ScotlandCraigtoun Country Park Miniature Railway - St Andrews
Situated within Craigtoun Country Park on the outskirts of St Andrews, Fife. The park is open during daylight hours all year round.
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Miniature Railways are those we remember from childhood visits to the seaside or similar tourist resorts. In fact, there are more miniature railways than any other type.
Typically, the tracks of a miniature railway are only a few inches apart and drivers sit on rather than in the locomotive. Power might be by steam but, these days, while they will look like a steam engine, under the skin they are more likely to have a petrol or diesel engine.
In some cases, a miniature railway really is miniature. You will find tiny circuits in garden centres and private gardens throughout the country. These fantastic railways have you sitting astride the coaches and there's a much better chance that you'll be pulled along by steam.
Kerrs Miniature Railway - Arbroath
This miniature railway, the oldest small gauge in the world, was originally opened in 1935 and transports tourists along a picturesque 1/2 mile route.
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Ness Islands Railway - Inverness
This miniature railway is the most northerly public railway in the UK. It was opened in 1983 and runs along a riverbank.
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Strathaven Miniature Railway - Strathaven
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Vogrie Park Miniature Railway - Gorebridge
This miniature railway carries passengers on a scenic route within the grounds of Vogrie Country Park.
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Wester Pickston - Perth
This miniature railway, operated by the Scottish Model Engineering Trust, carries passengers on a trip through wooded grounds.
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North WestAllostock Miniature Railway - Knutsford
The Allostock Miniature Railway runs in the grounds of the garden centre.
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Crewe Heritage Centre - Crewe
This railway restoration centre at any time houses a changing collection of varied locomotives awaiting repair, as well as artefacts and a passenger-carrying miniature railway.
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Dragon Miniature Railway - Stockport
This miniature railway was opened in 1999 and takes passengers through a wooded area of the Marple Garden Centre.
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Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway - Chester
This miniature railway was opened in 1996 to celebrate the centenary of the Duke of Westminster's railway at nearby Eaton Hall.
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Halton Miniature Railway - Runcorn
Running with Town Park, this miniature railway opened in 1979.
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High Legh Railway - Knutsford
This miniature railway runs in the grounds of High Legh Garden Centre.
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Lakeside Miniature Railway - Southport
This seaside miniature railway was opened in 1911 and the line transports visitors to the pier and the beach.
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Pleasure Beach Express - Blackpool
This miniature railway was built in 1933 and runs within the grounds of Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
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St Annes Miniature Railway - Blackpool
This miniature railway, dating from the 1970s, operates through sand dunes and around a miniature golf course.
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Windmill Farm Railway - Ormskirk
This miniature railway, built by Austin Moss, opened in 1997 and operates from Windmill Farm station to Lakeview station where there is a picnic area.
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North EastLakeshore Railroad - South Shields
This miniature railway, opened in 1972, transports visitors through woodland and around a boating lake.
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Saltburn Miniature Railway - Cleveland
This seaside miniature railway, opened in 1947 runs close to the beach and is operated by a group of volunteers.
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Teeside Small Gauge Railway - Stockton-on-Tees
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YorkshireAbbeydale Miniature Railway - Sheffield
This miniature, located in Ecclesall Woods since 1978,is operated by Sheffield & District Society of Model & Experimental Engineers.
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Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway - Cleethorpes
This miniature railway was originally opened in 1948 and runs past Lakeside Park with scenic views of the Humber Estuary.
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Hemsworth Water Park Miniature Railway - Pontefract
This miniature railway was built in 1993 with assistance from members of the Wakefield Model Engineers Society.
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Lightwater Express - Ripon
This miniature railway runs around many attractions in the Theme Park.
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Newby Hall Miniature Railway - Ripon
This miniature railway runs around the scenic grounds of the late 17th century Newby Hall.
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North Bay Railway - Scarborough
This miniature railway, operated since 1931, carries visitors along the coast affording scenic views of Scarborough Bay.
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Orchard Farm Lakeside Railway - Filey
This miniature railway operates round the perimeter of a lake inside the grounds of a holiday village.
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Pugneys Light Railway - Wakefield
This miniature railway transports visitors to a nature reserve inside the grounds of a country park.
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Rosehill Victoria Park Railway - Rotherham
This miniature railway, opened in 1997, is run inside a walled garden by the Rotherham & District Model Engineers Society.
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Ruswarp Miniature Railway - Whitby
This miniature railway, opened in 1990, runs in a scenic setting along the edge of the River Esk near Whitby.
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Shibden Park Railway - Halifax
This miniature railway was built in the early 1980s and is located in a park that contains the 18th century Shibden Hall.
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Thorne Memorial Park Park Miniature Railway - Doncaster
This miniature railway, operated by Doncaster & District Model Engineering Society on this site for over 50 years, operates on a grassed area in the grounds of Thorne Park.
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WalesLlwyfan Cerrig Miniature Railway - Carmarthen
This miniature railway was opened in 1993 as an extra attraction for Gwili Railway passengers.
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Rhyl Miniature Railway - Rhyl
This seaside miniature railway, originally opened in 1911 hauls passengers around the Marine Lake at Rhyl.
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Tintern Old Station - Chepstow
The station building and signalbox were reopened in 1975 as a cafe and information centre, displaying arts and crafts exhibitions.
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West MidlandsAvonvale Miniature Railway - Birmingham
This miniature railway, operated by Avonvale Model Engineering Society, runs in the grounds of the farm shop.
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Coalyard Miniature Railway - Kidderminster
The Coalyard Railway, opened in 1988, runs alongside the Severn Valley Railway's main line.
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Echills Wood Railway - Sutton Coldfield
This miniature railway relocated to Kingsbury Water Park in 2005 and resumed full services in 2011.
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Hilcote Valley Railway - Stafford
This miniature railway, created by Roger Greatrex in 1993, runs in the grounds of the garden centre and also into the countryside and round a lake.
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Hollybush Railway - Wolverhampton
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Leasowes Park Miniature Railway - Dudley
Since 1990, this miniature railway has been operating along the towpath of Dudley No 2 Canal on the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
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Twycross Zoo Miniature Railway - Atherstone
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Weston Park Railway - Shifnal
This miniature railway, opened in 1980, carries visitors alongside lakes and through woodland in the landscaped grounds of 17th century Weston Park, now run as an hotel.
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East MidlandsBelton Light Railway - Grantham
This miniature railway takes visitors through the grounds of the National Trust's late 17th century Belton House.
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Brookside Miniature Railway - Stockport
Brookside Miniature Railway runs in the grounds of the garden centre.
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Hall Leys Park Miniature Railway - Matlock
This miniature railway, opened in 1948, hauls passengers alongside the river Derwent through a Victorian public park in Matlock.
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Manor Park Miniature Railway - Glossop
This miniature railway, created in 1970, hauls passengers through the grounds of a former 16th century manor house owned by the Duke of Norfolk.
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North Ings Farm Museum Railway - Shrewsbury
This small museum displays agricultural machinery and a narrow gauge railway conveys visitors within the farm site.
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East of EnglandAshmanhaugh Light Railway - Wroxham
This miniature railway, run by a group of enthusiasts, is situated close to the Bure Valley Railway.
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Barton House Railway - Wroxham
This miniature railway was originally built in the 1960s and another line and a museum have been added since.
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East Herts Miniature Railway - Ware
This miniature railway, opened in 1977, is situated in a field in the outer garden centre area.
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Fancottt Miniature Railway - Luton
This miniature railway has operated at the Fancott Pub since 1975.
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Ferry Meadows Miniature Railway - Peterborough
This miniature railway, opened in 1978, runs to the children's play area in the Nene Valley Park.
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Great Whipsnade Railway - Dunstable
This narrow gauge railway runs through wild animal paddocks.
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Knebworth Park Miniature Railway - Stevenage
This miniature railway carries passengers around the grounds of Knebworth House around the adventure playground.
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Pentney Park Railway - Kings Lynn
This miniature railway was created in 1986 and hauls passengers around scenic country and through woodland.
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Somerleyton Hall Miniature Railway - Lowestoft
This miniature railway runs around the grounds of 17th century Somerleyton Hall.
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Vanstone Woodland Railway - Hitchin
This miniature railway opened in 1986 and runs in the grounds of a garden centre.
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South WestAshton Court Miniature Railway - Bristol
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Beer Heights Light Railway - Seaton
This miniature railway, opened in 1975, was built to complement the permanent Peco Model Railway Exhibition.
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Bicton Woodland Railway - Exeter
Since 1963 this narrow gauge line runs through beautiful gardens and woodland, passing by a lake.
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Cattle Country Miniature Railway - Berkeley
This miniature railway hauls passengers to the Animal Encounters Area of Cattle Country Adventure Park.
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Coate Water Park Miniature Railway - Swindon
Operated by the North Wilts Model Engineers Society, this popular dual-gauge miniature railway started in 1961 on raised track. Gradually extended over the years, its present layout is one outer circuit with an inner figure-of-eight.
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Combe Martin Wildlife Park Railway - Ilfracombe
The line, opened in 1989, runs within the wildlife park.
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Exmoor Steam Railway - Barnstaple
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Hotham Park Minature Railway - Bognor Regis
This miniature railway, opened in 2007, operates a circuit round Hotham Park.
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Lappa Valley Railway - Newquay
This line operates along part of the trackbed of the former GWR Chacewater to Newquay branch opened in 1849. The 15in-gauge line opened in 1974.
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Littledown Miniature Railway - Bournemouth
This miniature railway, operated by the Bournemouth & District Society of Model Engineers, runs on the west side of Littledown Park.
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Plymouth Miniature Steam - Plymouth
This club track was formally opened on its present landscaped site on the outskirts of Plymouth in 1990.
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Poole Park Railway - Poole
This line started life as Southern Miniature Railways in 1949 and was one of a number of similar railways owned by the same company at Stokes Bay, Bognor Regis and Southsea.
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South Devon Miniature Railway - Buckfastleigh
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Strawberry Line Miniature Railway - Bristol
Developed since 1999, this miniature railway hauls passengers with a fleet of battery-operated scale model diesel outline locos and several steam locos.
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Tamarisk Miniature Railway - Padstow
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South EastAmnerfield Miniature Railway - Reading
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Audley End Miniature Railway - Saffron Waldon
This miniature railway was built by Lord Braybrooke, owner of Audley End House in 1963 and extended since.
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Bankside Miniature Railway - Eastleigh
This 8&;;frac14;" gauge railway lies alongside the river Itchen and adjacent to the Brambridge Park Garden Centre.
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Barleylands Farm Park Miniature Railways - Billericay
This miniature railway came almost entirely from the North Benfleet Miniature Railway in 1988 and now runs around the farm park.
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Barnards Farm Miniature Railway - Brentwood
A new miniature railway opened in 2010, this railway has the potential to be one of the best in the UK.
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Beale Railway - Reading
Opened in 1989, this miniature railway featuring a Mercedes Benz diesel-powered loco and open carriages, carries passengers for a trip around a conservation wildlife park, founded as a charitable trust by Gilbert Beale in 1956.
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Bentley Miniature Railway - Lewes
A mixed gauge passenger-carrying miniature railway, this line operated by Uckfield Model Railway Club was first built in 1985 and later extended to give a 1/2-mile run.
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Canvey Miniature Railway - Canvey Island
Run by the Canvey Railway & Model Engineering Club, this miniature railway comprises two separate lines inside the club grounds.
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Cuckoo Hill Railway - Fordingbridge
This steam-hauled circular miniature railway tskes visitors on a journey around this pick-your-own-fruit farm.
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Cutteslowe Park Miniature Railway - Oxford
These two miniature railways have been operating since 1988. A wide variety of steam and diesel outline locos are supplied by members.
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Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway - Eastbourne
This miniature railway, opened in 1992, meanders around a lake and through woodland.
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Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway - Eastleigh
This miniature railway goes around a large lake in Eastleigh Park near Eastleigh railway works.
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Exbury Gardens Railway - Southampton
This railway, opened in 2001, runs through the gardens owned by Leopold de Rothschild.
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Faversham Miniature Railway - Faversham
The Faversham Miniature Railway Society has operated the only 9-in gauge public railway in the UK since 1985.
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Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway - Camberley
This miniature railway, owned by the Frimley & Ascot Locomotive Club runs through woodland and by the Basingstoke Canal.
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Golding Spring Miniature Railway - Aylesbury
This miniature railway has been operated on its present site since the mid 1970s by the Vale of Aylesbury Model Engineering Society.
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Great Cockcrow Railway - Chertsey
This miniature railway has operated on its present site since 1968.
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Ingfield Light Railway - Billingshurst
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Legoland Hill Train - Windsor
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Littlehampton Miniature Railway - Littlehampton
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Mizens Miniature Railway - Woking
This railway, operated by the Woking Miniature Railway Society runs through pleasant woodland.
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Pinewood Miniature Railway - Wokingham
This miniature railway has been transporting visitors through a woodland setting for over 25 years.
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Roxbourne Park Miniature Railway - Pinner
This miniature railway has operated around Roxbourne Park since 1976.
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Royal Victoria Railway - Southampton
This narrow gauge railway runs inside the grounds of a 200 acre country park.
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Ruislip Lido Railway - Ruislip
This miniature railway, operated by volunteers, has run in Ruislip Lido country park since 1945.
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South Downs Light Railway - Pulborough
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Strand Miniature Railway - Medway Town
This miniature railway, now operated by Medway Council, has run on this site since 1948.
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Summerfields Miniature Railway - Bedford
Three miniature railways are operated by Bedford Model Engineering Society at Summerfields Farm.
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Sutton Hall Railway - Rochford
This miniature railway, created in 1996, was created by the Shoeburyness Model Railway Club.
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Swanley New Barn Railway - Swanley
This miniature railway runs on a steeply graded line from the 60 acre Swanley Park.
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Thames Ditton Miniature Railway - Thames Ditton
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Watford Miniature Railway - Watford
This miniature railway, founded in 1959, carries passengers around an area in Cassiobury Park.
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Wellington Park Minature Railway - Reading
Established in 1980, this miniature railway carries passengers through the country park via a scenic route.
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Willen Miniature Railway - Milton Keynes
This short miniature railway, opened in 1989, runs through a wooded area.
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LondonActon Miniature Railway - London
This short end-to-end miniature railway opened in 2005 and features rides behind a variety of scale London Transport battery-powered and steam locos and rolling stock.
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Isle of ManGreat Laxey Mine Railway - Isle of Man
Originally opened in 1877, this railway has now reopened as a tourist attraction since 2004.
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Groudle Glen Railway - Isle of Man
This railway was opened in 1896 to transport tourists to a rocky headland and is now operated by the Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters' Association which partially reopened the line in 1986.
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Orchid Line Minature Railway - Isle of Man
This miniature railway, opened in 1992, transports visitors through woodland and swampland in the grounds of the wildlife park.
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Channel IslandsThere are none in this area
The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, originally opened in 1875, was rescued by a group of railway enthusiasts in 1960 and the line now transports tourists along its 7 mile route.