UP & RUNNING
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
Standard gauge, 2½ miles. Wallingford,
Oxon. Tel: 01491 835067
Running: Apr 17, 18.
Didcot Railway Centre
Standard gauge. Didcot, Oxon. Tel: 01235
817200.
Open: W/Es.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs from Apr 2.
Epping Ongar Railway
Standard gauge, six miles. Ongar, Essex.
Tel: 01277 365200.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs from Apr 2 + Apr 8.
Great Whipsnade Railway
2ft 6in gauge. Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable.
Tel: 0344 225 1826.
Running: W/Es + sch hols.
Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway
2ft gauge. Hanworth, Middlesex.
Tel: 07511 730782 or 01932 765328.
Running: Mar 19, 20. Apr 17, 23, 24.
Leighton Buzzard Railway
2ft gauge, three miles. Leighton Buzzard,
Beds. Tel: 01525 373888
Running: Suns + Apr 6, 7, 13, 14
London Museum of Water & Steam
2ft gauge, 400 yards. Brentford, London.
Tel: 0208 568 4757.
Open: W/Es.
MIDLANDS
Abbey Pumping Station
2ft gauge, ¼ mile. Corporation Road,
Leicester, LE4 5PX. Tel: 0116 299 5111.
Open: Daily.
Running: Apr 19.
Amerton Railway
2ft gauge, one mile. Stowe-by-Chartley,
Staffs. Tel: 01889 271337.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs from Apr 9 + 13, 20.
Apedale Valley Railway
2ft gauge, ½ mile. Apedale, Newcastleunder-Lyme,
Staffs. Tel: 0845 094 1953.
Running: W/Es + B/H Mons from Apr 2.
Barrow Hill Roundhouse
Standard gauge. Barrow Hill, near
Chesterfield. Tel: 01246 475554.
Open: W/Es.
Battlefield Line
Standard gauge, five miles. Shackerstone,
Leics. Tel: 01827 880754.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs from Mar 26.
Cambrian Heritage Railways
Standard gauge, 1¾ miles (Oswestry), ¾
mile (Llynclys). Oswestry and Llynclys,
Shropshire. Tel: 01691 728131.
Running: Oswestry-Weston Wharf
planned to open on Apr 1.
Chasewater Railway
Standard gauge, two miles. Walsall, West
Midlands. Tel: 01543 452623.
Running: Mar 26, 27. Apr 3, 10, 15-18, 23,
24, 30.
Churnet Valley Railway
Standard gauge, 5¼ miles. Cheddleton,
Staffs. Tel: 01538 360522.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs.
Crich Tramway Village
Standard gauge, one mile. Crich,
Derbyshire. Tel: 01773 854 321
Running: Sats-Thurs + Apr 15.
Dean Forest Railway
Standard gauge, 4½ miles. Norchard,
Lydney, Glos. Tel: 01594 845840.
Running: W/Es, Weds, B/Hs.
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Standard gauge, nine miles. Wirksworth,
Derbyshire. Tel: 01629 823076.
Running: Apr 9, 10, 12, 14-19, 21, 22-24
(diesel gala), 26, 30.
Echills Wood Railway
7¼in gauge, 1¼ miles. Kingsbury Water
Park, Sutton Coldfield.
Running: Suns, B/Hs + Apr 13, 20, 22.
Evesham Vale Railway
15in gauge, 1¼ miles. A46 north of
Evesham, Worcs. Tel: 01386 422282.
Running: W/Es + sch hols.
Foxfield Railway
Standard gauge, 5½ miles. Blythe Bridge,
Staffs. Tel: 01782 396210.
Running: Suns, B/Hs from Mar 27 + Apr
13, 16, 20.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
Standard gauge, 15 miles. Toddington,
Glos. Tel: 01242 621405.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs + Apr 5-7, 12, 13, 19,
20, 26-28.
Great Central Railway
Standard gauge, eight miles.
Loughborough, Leics LE11 1RW.
Tel: 01509 632323. www.gcrailway.co.uk
Running: W/Es.
Midland Railway – Butterley
Standard gauge, 3½ miles. Ripley,
Derbyshire. Tel: 01773 570140.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs + Apr 12-14.
Northampton & Lamport Railway
Standard gauge, two miles. Pitsford,
Northants. Tel: 01604 820327.
Running: Suns, B/H Mons from Mar 27 +
Apr 16.
Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway
Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Hunsbury Hill,
Northampton. Tel: 01604 702031.
Running: TBA.
Nottingham Heritage Railway
Standard gauge, 10 miles. Ruddington,
Notts. Tel: 0115 940 5705.
Running: TBA.
Peak Rail
Standard gauge, four miles. Matlock,
Derbyshire. Tel: 01629 580381.
Running: TBA.
Perrygrove Railway
15in gauge. B4228, Coleford,
Gloucestershire. Tel: 01594 834991.
Running: W/Es, Tues, Thurs + Apr 15, 22.
Rocks by Rail
Standard gauge, ¼ mile. Cottesmore,
Rutland. Tel: 07974 171068.
Open: Tues & Thurs from Apr 12.
Running: Apr 17, 18.
Rudyard Lake Railway
10¼in gauge, 1½ miles. Leek, Staffs.
Tel: 01538 269948.
Running:W/Es + sch hols.
Rushden Transport Museum
Standard gauge, ½ mile. Rushden,
Northants. Tel 0300 3023 150.
Running: Mar 27 (Mother’s Afternoon
Tea). Apr 17, 18 (Easter Bunny).
Severn Valley Railway
Standard gauge, 16 miles. Kidderminster,
Worcs DY10 1QR. Tel: 01562 757900.
Running: W/Es + sch hols from Apr 2.
Statfold Barn Railway
2ft gauge, one mile. Tamworth, Staffs
B79 0BU. Tel: 01827 830389.
Running: Mar 19, 20 (Penrhyn). Apr 9, 10,
(model rail); 15-18 (Easter Eggspress).
Tanat Valley Light Railway
Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Nantmawr,
Shropshire SY10 9HW.
Tel: 01691 780042. www.
tanatvalleyrailway.co.uk
Open: TBA.
Telford Steam Railway
Standard gauge, one mile. Telford,
Shropshire.
Running: Suns & B/Hs from Apr 17.
Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
2ft gauge, ½ mile. Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway, Toddington.
Running: Suns, B/Hs from Apr 17, 18.
NORTH WEST
East Lancashire Railway
Standard gauge, 12 miles. Bury, Lancs.
Tel: 0333 320 2830.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs from Mar 26 + Apr
6-8, 13, 14.
Eden Valley Railway
Standard gauge, 2½ miles. Warcop,
Cumbria. Tel: 01768 342309.
Running: Suns from Apr 3.
Great Laxey Mine Railway
19in gauge, ¼ mile. Laxey, Isle of Man.
Tel: 01624 862007/670386.
Running: TBA.
Groudle Glen Railway
2ft gauge, ¾ mile.
Isle of Man. Tel: 01624 670453.
Running: Apr 17, 18. Suns from May 1.
Heaton Park Tramway
Standard gauge, ½ mile. Manchester. Tel:
0161 740 1919.
Running: Suns from Apr 3.
Isle of Man Steam Railway
3ft gauge, 15½ miles.
Douglas, Isle of Man.
Tel: 01624 662525.
Running: Thurs-Mons from Mar 24 + Apr
12, 13, 19, 20.
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
Standard gauge, 3½ miles. Near Ulverston,
Cumbria. Tel: 01539 531594.
Running: Daily from Apr 2.
Manx Electric Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway
3ft gauge, 17 miles (MER), 5½ miles (SMR).
Douglas, Isle of Man. Tel: 01624 697473.
Running: W/Es, Tues-Thurs. Tues-Suns
from Apr 5.
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
15in gauge, seven miles. Ravenglass,
Cumbria. Tel: 01229 717171.
Running: Daily until Oct 30.
Ribble Steam Railway
Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Preston, Lancs.
Tel: 01772 728800.
Running: Mar 26, 27. Apr 2, 9, 15-18, 23,
30.
South Tynedale Railway
2ft gauge, 4¾ miles. Alston, Cumbria.
Tel: 01434 338212.
Reopening: W/Es from Apr 2.
Stainmore Railway
Standard gauge, ½ mile. Kirkby Stephen,
Cumbria. Tel: 01768 371700.
Open: TBA
Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum
2ft gauge, ½ mile. Threlkeld, Cumbria.
Tel: 01768 779747. Reopening Apr 2.
West Lancashire Light Railway
2ft gauge. Hesketh Bank, Lancs. Tel: 01772
815881. Running: Suns, B/Hs from Apr 3.
NORTH EAST
Aln Valley Railway
Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Alnwick,
Northumberland. Tel: 0300 030 3311.
Running: W/Es, B/Hs Mons from Apr 16.
Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society
Standard gauge, 15 miles. British Steel
Steelworks, Scunthorpe.
Tel: 07889 297271.
Running: May 21, 28.
Bowes Railway
Standard gauge, 1¾ miles. Springwell,
Tyne & Wear. Tel: 07850 916484.
Open: TBA.
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
15in gauge, two miles. Cleethorpes, North
East Lincolnshire. Tel: 01472 604657.
Running: W/Es. Daily from Apr 2.
Derwent Valley Light Railway
Standard gauge, ½ mile. Murton, near
York. Tel: 01904 489966.
Open: Suns & B/H Mons.