2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom explained

A list of,,, and narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom.

Country/territory	Railway	Gauge
England	Abbey Pumping Station (operating) Abbey Light Railway (defunct) Alan Keef Headquarters (private) (dual gauge lines with gauge track also present) (operating) Amberley Museum Railway (located at the Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre) (operating) Amerton Railway (operating) Apedale Valley Light Railway (located in Apedale Community Country Park) (operating) Beeches Light Railway (private, closed) Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway (operating) Bressingham Steam and Gardens (operating) Bromyard and Linton Light Railway (closed) Brymbo Ironworks Railway (defunct) Burnhope Reservoir railway (defunct) Cadeby Light Railway (defunct) Canada Creek Railway (located in Thorpe Park) (defunct - park still operating) Chessington Railroad (located in Chessington World of Adventures) (separate gauge railway named Chessington Zoo Railway previously present) (defunct - park still operating) Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway (defunct) Colne Valley Waterworks railway (defunct) Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens (operating) Coventry Colliery (defunct) Creekmoor Light Railway (defunct) Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway (defunct) Devon Railway Centre (separate gauge railway also present) (operating) Drusillas Zoo Park Thomas & Friends attraction (defunct) Eclipse Peat Company (defunct) Gartell Light Railway (operating) Golden Valley Light Railway (separate standard gauge railway named Midland Railway – Butterley and separate and gauge railway named Butterley Miniature Railway also present) (operating) Great Bush Railway (located in Tinkers Park) (operating) Hayling Seaside Railway (operating) Hollycombe Steam Collection (separate standard gauge railway and separate gauge railway also present) (operating) Hythe Pier Railway (operating) Kew Bridge Steam Museum (operating) Kempton Steam Railway (operating) Lea Bailey Light Railway (operating) Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (operating) Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway (relocated to Ingoldmells, 2009) London Pneumatic Despatch Company (gauge lines also present) (defunct) London Post Office Railway (now a museum) Lydd Ranges (private) (operating) Metropolitan Water Board Railway (defunct) Mine Railway (located in Blists Hill Victorian Town) (UNESCO World Heritage Site status shared with entire Ironbridge Gorge area) (separate standard gauge railway named Inclined Lift and separate gauge railway named Trevithick Shed also present) (separate standard gauge railway named Hay Inclined Plane also present as a static exhibit) (operating) North Gloucestershire Railway (operating) North Ings Farm Museum (operating) North Surrey Joint Sewage Board railways (defunct) Nursery Railway (located in Bressingham Steam and Gardens) (separate standard gauge railway, separate gauge railway named Waveney Valley Railway, and separate gauge railway named Garden Railway also present) (operating) Old Kiln Light Railway (located at the Rural Life Living Museum) (operating) Orient Expedition (located in Legoland Windsor) (separate gauge railway named Hill Train also present) (operating) Park Railway (located in Alton Towers) (separate gauge lines and separate gauge railway named Adventure Railway previously present) (defunct - park still operating) Penlee Quarry railway (defunct) Polperro Express (located in Drayton Manor Theme Park) (operating) Richmond Light Railway^[1] (private) (operating) South Tynedale Railway (operating) Statfold Barn Railway (private) (standard gauge lines, dual gauge lines with gauge track and gauge track, and triple gauge lines also present) (operating) Stevington and Turvey Light Railway (operating) Telford Town Tramway (separate standard gauge railway named Telford Steam Railway also present) (operating) Thomas Land Railway (located in Drayton Manor Theme Park) (operating) Threlkeld Quarry Railway ^[2] (located at the Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum) (operating) Treasure Island Railway (located in Thorpe Park) (defunct - park still operating) Tunnel Railway (defunct) Volk's Electric Railway (converted to gauge, then converted to gauge) (operating) West Lancashire Light Railway (operating) Westonzoyland Light Railway (located at the Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum of Steam Power & Land Drainage) (operating) Wicksteed Park Railway (located in Wicksteed Park) (operating) Woodhead Tunnel 2 (private) (operating) Woodhorn Narrow Gauge Railway (located at the Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives) (operating) Yaxham Light Railway (operating)
	Honister Slate Mine (private) (operating) Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (converted from gauge) (operating)
	Ashover Light Railway (defunct) Knebworth Park and Winter Green Railway (defunct) Launceston Steam Railway (operating) Lincolnshire potato railways (defunct) Lynbarn Railway (located in Milky Way Adventure Park) (operating) Royal Arsenal Railway (standard gauge lines, gauge lines, and dual gauge lines with standard gauge track and gauge track also present) (defunct) Southport Pier Tramway (converted from gauge, then converted back to gauge) (operating)
Scotland	Alford Valley Railway (operating) Ardkinglas Railway (defunct) Duchal Moor Railway (defunct) HM Factory, Gretna (crossed into England) (defunct) Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway (operating) Leadhills Tramway^[3] (defunct) Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway (defunct)
Wales	Bala Lake Railway (operating) Cedryn Quarry Tramway (defunct) Clogau Gold Mine (operational status unknown) Cowlyd Tramway (defunct) Croesor Tramway (defunct) Deep Navigation Colliery (defunct) Dinorwic Railway (defunct) Eigiau Quarry Tramway (defunct) Eigiau Reservoir Tramway (converted from standard gauge) (defunct) Fairbourne Railway (converted to gauge, then converted to gauge) (dual gauge lines with gauge track and gauge track previously present) (operating) Gleision Colliery (operating) Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway (converted from gauge) (defunct) Hendre-Ddu Tramway (defunct) Kerry Tramway (defunct) Margam Park Train (located in Margam Country Park) (operating) Teifi Valley Railway (converted from, then converted from standard gauge) (operating)
	Brecon Mountain Railway (operating) Vale of Rheidol Railway (converted from gauge) (operating)
	Blaen y Cwm Quarry (defunct) Cwt y Bugail Quarry (gauge lines also present) (defunct) Festiniog and Blaenau Railway (defunct) Ffestiniog Railway (operating) Llanberis Lake Railway (operating) Miners' Tramway (located in Llechwedd Slate Caverns) (separate gauge railway named Deep Mine Railway also present) (operating) National Slate Museum (operating) North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (defunct) Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry (gauge lines and dual gauge lines with gauge track also present) (defunct) Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway (defunct) Rhiwbach Tramway (defunct) Trefor Quarry railway (defunct) Welsh Highland Heritage Railway (separate gauge railway also present) (operating) Welsh Highland Railway (owned by the Ffestiniog Railway) (operating)

See also

Notes and References

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/ustate.cfm?state=kent Steamlocomotive.info - Kent
http://www.threlkeldquarryandminingmuseum.co.uk/the-railway/ Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum - official website
http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Leadhills_and_Wanlockhead_Branch/index.php Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch