British industrial narrow-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man that were primarily built to serve one or more industries. Some offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not run public passenger trains. They are categorized by the primary industry they served.
Quarrying and mining [ ]
Heavy industry [ ]
Engineering works [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[1]
by 1979
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Shaw and Crompton , England
Locomotive-worked line.
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Hereford , England
Locomotive-worked line.
[1]
by 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Wrightington , England
Locomotive-worked line at this crane hire and general engineering company[2]
Power generation [ ]
Power stations were some of the last regular users of industrial steam locomotives in the United Kingdom, although most of these were standard gauge. However, several power generation facilities used narrow-gauge railways.
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
Central Electricity Generating Board Fawley Tunnel [1] [3]
by 1979
3 ft 1+ 1 ⁄8 in (943 mm )
Fawley , England
Two mile long tunnel under Southampton Water worked by a single battery-electric locomotive.
Central Electricity Generating Board Woodhead Tunnel [1]
1960s
2016
2 ft (610 mm )
Woodhead , England
Ex-British Railways tunnel under the Pennines used to carry high-voltage electricity supply cables. Narrow-gauge railway used for cable maintenance. Moved to the new Woodhead tunnel, completed in 2016. The narrow gauge railway through the old tunnel is now disused
?
1989
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Stourport , England
Internal line.
[4]
?
after 1967
2 ft (610 mm )
Somerdale , England
Short railway running parallel to a standard gauge line. The narrow-gauge locomotives hauled standard gauge coal wagons to the power station.
Refineries [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
Fawley Refinery [3]
1920
1957
2 ft (610 mm )
Fawley , England
Extensive diesel locomotive worked internal line at refinery
Steel works [ ]
Preserved Shotton steelworks locomotive
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
British Steel Corporation [1]
after 1979
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm )
Rotherham , England
Internal steel works railway, with an entirely new line built in 1971
British Steel Corporation [1]
after 1987[5]
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Lowca , England
Underground railway serving the refractories.
British Steel Corporation [1] [4] [6]
before 2013
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Connah's Quay, Wales
Internal steel works railway, with an entirely new line built in 1971
British Steel Corporation [1]
after 1979
3 ft (914 mm )
Ilkeston , England
Foundry railway worked by battery-electric locomotives
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Clay Cross , England
Internal locomotive-worked line
Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Company railway[7]
18 in (457 mm )
Ebbw Vale , Wales
Internal steel works railway using Ramsbottom locomotives similar to those at the Crewe Works Railway
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm )
Sheffield , England
Internal locomotive-worked line
[8]
after 1957
18 in (457 mm )
Chatterley , England
Horse-hauled works tramway used to move pig iron.
[9]
after 1956
2 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in (724 mm )
Glamorgan , Wales
Steelworks line worked by steam locomotives
[4]
before 1920
18 in (457 mm )
Lower Cwmtwrch , Wales
Internal steel works railway
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Stratford, London , England
Diesel locomotive worked line
Zinc smelting [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
Welsh Crown Spelter Co. works[10]
before 1904
around 1905
18 in (457 mm )
, Wales
Internal zinc works railway, supplied with one of Kerr Stuart 's early locomotives
Construction industry [ ]
Contractor depots [ ]
Many construction contractors maintained depots that included narrow-gauge equipment in store and under repair. While some of these were temporary locations and often unrecorded, others were long term yards with extensive stock and facilities.
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm ) and 18 in (457 mm )
Paddock Wood , England
Battery electric locomotives for tunnelling
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Warrington , England
Battery electric locomotives for tunnelling
[1]
after 1979
12 in (305 mm )
Coventry , England
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm )
Birmingham , England
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm ) and 18 in (457 mm )
Doncaster , England
[1]
after 1979
12 in (305 mm )
Scunthorpe , England
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Strathclyde , Scotland
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm )
Manchester , England
Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd. [1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Swynnerton , England
Extensive stock depot, on occasions including over 100 battery electric locomotives
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm )
Birmingham , England
[5]
after 1979
after 1987
18 in (457 mm )
Timperley , England
Two battery electric locomotives at depot (1987)
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
London , England
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
unknown location
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm ) and 18 in (457 mm )
Doncaster , England
[1]
after 1979
12 in (305 mm )
Surrey , England
[1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Kings Lynn , England
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm )
Radcliffe , England
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Basildon , England
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Manchester , England
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Nuneaton , England
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Glasgow , Scotland
[5]
after 1987
2 ft (610 mm )
Macclesfield , England
4wPM locomotive in store
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm )
Birmingham , England
Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Kettering , England
[5]
after 1987
2 ft 11 in (889 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Sandiacre , England
Locomotives at construction depot
[11]
after 1989
2 ft (610 mm )
Derby , England
Three out of use locomotives on site in 1989
Tarmac Construction Ltd. [5]
after 1987
2 ft (610 mm )
Peterborough , England
Collection of 4wBE locomotives used for construction
[1]
after 1979
18 in (457 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Thurcroft , England
Welham Plant Ltd. [citation needed ]
after 1987
18 in (457 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
St. Neots , England
Battery electric locomotives at depot.
Tunnelling [ ]
Many narrow-gauge lines were employed for short-term tunnelling contracts. Most of these are unrecorded, so this list represents only a few of the many such lines.
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[4]
1974
1975
2 ft (610 mm )
Bedminster , England
Water tunnel construction scheme in Bristol , using eleven diesel locomotives
?
1988
2 ft (610 mm ) ?
Cockermouth , England
Temporary line to serve the renewal of the main sewer tunnel. Used battery electric locomotives.
[12]
1988
1992
3 ft (914 mm )
Dover , England
Extensive rack and adhesion railway used in the construction of the Channel Tunnel .
Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway
1925
1977
3 ft (914 mm )
Fort William , Scotland
25 miles (40 km) long railway used in the construction of the 15 miles (24 km) long tunnel of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme .
Nuttall
1996
1998
2 ft (610 mm )
Dover , England
Construction railway for a one-mile long interception sewer tunnel.
Nuttall [3]
1998
2001
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Dover , England
Construction railway for an 8 km long sewer tunnel.
Nuttall [3]
1985
1987
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Southampton , England
Diesel locomotive worked temporary railway used to reline the standard gauge railway tunnel out of Southampton Central station
[4]
1971
1972
18 in (457 mm )
Leyton , England
Contractor's railway for building a new sewer tunnel in north east London. Used battery electric locomotives.
[13]
1983
2 ft (610 mm )
Wyke Regis , England
3 km long sewage outfall tunnel built using battery electric locomotives
City construction [ ]
During the garden city construction boom, several new towns and cities were built using narrow-gauge railways
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[14]
1880
1930s
2 ft (610 mm )
Ashington , England
Tramway built to serve the mining village of Ashington. It provided coal and sewage service to houses and connected the local gas and electricity works.
1945?
1947?
probably 2 ft (610 mm )
Acomb , England
Was used to construct parts of Carr Estate to the West of York. Track seen pilled up at end of Woodlea Avenue 1946–7, track seen in Danebury Drive. Hand worked?
[15]
1905
1914
2 ft (610 mm )
Port Sunlight , England
Locomotive worked construction railway for the expansion of Port Sunlight "garden village"
[16]
After WWI
1936
2 ft (610 mm )
Welwyn Garden City , England
Locomotive worked construction railway used during the building of Welwyn Garden City. It connected the mainline with the Shredded Wheat factory and brickworks around the site, as well as the Model Dairy.
Land reclamation and river maintenance [ ]
Temporary and semi-permanent narrow-gauge railways were often used during land reclamation schemes
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
Anglian Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Southrey , England
Locomotive depot for river bank maintenance around Lincolnshire
Anglian Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Southrey , England
Locomotives used for flood protection and river bank maintenance.
Middle Level Commissioners [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
March , England
Locomotive depot for river bank maintenance and land reclamation schemes in and around Cambridgeshire
North West Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Great Sankey , England
Locomotive used for river bank maintenance
North West Water Authority [5]
after 1987
2 ft (610 mm )
Tintwistle , England
[17]
1816
after 1821
18 in (457 mm )
Chat Moss , England
Portable hand-worked tramway used for the reclamation of Chat Moss.
[18]
1808
about 1830
3 ft (914 mm )
Porthmadog , Wales
Horse-drawn tramway used to construct the "Cob" for the Traeth Mawr land reclamation scheme. Later replaced by the Ffestiniog Railway .
[1] [19]
1935
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Frieston , England
Locomotive worked land reclamation scheme in the Lincolnshire Wash
Severn Trent Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
West Bridgford , England
Locomotives used in river bank maintenance
Yorkshire Water Authority [4]
1973
2 ft (610 mm )
Saltmarshe , England
Temporary riverbank line used for repairs to the River Ouse
Yorkshire Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
York , England
Locomotives used for river bank maintenance
Reservoir construction [ ]
Many reservoirs constructed before the Second World War employed narrow-gauge railways to move equipment and materials.
Power station construction [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[4]
around 1970
after 1971
3 ft (914 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Loch Ness Scotland
Extensive network of temporary lines around Loch Ness
Road construction [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[29]
1939
1939
2 ft (610 mm )
Caterham , England
Diesel locomotive worked temporary lines used during the construction of the A22 bypass east of the town
[13]
after 1950
various
Cranmore , England
Equipment depot of Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd. where many narrow-gauge locomotives used on road construction contracts were stored
[29]
1926
1926
2 ft (610 mm )
Dorking , England
Diesel locomotive worked line carrying chalk excavated to create new route for the A29
[29]
1931
1931
2 ft (610 mm )
Guildford , England
Steam locomotive worked line used in the construction of the A3
Kingston Bypass [29]
1924
1925
3 ft (914 mm ) ?
London , England
Steam locomotive worked line using at least one American Davenport locomotive in the construction of the A3 bypass of Kingston upon Thames
Other construction [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
Bournemouth Pier [13]
1980
1980
2 ft (610 mm )
Bournemouth , England
Locomotive-worked line used in reconstruction of the pier
Southern Railway Wimbledon-Sutton Railway [29]
1928
1930
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm )
Sutton , England
Steam locomotive worked line used in the construction of the Sutton-Wimbledon line.
[29]
1977
1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Deepcut , Surrey , England
Diesel locomotive worked line used in the restoration of the Basingstoke Canal
General [ ]
Water treatment and sewage works [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
Anglian Water Authority [1]
by 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Tilbury , England
Locomotive worked railway
Anglian Water Authority [1]
by 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Basildon , England
Locomotive worked railway
Brede Waterworks railway [30]
1899
1935
18 in (457 mm )
Brede , England
Steam locomotive worked railway that hauled coal from barges unloaded from the River Brede to the Brede Valley water works .
[30]
1930s (?)
1976
2 ft (610 mm )
Apuldram , England
Short line around the sewage works
Colne Valley Waterworks railway [31]
1931
1967
2 ft (610 mm )
Watford , England
Light railway connecting the LNWR Watford to Rickmansworth branch line with the Eastbury Pumping Station
Deephams Sewage Works railway
1920s
1968
2 ft (610 mm )
Edmonton , England
Small-scale railway at sewage treatment works
?
late 1980s
2 ft (610 mm )
Manchester , England
Small-scale railway at sewage works
[4]
?
after 1975
1 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in (597 mm )
Leeds , England
Experimental facility that used locomotives from the First World War into the 1970s
Metropolitan Water Board Railway [29] [32]
1915
1947
2 ft (610 mm )
Hampton , England
Transported coal from a wharf on the River Thames to the Kempton pumping station.
[33]
2 ft (610 mm )
Bradford , England
Railway serving the sewage works
North Surrey Joint Sewage Board railways [34]
1939
after 1965
2 ft (610 mm )
Berrylands , England
Railways serving the Malden, Berrylands and Hogsmill sewage works (Hogsmill and Malden works railways connected c1961).
[29]
present
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm )
Walton-on-Thames , England
Diesel locomotive worked 400 yard long line in occasional use
North West Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Dukinfield , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
North West Water Authority [1]
?
1989
2 ft (610 mm )
Oswestry , England
Locomotive-worked railway serving the filtration beds and sand washing plant.
North West Water Authority Lower Rivington Reservoir [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Horwich , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
North West Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Longridge , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
[4]
?
after 1975
2 ft (610 mm )
Dukinfield , England
Railway serving the filter beds
[10]
1887
about 1950
2 ft 9 in (838 mm )
Mortlake , England
Short railway connecting a dock on the River Thames with the sewerage works at Mortlake. Used what was probably the first internal combustion narrow-gauge locomotive made in 1902 by engine maker Blake Motors Ltd of Kew
Severn Trent Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Uttoxeter , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Burslem , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Trentham , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority [1]
after 1989[11]
2 ft (610 mm )
Nottingham , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Barlaston , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Stoke on Trent , England
Locomotive-hauled railway
?
1963
2 ft (610 mm )
Merton , England
Internal sewerage railway
[4]
before 1968
1990
2 ft (610 mm )
Minworth , England
Internal sewerage railway of the Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority
[4]
before 1961
2 ft (610 mm )
Kensington , England
Railway serving the refuse tips operated by Kensington Council
Yorkshire Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Naburn , England
Locomotive-worked works railway
Yorkshire Water Authority [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Chesterfield , England
Locomotive-worked sewage works railway
Gas works [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[4]
?
1955
16+ 1 ⁄2 in (419 mm )
Berkhamsted , England
Short horse-worked line connecting the gasworks with a goods yard
[13]
1864
1930s
3 ft (914 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
Bournemouth , England
3 ft (914 mm ) gauge elevated railway for coal transport until 1918. 2 ft (610 mm ) gauge locomotive worked line for gasholder construction in the early 1930s.
?
?
1 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in (597 mm )
Dundee , Scotland
Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
[35]
?
1965
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Edinburgh , Scotland
Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
[3]
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Portsmouth , England
Steam-locomotive hauled gasworks railway.
1908
1956
2 ft (610 mm )
Harrogate , England
Steam-hauled railway running from the North Eastern Railway to Harrogate gasworks.[36]
Nine Elms Works [29]
1863 (?)
1927
3 ft (914 mm ) and 2 ft (610 mm )
London , England
Internal steam-hauled railway hauling coal to the gasworks, replaced by conveyor belts
South Metropolitan Gas Company East Greenwich Works [29]
before 1910
1933
750 mm (2 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in )
London , England
Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
South Metropolitan Gas Company [29]
1892
1953
3 ft (914 mm )
London , England
Internal steam-hauled gas works railway on the Old Kent Road .
South Metropolitan Gas Company [29]
1890s
after 1951
3 ft (914 mm )
London , England
Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
Southern Gas Board , [13]
1944
1972
2 ft (610 mm )
Poole , England
Internal gasworks line using Lister locomotives
[3]
2 ft 8 in (813 mm )
Winchester , England
Overhead electric-locomotive hauled gasworks railway.
[37]
1915
1959
2 ft 3 in (686 mm )
York , England
Electrified railway, operated by a locomotive built by Dick, Kerr & Co.
General freight [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[38]
1815
1918
4 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in (1,333 mm )
Belvoir Castle , England
A short horse-drawn line used to haul coal and other goods from a Grantham Canal wharf to the castle.
Guilford Tramway [12]
1903
1930
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm )
Sandwich , England
Steam locomotive worked, freight-only line serving the St. George's Golf Club.
Portreath Tramroad [39]
1809
1867
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm )
Portreath , England
Early freight and mineral horse-hauled hauling plateway . One director's carriage survives in the Royal Cornwall Museum
Redruth and Chasewater Railway [39] [40]
1826
1915
4 ft (1,219 mm )
Redruth , England
Freight and mineral hauling line; horse-drawn until 1854; later steam worked.
St. Michael's Mount Tramway [39]
1879
present
2 ft 5 in (737 mm )
Marazion , England
Cable-hauled railway and incline delivering supplies and guest's luggage to St Michael's Mount .
Swanage Pier Tramway [13]
1858
1930s
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Swanage , England
Coal, stone and general freight line between Swanage town and Old Pier . Originally standard gauge but converted to narrow gauge between 1860 and 1880. Some track still exists in situ.
Talisker Distillery
?
1930s
2 ft (610 mm )
Isle of Skye , Scotland
Hauled goods from a pier to the whisky distillery.
Forestry [ ]
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[41]
1917
1918
3 ft (914 mm )
Ampthill , England
Controller of Timber Supply (CTS) forestry railway using one Kerr Stuart Haig class locomotive.
[41]
1917
1922
3 ft (914 mm )
Aviemore , Scotland
Extensive forestry railway built by the War Office Directorate of Timber Supply.
[41]
1924
1926
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Newtown , Wales
Temporary timber hauling railway on the Welsh-English border.
[41]
1917
1922
3 ft (914 mm )
Dornoch , Scotland
Forestry railway built by the War Office Directorate of Timber Supply.
[41]
1917
1922
3 ft (914 mm )
Brandon , England
CTS timber railway using three Bagnall locomotives
[41]
1941
1943
2 ft (610 mm )
Newtown , Wales
Temporary timber-hauling railway at Kerry, Powys .
Kerry Tramway [41]
1887
1923
2 ft (610 mm )
Newtown , Wales
Locomotive-worked line hauling timber from Kerry forest to Kerry Station on the Cambrian Railways
[42]
1918
1920
2 ft (610 mm )
Pennal , Wales
Short-lived Timber Supply Department tramway carrying timber from Cwm Dwr to Pennal, reusing part of the Cwm Ebol slate tramway. Locomotive Baguley 774 worked there.
[41]
1918
1920
3 ft (914 mm )
Wool , England
Forestry railway using a single Bagnall locomotive.
[41]
1917
1922
3 ft (914 mm )
Wolsingham , England
1½ mile long timber railway using three steam locomotives.
Railway works [ ]
Other industries [ ]
Woto, ex-BICC Belvedere, converted to 2 ft (610 mm ) gauge and preserved at Alan Keef
London Post Office Railway
Name
Opened
Closed
Gauge
Location
Notes
[30] [44]
before 1910
after 1965
2 ft (610 mm )
Rye , England
200-yard (183 m)-long internal railway serving the reprocessing plant.
Ashton Canal Carriers (Now Ashton Packet Boat Company)(incorrectly shown as Clayton Canal Carriers[1] )
1978
Present
2 ft (610 mm )
Guide Bridge , England
Short loco-worked line within a boatyard.
[45]
1894
after 1974
2 ft (610 mm )
Malvern , England
Hand-worked line connecting the barley malting works to the piggery .
[4] [13]
before 1967
present (but only part of the original line)
18 in (457 mm )
Bere Regis , England
Short line serving the watercress beds powered by a home made petrol locomotive
[13]
before 1970
1980
2 ft (610 mm )
Spetisbury , England
Short line serving the watercress beds, using motorised flatbed wagons
BICC Belvedere [12]
1930s (?)
1968
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm )
Belvedere , England
Steam-hauled railway at British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd's cable plant.
BICC [1]
after 1979
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Prescot , England
Locomotive-worked line
[44]
?
2000
2 ft (610 mm ),3 ft 1 ⁄2 in (927 mm ) and 2 ft 10+ 1 ⁄2 in (876 mm )[46]
Clay Cross , England
Very short line for hauling pipes within the works.
Bowaters Paper Railway [12]
1906
1969
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Sittingbourne , England
Served Bowater's paper mills. The last steam-worked industrial narrow-gauge line in Britain.
British Ropes [29]
after 1965
2 ft (610 mm )
Charlton , England
Diesel locomotive worked line at rope factory
[39]
1823
1942
4 ft (1,219 mm ),2 ft (610 mm ) after 1923
Bude , England
Horse-hauled line conveying sand from Summerleaze Beach to Bude Canal .
Cadbury 's factory railway[47]
1920s
1950s
2 ft (610 mm )
Worcester , England
Line connecting the canal to the chocolate factory taking timber for construction of packing cases.
Civil Aviation Authority [1]
after 1979
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm )
Laxey , Isle of Man
Two railcars
[29]
1965 (?)
1971
2 ft (610 mm )
Bisley , England
Diesel locomotive worked line around garden nursery
Department of the Environment [5]
after 1987
3 ft (914 mm )
Buxton , England
[1]
?
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Salwarpe , England
Short loco-worked line
[4]
after 1975
20 in (508 mm )
Darlington , England
Railway at the Chemical and Insulating Co. Ltd, in Faverdale , Darlington
[5]
out of use by 1987
2 ft (610 mm )
Buxton , England
Scrap merchant yard with railway and 4wDM locomotive
ICI [11]
after 1989
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Strathclyde , Scotland
At least nine locomotives on site in 1989
ICI [1]
after 1979
2 ft (610 mm )
Shevington , England
Locomotive worked line
ICI [1]
after 1987[5]
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Winnington , England
Locomotive worked line at the crystal plant at Winnington
Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway [48]
1925
1977
3 ft (914 mm )
Fort William , Scotland
Long line built for the construction and maintenance of pipelines from Lochaber to Fort William.
London Pneumatic Despatch Company railway[49]
1863
1874
2 ft (610 mm ) and 3 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in (1,130 mm )
London , England
An underground Atmospheric railway . The 2 ft (610 mm ) gauge line connected Euston railway station and the North West District Post Office in Eversholt Street. The 3 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in (1,130 mm ) gauge line connected Euston to Holborn
London Post Office Railway ('Mail Rail')[50]
1927
2003
2 ft (610 mm )
London , England
Driverless electric mail-delivery service, serving nine sorting offices on a 6.5 mile route between Paddington and Whitechapel . Entirely underground; double track in single 9 ft tunnel.
?
1979
3 ft (914 mm )
Ramsey , England
Concrete suppliers.
1920
1969
2 ft (610 mm )
Lincoln , England
Extensive system to carry potatoes from the fields to the crisp processing plant.
Oakhill Brewery [13]
1904
1921
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Oakhill , England
Mile long steam operated railway connecting the brewery with the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Binegar
[30]
1934
1946
2 ft (610 mm )
Winchelsea , England
Built to aid the construction and maintenance of sea defences on the Sussex coast.
Port Sunlight
1914 (?)
early 1950s
2 ft (610 mm )
Port Sunlight , England
Locomotive-worked industrial light serving Lever Brothers soap factory.
[4] [29]
before 1968
1972
2 ft (610 mm )
Ripley , England
Continuous circuit around the pipe works.
Royal Ordnance Factory
c 1938
not known
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Bishopton , Scotland
Approx 80 mile-long system serving munitions and ordnance explosives production site now owned by BAE Systems and operated by the Global Combat Systems-Munitions arm of its Land & Armaments business unit. Tracks still in situ in places
Royal Ordnance Factory
c 1939
not known
2 ft 6 in (762 mm )
Puriton , England
Extensive system serving explosives production site latterly owned by BAE Systems and operated by its Munitions & Ordnance business unit. Tracks still in situ in places when site ceased production and closed in 2007.
[51]
1960s
2016
2 ft (610 mm )
Woodhead , England
Locomotive worked railway for transporting workers maintaining the high voltage electrical cables in the old Woodhead Tunnel
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