Standard Gauge Heritage Railways
The Railway Club Directory contains the most detailed collective description of every Standard Gauge Heritage Railway that operates in the United Kingdom, available anyway (including the internet) today.
Note that we define such railways as those that run between two or more destinations with timetabled operations.
In respect of railways that run from a single station or base, click the button immediately below for separate entries of ‘Other Heritage Railways’.
For ease of locating a given railway, we have divided this part of the Directory geographically into nine regions.
Click into the region to find the railway of interest
For convenience, the entire list of 57 ‘Standard Gauge Heritage Railways’, is listed below the regional headings.
Eastern
1. Epping Ongar Railway
2. Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
3. Mid-Norfolk Railway
4. North Norfolk Railway
Home Counties and South East
5. Bluebell Railway
6. Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
7. Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
8. East Kent Railway
9. Isle of Wight Steam Railway
10. Kent & East Sussex Railway
11. Lavender Line
12. Mid Hants Railway
13. Spa Valley Railway
14. Swindon & Cricklade Railway
Midlands
15. Battlefield Line Railway
16. Cambrian Heritage Railways
17. Chasewater Railway
18. Churnet Valley Railway
19. Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
20. Foxfield Railway
21. Great Central Railway PLC
22. Midland Railway - Butterley
23. Nene Valley Railway
24. Nottingham Heritage Railway
25. Peak Rail
26. Severn Valley Railway
27. Telford Steam Railway
North West
28. East Lancashire Railway
29. Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
Northern Ireland
30. Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Scotland
31. Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway
32. Caledonian Railway
33. Keith & Dufftown Railway
34. Strathspey Railway Company
South West
35. Avon Valley Railway
36. Bodmin and Wenford Railway
37. Dartmouth Steam Railway
38. Dean Forest Railway
39. East Somerset Railway
40. Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway
41. Helston Railway
42. Plym Valley Railway
43. South Devon Railway
44. Swanage Railway
45. West Somerset Railway
Wales
Cambrian Heritage Railways (see 16)
46. Gwili Railway
47. Llangollen Railway
48. Pontypool & Blaenavon Heritage Railway
Yorkshire and North East
49. Aln Valley Railway
50. Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
51. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
52. Middleton Railway
53. North Yorkshire Moors Railway
54. North Tyneside Steam Railway
55. Tanfield Railway
56. Weardale Railway
57. Wensleydale Railway