List of British heritage and private railways

This list is intended as a list of railways (railroads). For rail museums see List of British railway museums.

Many of these railways were originally lines closed by British Railways under the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and reopened as private heritage lines.

England

• Bluebell Railway - 5 miles in East Sussex, Standard Gauge
• Bodmin & Wenford Railway[?] - 6.5 miles in Cornwall, Standard Gauge
• Bure Valley Railway - 9 miles in Norfolk, Narrow Gauge
• East Lancashire Railway - 4 miles in Lancashire, Standard Gauge
• Great Central Railway - 12 miles in Leicestershire, Standard Gauge
• Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - 5 miles in West Yorkshire, Standard Gauge
• Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway - 3.5 miles in Cumbria, Standard Gauge
• London Post Office Railway - not open to the public
• Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - 13.5 miles in Kent, Narrow Gauge
• Severn Valley Railway - 16 miles in Shropshire and Worcestershire, Standard Gauge
• West Somerset Railway - 20 miles in Somerset, Standard Gauge

Scotland

• Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway[?] - by the Firth of Forth, Standard Gauge
• Caledonian Railway (Brechin) - 4 miles in Angus, Standard Gauge

Wales

• Brecon Mountain Railway[?] - ??? miles in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Narrow Gauge
• Corris Railway - 1 mile in Gwynedd, Narrow Gauge
• Talyllyn Railway - 76 miles in Gwynedd, Narrow Gauge