Leicester. A 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway, about 220 yards (200 m)
in length. Steam and diesel hauled. Operates typically one or two days
each month for most of the year.
Long term project to reopen a part of the 600mm gauge Ashover Light
Railway. The proposed line would run from a new terminus near Ogston
Reservoir (which covers part of the original trackbed) to Ashover
Butts, about 2½ miles (4 km).
Shackerstone (near Nuneaton) to Shenton: 4½ miles (7.2 km).
Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled and diesel railcars. The
line is named for the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485); Bosworth Field
is adjacent to Shenton station.
Belton Light Railway
In the grounds of Belton House, near Grantham.
7¼ inch (184mm) gauge miniature railway over ¼ mile (450 m) in length.
(No website located at present)
Queens Park, Chesterfield. 18 inch (457 mm) gauge line circling
the boating lake. Diesel hauled with steam outline locomotive
Conkers Railway
Conkers,
Moira, near Swadlincote. 2 foot (610 mm) gauge miniature railway about
⅓ mile (0.5km) in length, connecting the two parts of this park located
in the National Forest. Diesel hauled with steam outline locomotive
(Website includes little information relating to the railway)
A working museum where you can take a tram ride from a recreated
Victorian town street into the countryside on a Derbyshire hilltop.
Line about 1 mile (1.6 km) in length. Standard gauge electric trams
(with occasional short workings by horse drawn tram).
From the Peak Rail station at Rowsley South, line about ¼ mile
(0.4 km) in length, with proposed extension of a further ¼ mile
(0.4 km). 2 foot (610 mm) gauge. Diesel hauled, using former
industrial equipment.
Line operated in two separate sections from Wirksworth:
to Duffield (East Midlands Trains station), about 8¼ miles
(13.4 km)
to Ravenstor (for the National Stone Centre): ¾ mile (1.2 km),
including the steepest adhesion worked gradient on a passenger
carrying railway in the UK
Standard gauge. Steam or diesel hauled or diesel railcars.
From the Midland Railway Centre station at Swanwick Junction
(near Ripley) to Newlands Inn in the Golden Valley Country Park
(⅓ mile, 0.5 km). 2 ft (610 mm) gauge. Diesel hauled, using former
industrial equipment.
GCR Development Ltd
Project to connect the Great Central Railway (Loughborough) and
the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) into a single 17 mile (27.3 km)
main line railway. Amongst other developments, this would require a
new bridge over the Network Rail line at Loughborough (No
website located at present)
Central station, Loughborough to Leicester North: about 8 miles
(12.8 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled, usually with main
line locomotives. Dining trains operate at certain times.
Skegness Water Leisure Park near Ingoldmells.
Line almost 1 mile (1.5km) in length. 600mm gauge. Diesel
hauled, with a steam locomotive in the course of restoration.
Ludborough to North Thoresby, about 2 miles (3.2 km). Possible
future extensions northwards to Waltham and southwards to Louth, giving
a total length of about 9 miles (14.5 km). Standard gauge. Steam and
diesel hauled.
Markeaton Park, Derby. Line about ¾ mile (1.3 km) in length.
15 inch (381 mm) gauge. Diesel hauled, using a former industrial
locomotive or a miniature replica mainline locomotive.
Near Ripley: Hammersmith to Riddings (3 miles, 4.8 km). There are no
stations at the ends of the line, passengers board and alight at Butterley
or Swanwick Junction. Possible future extension to Pye Bridge for
interchange with trains on the national network. Standard Gauge. Steam
and diesel hauled and diesel railcars. Dining trains operate at certain
times.
Pitsford & Brampton station (near Northampton): line about
1½ miles (2.4 km) in length. Extensions under construction northwards
to Lamport and southwards to Boughton Crossing, a total distance of
6½ miles (14.5 km). Possible future extension to Northampton (about
5 miles, 8 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
Hunsbury Hill Country Park, Northampton: line about 2¼ miles
(3.6 km) in length, although only part of the line is presently in
use. Open to the public on a few days each year, mainly holidays.
Standard gauge. Usually diesel hauled.
Matlock (East Midlands Trains station) to Rowsley South: 4¼ miles
(7 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled. Dining trains operate
at certain times.
Rushden: line about ¼ mile (0.4 km) in length. Proposed extension to
Higham Ferrers, a further ¾ mile (1.2km). Possible future extension
to Wellingborough (East Midlands Trains station), a further 3½ miles
(5.6 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled. The museum is open
most weekends during the summer although trains only operate on certain
days.
Steeple House, near Wirksworth. Public access on foot only from
the High Peak Trail (trackbed of the former Cromford & High Peak
Railway), nearest car parking at the National Stone Centre or at
Black Rocks (each about 5 minutes walk). Line about ½ mile (0.8 km)
in length, extensions proposed. Unusual and intriguing small railway
operated with former mine and quarry equipment. 18 inch (457 mm)
gauge. Diesel and battery electric hauled.
2 ft (605 mm) gauge miniature railway, 1¼ miles (2 km) in length,
located in a Theme Park near Kettering. Diesel hauled with steam
outline locomotives.
