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Northern Lines

New Manchester to Liverpool

by Adrian Hartless

     The Cheshire Lines Committee was a tripartite joint venture ...

Northern Lines

New Blackburn to Skipton

by Mark Bartlett

       The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway had several rout...

Branch Lines

Branch Lines around March

by Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith, Chris Awdry & Allan Mott

Local agricultural traffic was the life blood of this group of lines for several...

Branch Lines

Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

We take a nostalgic journey from Hereford to Grange Court first and then move in...

Country Railway Routes

Brecon to Neath

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

Once part of an important link from Hereford to Swansea, the line became a charm...

Country Railway Routes

Didcot to Winchester

by Vic Mitchell & Kevin Robertson

A latecomer to the railway map, the route was steeply graded and passed through ...

Branch Lines

Branch Lines around Swaffham

by Richard Adderson & Graham Kenworthy

The railways which ran through the East Anglian countryside and converged on the...

Northern Lines

Preston to Blackpool

by John Matthews & Peter Fitton

A fascinating look at the railways of the Fylde region, from the early days righ...

Scottish Main Lines

Hawick to Galashiels

by Roger Darsley & Dennis Lovett

The two industrial towns in the title grew following the completion of the line ...

Mineral Railways

East Cornwall Mineral Railways

by Maurice Dart

The complex web of freight-only lines is studied in great detail with many maps ...

Branch Lines

Branch Lines around Preston and Lancaster

by Roy Davies

Apart from what remains of the former Preston Dock railway network that serves t...

Country Railway Routes

Cromford and High Peak

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

This unusual route began as a link between canals east and west of the Pennine P...

Welsh Valleys

Pontypool to Mountain Ash

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The eastern half of the Vale of Neath line served numerous collieries and crosse...

Western Main Lines

Newtown to Aberystwyth

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The magnificent scenery of the Cambrian Mountains and the tranquil beauty of the...

Western Main Lines

Exeter to Newton Abbot

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The historic route has undergone many changes, particularly in the types of trai...