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This list is for railway lines across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which are now abandoned, closed, dismantled or disused. Within the United Kingdom, examples exist of opened railways which formerly constituted cross-country main trunk lines as well as many more which served more local, or exclusively industrial, needs.
An abandoned branch of the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway, England Example of conversion of part of an abandoned railway line to a regenerated habitat. An abandoned railroad is a railway line which is no longer used for that purpose. Such lines may be disused railways, closed railways, former railway lines, or derelict railway lines. Some have ...
Unbuilt railway stations in the United Kingdom (1 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Abandoned rail transport projects in the United Kingdom" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
For rail museums, see List of British railway museums. Many of the standard-gauge railways listed, including former branch lines and ex-mainline routes, were closed by British Railways under the Beeching Axe of the 1960s. Most have been restored and operate as heritage lines. A smaller number of lines were formerly industrial or colliery railways.
The line was doubled and moved on 4 February 1906 and Wearde became the junction for a deviation line to St Germans that allowed the removal of the remaining timber viaducts on the Cornish Main Line. As a result of the deviation the platform was moved in 1907, [ 4 ] where access to the platform was by steps from a bridge that carried a road ...
Disused railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire (1 C, 58 P) Disused railway stations in East Sussex (1 C, 26 P) Disused railway stations in Essex (53 P) G.
Denburn Valley Line 1937 Aberdeen Kittybrewster (3 stations of this name, on 2 lines; all closed) GNoSR: 1856 Aberdeen Waterloo: GNoSR: 1867 Aberderfyn Halt: GWR: 1915 Aberdylais Halt: GWR: 1964 Aberedw: Cambrian Railways: 1962 Aberfan: Great Western Railway/Rhymney Railway Jt 1951 Aberfeldy: Highland Railway: 1965 Aberford: Aberford Railway ...
Abandoned proposal for an extension of line from Aldwych Watford Central: Metropolitan: 1927 [82] New station on new route Part of abandoned Metropolitan line extension to Watford town centre West End: North West London Railway: 1899 [53] 1908 [54] Company failed to raise funds and permissions expired Wood Green: Great Northern & Strand Railway ...