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This list is for railway lines which are now disused, closed or dismantled.See also* List of railway lines in Great Britain for extant lines.* List of closed railway stations in Britain... .
The North-East/South-West route is the major British rail route running from South West England via Bristol, Birmingham, Derby and Sheffield to North-East England....
The East Coast Main Line is the electrified high-speed railway link between London and Edinburgh connecting Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland....
The Great Eastern Main Line is a major railway line of the National Rail, which connects Liverpool Street station in the City of London with destinations in East London, England and the East of England, including Ipswich, Norwich and several coastal resorts....
The Great Western Main Line is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington station to Bristol Temple Meads railway station station in Bristol....
The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the Rail transport in Great Britain.The 'Modern' line links London St Pancras station to Sheffield Sheffield railway station in northern England via Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Kettering, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham and Chesterfield....
The West Coast Main Line is a busy mixed-traffic railway route in the United Kingdom. It is central to the provision of fast, long-distance Intercity passenger services between London, the West Midlands , the North West England, North Wales and southern Scotland....
The Hertford Loop Line is a branch of the East Coast Main Line.First Capital Connect operates suburban services along the Hertford Loop Line between London King's Cross railway station or Moorgate station, and Letchworth railway station, Stevenage railway station or Hertford North railway station....
The Gospel Oak ? Barking Line is a railway line in north and east London which connects Gospel Oak railway station in North London and Barking station in East London as part of the London Overground network....
The North London Line is a railway line through the inner suburbs of north London, England, from Richmond station in the west to North Woolwich railway station in the east in roughly a semi-circle....
The Northern City Line is a railway line from Moorgate station to Finsbury Park railway station in London, once part of the Great Northern Electrics line....
The Lea Valley Lines are three Commuter rail in the United Kingdom and two branches in North East London, so named because they run along the valley of the River Lee ....
Thameslink is a fifty-station route in the Rail transport in the United Kingdom running north to south from Bedford railway station to Brighton railway station through the Snow Hill tunnel in Central London....
The Watford DC Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom from Euston railway station to Watford Junction railway station. Services on the line are operated by London Overground....
The Upminster Branch Line is a 3.4 mile branch line between Romford and Upminster in the London Borough of Havering. It forms Network Rail route EA 1040....
|}The Bromley North line is a short branch line in South East London that connects at Grove Park railway station with the South Eastern Main Line operated by Southeastern ....
|}The Catford Loop line was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway on 1 July 1892; it had been incorporated as the Shortlands and Nunhead Railway in 1889....
The Dartford Loop Line is one of three lines linking London with Dartford railway station in Kent, England. It lies to the south of the other two: the North Kent Line and the Bexleyheath Line....
The Greenwich Line is a short railway line in South London that follows the route of the London and Greenwich Railway, which was the first railway line in London....
|}The Hayes Line is the railway service in south east London, United Kingdom operated by Southeastern between Charing Cross railway station or Cannon Street station and Hayes railway station in the London Borough of Bromley....
|}The Hounslow Loop Line is a railway line in southwest London, with services operated by South West Trains. It enables suburban trains to run on a circular route via Hounslow railway station to and from Waterloo station....
The Inner South London Line is an 8.5 mile horseshoe-shaped Inner London railway route from London Victoria station to London Bridge railway station via Peckham Rye....
|}The Tattenham Corner Line is a railway line in Southern England. It was opened in two parts: from Purley to Tadworth as the Chipstead Valley Railway in 1893, and to Tattenham Corner as the Epsom Downs Extension Railway in 1894....
Thameslink is a fifty-station route in the Rail transport in the United Kingdom running north to south from Bedford railway station to Brighton railway station through the Snow Hill tunnel in Central London....
The Greenford branch line is a 2? mile suburban railway line in west London, England. It runs from a triangular junction with the Great Western Main Line west of West Ealing railway station to a central bay platform at Greenford tube station on the London Underground Central Line....
The West London Line is a short railway linking Clapham Junction in the south to Willesden Junction station in the north. It was built to enable trains to cross London....
The Arun Valley Line is part of the Southern -operated railway services. For the initial part of the route trains follow the Brighton Main Line, and at a junction south of Three Bridges railway station the route turns westwards....
|}The Ashford to Ramsgate line is the railway that runs from Ashford International railway station to Ramsgate railway station via Canterbury West railway station....
The Brighton Main Line is a major :Category:Railway lines in the United Kingdom running from London Victoria station and London Bridge station to Brighton railway station....
The Chatham Main Line is a British railway line that runs from London Victoria station to Dover Priory railway station or Ramsgate railway station via the Medway and Bromley South railway station....
|}The Cherwell Valley Line is the railway line between Didcot and Banbury via Oxford. It links the Great Western Main Line and the south to the Chiltern Main Line and the Midlands....
East Coastway is the name used by the TOC, Southern , for the routes it operates along the south coast of Sussex and Kent to the east of Brighton, England....
The Hastings Line is a railway line in Kent and East Sussex linking Hastings railway station with the main town of Tunbridge Wells railway station, and from there into London via Sevenoaks railway station....
|}The Kent Coast Line is the :Category:British railway lines that runs from Dover Priory railway station to Margate railway station.It was Railway electrification in Great Britain by British Rail under the 1955 Modernisation Plan....
The North Downs Line is the name of the passenger train service connecting Reading, Berkshire, on the Great Western Main Line, to Gatwick Airport railway station, on the Brighton Main Line....
The London to Aylesbury Line is the main railway line between London and Aylesbury, going via the Chiltern Hills; it is operated by Chiltern Railways....
The Portsmouth Direct Line is a railway service operated by South West Trains which runs between Waterloo station and Portsmouth Harbour railway station, England....
|}The Redhill to Tonbridge Line is a railway line running from Redhill, Surrey, Surrey to Tonbridge, Kent in southeast England. It branches off the Brighton Main Line at Redhill railway station and, after 20 miles, joins the South Eastern Main Line at Tonbridge railway station....
The South Western Main Line is a railway line from Waterloo station to Weymouth, Dorset on the Dorset coast, in the south of England. It is a major railway which serves many important commuter areas, as well as the major settlements of Southampton and Bournemouth....
Thameslink is a fifty-station route in the Rail transport in the United Kingdom running north to south from Bedford railway station to Brighton railway station through the Snow Hill tunnel in Central London....
The West Coastway Line is a railway line in England, along the south coast of West Sussex and Hampshire, to the west of Brighton., plus the short branches to Littlehampton railway station and Bognor Regis railway station....
The West of England Main Line is a United Kingdom railway line, running from Waterloo station to Exeter St Davids railway station. Historically, the main line continued to Okehampton railway station and Plymouth railway station, and competed for the lucrative Atlantic Boat Train traffic....
|}The Alton Line is a railway line operated by South West Trains. Today Alton railway station is the terminus of a main line branch, although it was at one time the junction for three lines....
|}The Ascot to Guildford line is a railway line operated by South West Trains.The name refers both to a service between Ascot and Guildford and a physical railway line between Ascot to Ash Vale....
|}The Catford Loop line was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway on 1 July 1892; it had been incorporated as the Shortlands and Nunhead Railway in 1889....
The Dartford Loop Line is one of three lines linking London with Dartford railway station in Kent, England. It lies to the south of the other two: the North Kent Line and the Bexleyheath Line....
The Eastleigh-Fareham Line is the railway line from Eastleigh to Fareham in the United Kingdom. At Eastleigh, trains join the South Western Main Line for onward travel to Basingstoke, Reading railway station or to Waterloo station....
The Eastleigh-Romsey Line is the railway line from Eastleigh to Romsey in Hampshire, England. At Eastleigh, trains join the South Western Main Line for onward travel to Southampton and Totton....
|}The Hampton Court Branch Line is a short branch line off the South Western Main Line. It has just two stations; Thames Ditton railway station and Hampton Court railway station....
|}The Hayes Line is the railway service in south east London, United Kingdom operated by Southeastern between Charing Cross railway station or Cannon Street station and Hayes railway station in the London Borough of Bromley....
|}The Hounslow Loop Line is a railway line in southwest London, with services operated by South West Trains. It enables suburban trains to run on a circular route via Hounslow railway station to and from Waterloo station....
The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley, Milton Keynes to Bedford, England in England. It is one of two passenger-carrying remnants of the Oxford to Cambridge "Varsity Line"....
The Mid-Kent Line is the successor to railways built by the Mid Kent Railway between 1857 and 1882. The railway was originally planned to carry traffic through mid Kent, but because other railways were being built at the time , the scheme did not materialise....
|}The New Guildford Line, now operated by South West Trains, is a commuter line between London and Guildford railway station. It branches off the South Western Main Line just south of Surbiton railway station, at the same point as the short branch line to Hampton Court railway station....
The Oxted Line is a railway line in southern England. It was originally operated jointly by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and the South Eastern Railway ....
|}The Sheerness Line connects Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent with Sittingbourne on the mainland, and with the Chatham Main Line for trains to London and elsewhere in Kent....
The Shepperton Branch Line is a railway line in the south west of London. It is also known as the Shepperton Line though on opening it was named The Thames Valley Railway....
|}The Slough to Windsor & Eton Branch Line is a short railway line between the towns of Slough and Windsor, Berkshire in Berkshire, England. Trains run from a dedicated bay platform at Slough railway station to Windsor and Eton Central railway station....
The Staines to Windsor Line is a suburban railway line in England completed in 1849 and now operated by South West Trains . The line branches from the Waterloo to Reading Line at Staines in Surrey and runs to Windsor, Berkshire in Berkshire, England....
The Sutton & Mole Valley Lines are a group of railway lines constructed between 1847 and 1868 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, the London and South Western Railway and the LBSCR-sponsored Horsham, Dorking and Leatherhead Railway....
|}The Tattenham Corner Line is a railway line in Southern England. It was opened in two parts: from Purley to Tadworth as the Chipstead Valley Railway in 1893, and to Tattenham Corner as the Epsom Downs Extension Railway in 1894....
The Waterloo to Reading Line is a suburban railway line in England operated by South West Trains . With the connecting Hounslow Loop Line it forms the most northern line of the SWT franchise....
The West London Line is a short railway linking Clapham Junction in the south to Willesden Junction station in the north. It was built to enable trains to cross London....
|}The Henley Branch Line is a Branch line railway line between Twyford, Berkshire and Henley-on-Thames, between the England counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.... ("Regatta Line")
The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight, running some 8? miles from Ryde Pier Head railway station to Shanklin railway station down the eastern side of the island....
The Lymington Branch Line is a railway that runs from Brockenhurst railway station to Lymington Pier railway station, both in the New Forest . The railway line is around long, and is single track throughout its length....
|}The Marshlink Line is the name given to services on the railway line linking Ashford, Kent with Hastings in the South East England. The line was part of an original proposal by a company named the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Company to extend its coast route to Hastings....
The Marlow Branch Line is a short single track railway line between Maidenhead, in Berkshire, and Bourne End, Buckinghamshire and Marlow, Buckinghamshire in Buckinghamshire, England....
The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley, Milton Keynes to Bedford, England in England. It is one of two passenger-carrying remnants of the Oxford to Cambridge "Varsity Line"....
|}The Medway Valley Line is the name given to the railway line linking Strood railway station and the Medway Towns with Maidstone West railway station and onward to Paddock Wood railway station....
The Oxford to Bicester Line is a short branch line linking Oxford and Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The line continues beyond Bicester to Bletchley, Milton Keynes, but this section of track has been out of use for many years, although part of it is currently in use as a freight line....
|}The Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line is a rural branch line from Princes Risborough to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England.The line serves the following places...
The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.... region includes East Anglia, West Anglia, Essex, and North and East London.
The Fen Line runs from Cambridge in Cambridgeshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk. It is so called because it runs through The Fens. The route was Railway electrification in Great Britain at 25 kV AC in 1992....
|}The Breckland Line runs from Cambridge in Cambridgeshire to Norwich in Norfolk, in East Anglia, England. It is so called because it runs through the Breckland region of Norfolk....
|}The Sunshine Coast Line is a railway line linking Colchester to Clacton-on-sea. There is a branch to Walton-on-the-Naze. Trains to Clacton are through trains from London, while those to Walton start at Colchester on weekdays and Saturdays, but at Thorpe-le-Soken on Sundays....
The Ely to Peterborough Line is a railway line in the United Kingdom, linking East Anglia to the Midlands. Passenger services are provided by CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains and National Express East Anglia....
|}The Ipswich to Ely Line is an important railway line linking East Anglia to the Midlands. There is also a branch line to Cambridge.The towns served by the route are:**connections with Great Eastern Main Line to and London, and East Suffolk Line and Felixstowe Branch Line lines.*...
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway is an English railway line linking Fenchurch Street station in the City of London with East London, England and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area of County of Essex....
Thameslink is a fifty-station route in the Rail transport in the United Kingdom running north to south from Bedford railway station to Brighton railway station through the Snow Hill tunnel in Central London....
The West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main lines which run from Liverpool Street station, the other being the Great Eastern Main Line. It runs due north from London, through the towns of Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Audley End railway station station before reaching Cambridge, with two branches serving Hertford...
The Lea Valley Lines are three Commuter rail in the United Kingdom and two branches in North East London, so named because they run along the valley of the River Lee ....
The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley, Milton Keynes to Bedford, England in England. It is one of two passenger-carrying remnants of the Oxford to Cambridge "Varsity Line"....
The Northern City Line is a railway line from Moorgate station to Finsbury Park railway station in London, once part of the Great Northern Electrics line....
The Upminster Branch Line is a 3.4 mile branch line between Romford and Upminster in the London Borough of Havering. It forms Network Rail route EA 1040....
|}The Shenfield to Southend Line is a railway line from Southend-on-Sea to Shenfield, Essex in Essex. Almost all trains continue through to London Liverpool Street along the Great Eastern Main Line....
|}The Braintree Branch Line is a branch line from Witham to Braintree, Essex in Essex, England.The line diverges from the Great Eastern Main Line at Witham and is single track throughout....
The Hertford Loop Line is a branch of the East Coast Main Line.First Capital Connect operates suburban services along the Hertford Loop Line between London King's Cross railway station or Moorgate station, and Letchworth railway station, Stevenage railway station or Hertford North railway station....
The Hertford East Branch Line is a railway line in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It runs between Hertford and Broxbourne. The line follows the route of the Lea Valley, serving many towns and villages along the way....
|}The Ipswich to Ely Line is an important railway line linking East Anglia to the Midlands. There is also a branch line to Cambridge.The towns served by the route are:**connections with Great Eastern Main Line to and London, and East Suffolk Line and Felixstowe Branch Line lines.*...
|}The Crouch Valley Line is a branch line from Wickford to Southminster in Essex. It is usually called the Southminster Branch by users of the line, although that is no longer its official name....
The East Suffolk Line is a railway line from Ipswich to Lowestoft in Suffolk. It was once part of the Great Eastern Railway, but is now a secondary line....
|}The Grantham to Skegness Line, also known as the Poacher Line, is a fifty five mile railway line linking Grantham and Skegness in Lincolnshire, England....
|}The Bittern Line is a railway line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham in Norfolk, England. It is one of the most scenic in the East of England traversing the Norfolk Broads on its route to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the North Norfolk Coast....
|}The Peterborough to Lincoln Line is a railway line linking Peterborough railway station and Lincoln Central railway station, via Sleaford railway station and Spalding railway station....
|}The Sunshine Coast Line is a railway line linking Colchester to Clacton-on-sea. There is a branch to Walton-on-the-Naze. Trains to Clacton are through trains from London, while those to Walton start at Colchester on weekdays and Saturdays, but at Thorpe-le-Soken on Sundays....
The St Albans Abbey Branch Line is a railway line from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey railway station. Its 6.5 miles go through town and countryside....
The Riviera Line is a local railway line that connects the city of Exeter to the "English Riviera" resorts of Torbay in Devon, England. It is closely linked with the London to Penzance Line with which it shares the route along the South Devon Railway sea wall....
The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton. Diverging from this route is the Heart of Wessex Line from Westbury, Wiltshire to Weymouth, Dorset....
The West of England Main Line is a United Kingdom railway line, running from Waterloo station to Exeter St Davids railway station. Historically, the main line continued to Okehampton railway station and Plymouth railway station, and competed for the lucrative Atlantic Boat Train traffic....
The Severn Beach Line is a local railway in Bristol, United Kingdom. It runs from Narroways Hill Junction to Severn Beach, and is the successor to the Bristol Port Railway and Pier, which ran from a Bristol terminus in the Avon Gorge to a station and pier on the Severn Estuary....
The Tarka Line is a railway line from Exeter to Barnstaple in Devon, England. The line follows the River Creedy, River Yeo and River Taw for some of its route....
The Avocet Line is the railway line from Exeter to Exmouth, Devon, England. It was originally built by the London and South Western Railway. The line follows the Exe Estuary for most of its route, giving views of the estuary....
The Golden Valley Line is a railway line from Swindon to Standish, Gloucestershire, which is just south of Gloucester, United Kingdom. Most passenger services continue beyond Gloucester to Cheltenham Spa....
The Heart of Wessex Line, also known as the Bristol to Weymouth line, is a United Kingdom railway line that runs from Bristol to Westbury, Wiltshire to Weymouth, Dorset....
The Looe Valley Line is an community railway from Liskeard railway station to Looe railway station in Cornwall, United Kingdom, that follows the valley of the River Looe for much of its course....
The Atlantic Coast Line is a community railway line in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The line runs from the English Channel at Par, Cornwall, to the Atlantic Ocean at Newquay....
The St Ives Bay Line is a railway line from St Erth to St Ives, Cornwall in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was opened in 1877 by the St Ives Branch Railway, and subsumed into the Great Western Railway the following year....
The Tamar Valley Line is a railway line from Devonport, Devon in Plymouth Devon, to Gunnislake in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The line follows the River Tamar for much of its route....
The Maritime Line is a railway line that runs in the valley of the River Fal from Truro to Falmouth, Cornwall on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom....
The Birmingham to Peterborough Line is a cross-country railway line in the United Kingdom, linking the Midlands to East Anglia. Passenger services are provided by CrossCountry and East Midlands Trains, serving :...
|}The Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line is a rail transport route in the West Midlands of Great Britain. It connects Birmingham to Worcester....
The Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line is a commuter railway line from Birmingham Birmingham Snow Hill station to Worcester, England via Stourbridge and Kidderminster....
The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell are in Derbyshire....
The Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line is the railway line from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury via Wellington, it was originally built by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway....
The Birmingham to Stratford Line is a Commuting railway line predominantly in the West Midlands regions of England of the United Kingdom. It runs from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, now the southern terminus of the line, although the line originally continued to Cheltenham as part of the Great Western Railway route from Bir...
|}The Coventry-Nuneaton Line is a short branch line linking Coventry and Nuneaton in the West Midlands of England. The route currently serves Nuneaton, Bedworth and Coventry; however, the line used to also serve many smaller stations....
The Ivanhoe Line was the name given to local passenger services operated on the Midland Main Line between Leicester and Loughborough between 1993, when three intermediate stations were re-opened, and June 2005, when the separate Leicester–Loughborough service was withdrawn....
The Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line is a loop off the West Coast Main Line between Rugby, Warwickshire and Stafford via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton....
The Stourbridge Town Branch Line is a Rail transport branch line, in Stourbridge, West Midlands , England. It is claimed to be the shortest branch line in Europe , and many miniature railways are certainly longer....
The Cotswold Line is an 86.5 mile long railway line running from Oxford to Hereford, serving the intermediate towns of Charlbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Evesham, Worcestershire, Pershore, Worcester, Malvern and Ledbury....
|}The Derwent Valley Line is a railway line from Derby to Matlock, Derbyshire in Derbyshire.The line follows the Midland Main Line as far as Ambergate Junction, which is just south of Ambergate railway station, continuing to Matlock, following the course of the River Derwent, Derbyshire....
The Leamington to Stratford Line is a railway line linking Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. It follows the Chiltern Main Line from Leamington to Hatton, Warwickshire before diverging to the south....
|}The Nottingham to Lincoln Line is a railway line in central England, running from Nottingham north east to Lincoln, Lincolnshire.The line between Newark and Lincoln is currently only cleared for speeds, Nottinghamshire County Council have paid for a study into running....
The Leicester and Swannington Railway was one of England's first railways, being opened on July 17 1832 to bring coal from pits in west Leicestershire to Leicester....
The Oakham to Kettering Railway Line is a List_of_railway_lines_in_Great_Britain in central England. For many years it was used for mainly for freight traffic, and as an important diversionary route for passenger trains traveling the Midland Main Line as well as for the occasional excursion....
|}The Shrewsbury to Chester Line, also known as the Severn - Dee Line , was built in 1846 as the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The engineer for the line was a Mr Robertson while the contractor was Thomas Brassey in partnership with William Mackenzie and Robert Stephenson....
The Crewe to Derby Line is a railway line in central England, running from Crewe south east to Derby. Services on the line are provided by East Midlands Trains....
The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. It was completed in 1894.From Sheffield Midland station, trains head down the Midland Main Line to Dore, where the Hope Valley Line branches off to run through the Totley Tunnel ....
|}The Crewe to Manchester Line is a railway line in north west England, running from Crewe north east to Manchester.The line serves the following places: Crewe; Sandbach; Holmes Chapel; Goostrey; Chelford; Alderley Edge; Wilmslow; Cheadle Hulme; Stockport and Manchester....
|}The Manchester to Preston Line runs from the city of Manchester to Preston, Lancashire. It is largely used by commuters entering Manchester from surrounding suburbs and cities, but is also one of the main railway lines in the North West and is utilised by intercity services for Scotland and the north....
The Settle–Carlisle Line is a long main railway line in northern England. It is also known as the Settle and Carlisle. It is a part of the National Rail network and was constructed in the 1870s....
The Airedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern Rail, on the route connecting Leeds and Bradford with Skipton in the North of England....
The Dearne Valley Line is the name given to a railway line in the north of England running from York to Sheffield via Pontefract Baghill railway station and Moorthorpe railway station....
The East Lancashire Line is a railway line in the Lancashire region of England, which runs between Preston railway station and Colne railway station, through Blackburn railway station, Accrington railway station and Burnley Central railway station....
The Hallam Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the Metro / South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive area of northern England....
The Harrogate Line is the name given to a passenger rail service through parts of North Yorkshire and the Metro area of northern England connecting Leeds to York by way of Harrogate and Knaresborough....
The Huddersfield Line is the name given to one of the busiest rail services on the Metro network in northern England. Local services are operated by Northern Rail with longer distance services operated by TransPennine Express....
|}The Crewe to Manchester Line is a railway line in north west England, running from Crewe north east to Manchester.The line serves the following places: Crewe; Sandbach; Holmes Chapel; Goostrey; Chelford; Alderley Edge; Wilmslow; Cheadle Hulme; Stockport and Manchester....
The Stoke to Manchester Line is a branch of the West Coast Main Line serving Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport and Manchester....
|}The Morecambe Branch Line is a railway line in Lancashire, England, from Lancaster, England to Morecambe and Heysham where services connect with the ferry service to Douglas, Isle of Man on the Isle of Man....
The Liverpool to Wigan Line is a railway line in the north-west of England, between Liverpool Lime Street railway station and Wigan North Western railway station....
The Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham line or Oldham Loop Line is a local railway route in Greater Manchester, England, used by trains that run from Manchester Victoria station to Rochdale railway station and back to Manchester Victoria....
The Northern Line is one of the two Commuter rail in the United Kingdom operated by Merseyrail on Merseyside, England, the other being the Wirral Line ....
The Pontefract Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern Rail, and links Wakefield and Leeds with Goole via Pontefract ....
|}The Sheffield to Hull line is a railway line in northern England. It runs from Sheffield Midland station north east to Hull Paragon railway station via Doncaster railway station....
The Sheffield to Lincoln line is a railway line in England. It runs from Sheffield Midland station east to Lincoln Central railway station via Worksop railway station, Retford railway station and Gainsborough Lea Road railway station....
|}The Stockport to Stalybridge Line is a short railway line in Greater Manchester, running from Stockport railway station north east to Stalybridge railway station....
The Wakefield line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro /Travel South Yorkshire area of northern England. The service connects Leeds and Wakefield with Sheffield and Doncaster....
The Wharfedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area of northern England. The service connects Leeds and Bradford with Ilkley, and is operated by Northern Rail....
The Wirral Line is one of the two Commuter rail in the United Kingdom operated by Merseyrail on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern Line ....
The York & Selby Lines is the name given to a group of services in the Metro area, connecting Leeds with places to its north and east: as well as the Northern Rail local services to York and Selby, the services extend to:...
|}The Barton Line is a railway line in North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. It runs from Barton-upon-Humber south east to Cleethorpes and was designated by the Department for Transport as a community rail line in February 2007....
The Borderlands Line is the railway line between Wrexham, Wales, and Bidston, Wirral Peninsula, England.The southern part of the line was built by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway and the northern part by the North Wales and Liverpool Railway, a joint committee of the WMCQR and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway....
|}The Buxton Line is a railway line in northern England, connecting Manchester with Buxton in Derbyshire. Passenger services on the line are currently operated by Northern Rail and most continue through Manchester from Blackpool North railway station....
|}The Cumbrian Coast Line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. The line forms part of Network Rail route NW 4033, which continues via Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands to Carnforth, where it connects with the West Coast Main Line....
The Esk Valley Line is the railway line from Middlesbrough to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. The route follows the course of the River Esk, North Yorkshire for much of its eastern half....
|}The Furness Line runs from Barrow-in-Furness to Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands, connecting with the West Coast Main Line at Carnforth. Along with the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs north from Barrow to Whitehaven, Workington and Carlisle, it is considered one of the most scenic routes in England....
|}The Hull to York line is a railway line in northern England. It runs from Hull Paragon railway station north west to York railway station, via Selby railway station....
|}The Leeds to Morecambe Line is a railway line running between Leeds, Skipton, Lancaster, Lancashire and Morecambe in northern England. The service is operated by Northern Rail....
The Penistone Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the Metro / Travel South Yorkshire area of northern England....
|}The Ribble Valley Line is a railway line that runs from Manchester Victoria railway station through Blackburn to the small market town of Clitheroe in Lancashire....
|}The Tees Valley Line is a name for the railway route between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington and Middlesbrough. Also operated on the line are services from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Middlesbrough and Saltburn via Darlington....
The Yorkshire Coast Line is a railway line in northern England. It runs northwards from Hull Paragon railway station to Bridlington railway station and Scarborough railway station calling at other intermediate stations....
The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban Railway network in Scotland. It has 26 stations and connects the Ayrshire coast to Glasgow....
The Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line is a railway linking Edinburgh with Aberdeen via the Forth Bridge, the Tay Bridge and Dundee. Also it serves as an extension to the East Coast Main Line and the Cross Country Route ....
The Fife Circle is the local Rail transport service north from Edinburgh. It links all the towns of south Fife and the inner Firth of Forth facing them....
The Glasgow to Edinburgh via Carstairs Line is a main railway line which connects the West Coast Main Line to the East Coast Main Line in the Central Belt of Scotland....
The Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland. It is one of three Glasgow to Edinburgh Lines between Scotland's two biggest cities....
The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either Carlisle via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride....
The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. It is 190 km long and runs through the Scottish Highlands linking a series of small towns and villages with Perth, Scotland at one end and Inverness at the other....
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell, Scotland to West Dunbartonshire via Glasgow....
The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban Railway network in Scotland. It has 26 stations and connects the Ayrshire coast to Glasgow....
The Cathcart Circle Lines form a suburban railway line linking Glasgow to Cathcart via a circular line, with branches to Newton, South Lanarkshire and Neilston....
The Croy Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow and Croy, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network....
The Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow and Cumbernauld in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network....
The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley and a series of stations to the south of the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, terminating at Gourock and Wemyss Bay, where it connects to Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services....
The Maryhill Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow and Anniesland via Maryhill in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network....
The Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway line linking Motherwell, North Lanarkshire and Cumbernauld in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network....
The North Clyde Line is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by First ScotRail, on behalf of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport ....
The Paisley Canal Railway line was originally a Glasgow and South Western Railway branch line running from Glasgow, Scotland, through three stations in Paisley, Scotland, to North Johnstone....
The Shotts Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow Central railway station and Edinburgh Waverley railway station via Shotts railway station in Scotland....
The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either Carlisle via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride....
The Edinburgh to Bathgate Line is a railway line in East Central Scotland.The current description is the "Bathgate branch" - the line is in actuality the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway....
The Edinburgh to Dunblane Line is a railway line in East Central Scotland. It links the city of Edinburgh via Falkirk to the city of Stirling, Lecropt and the town of Dunblane....
The North Berwick Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with North Berwick in Scotland. The route follows the East Coast Main Line as far as Drem, where it then branches to the north....
The Shotts Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow Central railway station and Edinburgh Waverley railway station via Shotts railway station in Scotland....
The Waverley Route is an abandoned double track railway line that ran south from Edinburgh in Scotland through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders to Carlisle in England....
The Kyle of Lochalsh Line is a primarily single track railway line in the Scottish Highlands, running from Dingwall to Kyle of Lochalsh. The population along the route is sparse in nature, but the scenery is beautiful and can be quite dramatic, the Kyle line having been likened to a symphony in three parts: pastoral, mountain and sea....
The West Highland Line is one of the most scenic railway lines in Britain, linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban on the west coast of Scotland to Glasgow....
|}The North Wales Coast Line is the railway line from Crewe to Holyhead. Virgin Trains consider their services along it to be a spur of the West Coast Main Line....
The South Wales Main Line is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in the United Kingdom. It diverges from the main line at Wootton Bassett near Swindon, first calling at Bristol Parkway, after which the line continues through the Severn Tunnel into South Wales....
|}The Shrewsbury to Chester Line, also known as the Severn - Dee Line , was built in 1846 as the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The engineer for the line was a Mr Robertson while the contractor was Thomas Brassey in partnership with William Mackenzie and Robert Stephenson....
|}The Butetown Branch Line, also known as the Cardiff Bay Line, is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom railway line in Cardiff, Wales from Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Queen Street railway station....
|}The City Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom railway line in Cardiff that runs from Coryton railway station to Radyr railway station via Cardiff Central railway station....
|}The Coryton Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom railway line in Cardiff from the Cardiff city centre to Heath, Cardiff, Birchgrove, Cardiff, Rhiwbina, Whitchurch, Cardiff and Coryton, Cardiff....
|}|}The Ebbw Valley Line is a railway spur of the Great Western Main Line in South Wales. The line closed to passenger traffic on 30 April 1962, remaining open for freight services only, but was restored to passenger service between 2006–2008....
|}The Maesteg Line is Commuter rail in the United Kingdom in South Wales from Cardiff to Bridgend and Maesteg. The line follows the South Wales Main Line as far as Bridgend, where it then diverges to continue to Maesteg....
|}The Merthyr Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. It is historically the Taff Vale Railway, the first rail development in the South Wales Valleys in the 1840s and associated with the notorious Taff Vale Railway Co v Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants in 1...
|}The Rhondda Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Treherbert. The line follows the Merthyr Line as far as Pontypridd, where it then diverges to continue along the Rhondda....
|}The Rhymney Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom running from Cardiff city centre through the Rhymney Valley via Heath, Cardiff and Llanishen in the north of the city, to Caerphilly, Bargoed and Rhymney....
The Vale of Glamorgan Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Bridgend via Barry, Wales, Rhoose and Llantwit Major....
The Borderlands Line is the railway line between Wrexham, Wales, and Bidston, Wirral Peninsula, England.The southern part of the line was built by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway and the northern part by the North Wales and Liverpool Railway, a joint committee of the WMCQR and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway....
The Cambrian Line is a railway from Shrewsbury to Welshpool, Aberystwyth and Pwllheli. The railway runs first through the central part of Wales and then along the coast of Cardigan Bay....
The Conwy Valley Line is a railway line in north Wales. It runs from Llandudno via Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, and was originally part of the London and North Western Railway, being opened in stages to 1879....
|}File:ATW-153361-HeartofWales-02.jpgFile:Pantyffynnon railway station.jpgThe Heart of Wales Line is the railway line from Llanelli in South Wales to Craven Arms in Shropshire and runs through, as the name suggests, some of the heartlands of Wales....
|}The West Wales Line is a railway line from Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire, West Wales. It has three branches, to Fishguard, Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock....
This list is for railway lines which are now disused, closed or dismantled.See also:* List of railway lines in Great Britain for extant lines.* List of closed railway stations in Britain...
