Rudyard Lake Railway
10 ¼ in gauge, 1 ½ miles. Leek, Staffs. Tel: 01995 672280.
Running: W/ Es + sch hols. RushdenTransport Museum Standard gauge, ¼ mile.
Open: Aug 31.
Severn ValleyRailway Standard gauge, 16miles, footplate experience. Kidderminster, Worcs DY10 1QR.
Tel: 01562 757900.
Running: Daily inAug.
Statfold Barn Railway
2ft gauge, 1 miles, footplate experience. Tamworth, Staffs B79 0BU.
Tel: 01827 830389.
Running: Aug 8, 9. Sept 5, 6, 12, 13.
NORTH WEST
East Lancashire Railway Standard gauge, 12miles, footplate experience. Bury, Lancs.
Tel: 01617 647790.
Running: W/ Es.
Groudle Glen Railway
2ft gauge, ½ mile
Isle of Man.
Tel: 01624 670453.
Running: Weds, Suns inAug. Suns in Sept.
IsleofMan SteamRailway 3ft gauge, 15 ½ miles. Douglas, Isle of Man.
Tel: 01624 662525.
Running: Thurs- Suns until Sept 13. Lakeside& Haverthwaite Railway
3ft gauge, 3 ½ miles.
Douglas, Isle of Man.
Tel: 01539 531594.
Running: Daily.
Manx Electric Railway
3ft gauge, 17miles.
Douglas, Isle of Man.
Tel: 01624 697473.
Running: Sats- Tues until Sept 13. Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
1ft 3in gauge, seven miles. Ravenglass, Cumbria. Tel: 01229 717171. Running: Daily until Nov 1.
ApplebyFrodingham RailwayPreservation Society Standard gauge, 15 miles.
British Steel Steelworks, Scunthorpe. Tel: 01652 657053.
Running: Aug 15, 29. Sept 5, 12, 19, 26. Cleethorpes Coast
Light Railway
1ft 3in gauge, two miles. Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire. Tel: 01472 604657.
Running: Daily.
Embsay& Bolton Abbey SteamRailway
Standard gauge, fivemiles. Embsay, North Yorks.
Tel: 01756 710614.
Running: W/ Es+ Tues.
Keighley& Worth Valley Railway
Standard gauge, five miles, footplate experience, wine and dine. Keighley, West Yorks BD22 8NJ.
Tel: 01535 645214.
Running: Aug 19- Sept 6. W/ Es+ Weds, Thurs, B/ H.
Kirklees Light Railway
1ft 3in gauge, fourmiles. Huddersfield, West Yorks.
Tel: 01484 865727.
Running: Daily until Sept 6. Middleton Railway
Standard gauge, 1 ½ miles. Hunslet, Leeds.
Tel: 0113 271 0320.
Running: Suns inAug+ B/ H.