UK & IRISH HERITAGE RAILWAY LINKS

THUMPER · Bericht door **THUMPER** » 25 feb 2006, 14:00

Here are the links to all the Heritage (tourist) Railways in the UK & Ireland.
http://www.heritagerailways.com/abc.html

And here is a map.
http://www.heritagerailways.com/ukmap.html

groentje · Bericht door **groentje** » 25 feb 2006, 14:52

are any of them in use for 'normal' pendulum trains, too?

THUMPER · Bericht door **THUMPER** » 25 feb 2006, 16:00

groentje schreef:are any of them in use for 'normal' pendulum trains, too?

Do you mean Normal service trains??? ..running every day.
If so, Yes, there are 2 that I know of, 1in the Norh of England, a community railway, the Wensleydale Railway, and the other just north east of London running on old underground track, the Epping Onger Railway. I don't know much about them,but they are also marketed as Heritage/Tourist lines
There are 2 others which I know want to run normal services and are run by volunteers. There has been plans for the West Somerset Railway which is 30km long from Taunton - Minehead on the coast but nothing has happened. There are also Plans for the Swanage Railway (Purbeck Line) in Dorset, southern England to run a service on there new link to the national rail system from Wareham - Swanage.
There are two semi-heritage lines in the south run on the national railway network, The Island Line on the Isle of wight which uses old London Underground trains and the Lymington branch in the New Forest using old Electric EMU trains in heritage livery.
I hope this helps.

groentje · Bericht door **groentje** » 25 feb 2006, 16:16

Yes, this helps

THUMPER · Bericht door **THUMPER** » 25 feb 2006, 16:23

For all the 'Normal' mainline National Railway companies (including freight)see link.
http://www.rail.co.uk/ukrail/railcomp/towelcm.htm