Amberley, near Arundel. Part of the Amberley
Working Museum. Amberley to Cragside, about ½ mile (0.8 km). 2 ft
(610 mm) gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
Sheffield Park (near Uckfield) to Kingscote (near East
Grinstead): 8½ miles (13.9 km). Proposed extension to East Grinstead,
a further 2 miles (3.2 km). Pending full reopening, trains run fron
East Grinstead to Imberhorne North on certain days. Possible future branch
line from Horsted Keynes to Ardingly, 2¼ miles (3.6 km). Standard gauge.
Steam hauled. Dining trains operate at certain times.
Quainton Road. Offers short train rides within the museum grounds on
certain days. Standard gauge, usually steam hauled. There is also
a miniature railway.
Chinnor to Thame Junction (near Princes Risborough): 3½ miles
(5.6 km). Proposed service into Princes Risborough over national
network lines. Proposed extension from Chinnor to Aston Rowant,
a further 2½ miles (4 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
Offers short train rides within the museum grounds on certain days.
Usually standard gauge, steam or diesel hauled or diesel railcar, with
occasional steam hauled broad (7ft 0¼in, 2140mm) gauge.
Shepherdswell (near the Southeastern Trains Shepherds Well station) to
Eythorne: 1½ miles (2.5 km). Standard gauge. Diesel hauled or diesel
railcars. There is also a 5 in (271 mm) gauge (elevated, ride astride)
miniature railway at Shepherdswell.
Lakeside Park, near Southampton Airport. 10¼ / 7¼ in
(260 / 184 mm) dual gauge miniature railway a little over ¾ mile
(1.3 km) in length. Steam hauled.
Hadlow Down (near Buxted). Private railway in Tinkers Park, open to
the public typically 5 days each year. About ¼ mile (0.4 km), 2 ft
(610 mm) gauge. Steam and diesel hauled.
Two cliff railways, East Cliff and West Cliff. East Cliff is the
higher of the two, with a rise of 208 feet (63 m), and has the
distinction of being the steepest cliff railway in the UK, with a
gradient of 1 in 1.28 (78%)
Hayling Island. Beachlands to Eastoke Corner: a little over
1 mile (1.8 km). 2 ft (610 mm) gauge. Diesel hauled, although one
locomotive has a steam locomotive outline.
Liphook. Narrow gauge railway about 1½ miles (2.4 km) in length.
Usually steam hauled. The line is laid to 2 ft (610 mm) gauge,
although the steam locomotives used were built to 600 mm gauge.
There is also a 7¼ in (184 mm) gauge miniature railway, about 400
yards (365 m) in length; and a short standard gauge railway, although
the latter is currently not in use pending repairs to the
locomotive.
Hythe Promenade to Pier Head, about 640 yards (585 m). 2 ft
(610 mm) gauge, electric hauled. Advertised as “the oldest pier
railway in the world.” Operates in connection with the Hythe Ferry
to Southampton.
Thames Ditton. Society site open to the public typically one
day each month during the summer. Two miniature railways: a 7¼ in
(184 mm) gauge line about 550 yards (503 m) in length, and a 3½
in (89 mm) gauge line about 500 yards (457 m) in length. Steam and
diesel hauled.
Marwells Wonderful Railway
15 in (381 mm) gauge railway at Marwell Wildlife near Winchester. Diesel hauled,
steam outline locomotive (Website includes little information
relating to railway)
Pinewood Leisure Centre, Wokingham. Society site open to the public
typically one day each month during the summer. Dual gauge (5 in / 127 mm
and 7¼ in / 184 mm) miniature railway almost ½ mile (0.8 km) in length.
Steam, diesel and battery electric hauled.
Waltham Abbey. A 2ft 6in (762 mm) gauge passenger carrying line
is under construction. There is also an 18 in (457 mm) gauge line
which is currently operational for demonstration working and may
be upgraded for passenger carrying in the future.
Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley (near Southampton): 10¼ in
(260 mm) gauge miniature railway with nearly 2½ miles (4 km) of
track. Steam and diesel hauled.
Viaduct station, Sittingbourne to Kemsley Down: 1½ miles (2.6 km).
The railway originally served an adjacent paper mill. 2 ft 6 in
(762 mm) gauge. Steam hauled
Alton to Alresford: 10 miles (16 km). Standard gauge. Steam and
diesel hauled. Dining trains operate at certain times. There is also
a miniature railway at Ropley station.
