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A cross-border line which made an end-on connection with the North British Railway's line to St Boswells at Kelso Ulverston–Lakeside branch line: Furness Railway (LMS) Ulverston to Lakeside (via Greenodd and Haverthwaite) 6 September 1965: A 3 1 ⁄ 2-mile stretch of the branch, now preserved as the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway.
Carries the main line railway across the Firth of Tay: Tees railway viaduct: Barnard Castle: 223 m (732 ft) 1860: Carried the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway over the River Tees. Demolished 1971: Telescopic Bridge, Bridgwater: Bridgwater, Somerset: Bascule bridge: II* Carried railway over the River Parrett. Now a footbridge. Thornton ...
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.
Location Height Platforms Arrivals and departures (if applicable) Station information (if applicable) Historic open date Closed date(s) Heritage station open date Joint station? Which system? Gauge Market Bosworth: Market Bosworth: 2: 1873: 1931: 2011: No: Battlefield Line Railway
The Lincolnshire lines of the Great Northern Railway are the railways, past and present, in the English county built or operated by the Great Northern Railway. The Great Northern Railway was authorised in 1846 and was to build from London to York via Newark and also a "Loop Line" via Lincoln .
The list of closed railway stations in Great Britain includes the year of closure if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to be included in this list and some have been linked. Stations listed are those being available to the public thus excluding some private unadvertised stations, military use, railway staff only use or for ...
The Historical Railways Estate (formerly known as the Closed-line Estate and the Burdensome Estate) is the land and infrastructure associated with closed lines. This transferred to BRB (Residuary) Limited , which was dissolved in 2013, and the HRE was transferred to the Highways Agency, which later became Highways England (HE) and then National ...
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