Country Railway Routes

Country Railway Routes

Taunton to Barnstaple

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

This long branch of “Gods Wonderful Railway” extended through the de...

Country Railway Routes

Market Harborough to Newark

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

This forgotten rural route ran mainly over the Leicestershire Wolds and carried ...

Country Railway Routes

Morpeth to Bellingham

by Roger Darsley & Dennis Lovett

These two rural railway lines in Northumberland crossed beautiful moorland, pron...

Country Railway Routes

Bangor to Portmadoc

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

This once important holiday route had through coaches from Euston and long train...

Country Railway Routes

Yeovil to Dorchester

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

Once carrying expresses between London and Weymouth, this rural route passed thr...

Country Railway Routes

Birkenhead to West Kirby

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The West Wirral stations are shown in different eras and much steam activity is ...

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Stafford to Wellington

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The London & North Western Railway operated both the route and branch and so...

Country Railway Routes

Wrexham to New Brighton

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The initials of the Wrexham, Mold & Connah's Quay Railway gave rise to the n...

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St Boswells to Berwick

by Roger Darsley & Dennis Lovett

The Berwickshire Railway ran for 42 miles linking St. Boswells on the Waverley R...

Country Railway Routes

East Kent Light Railway

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

One of the most curious railways in Britain, the East Kent was not planned as a ...

Country Railway Routes

Strood to Paddock Wood

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

For long a railway byway of charm, the line follows the Medway Valley for most o...

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Brecon to Newtown

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

Largely created as the Mid Wales Railway, this very scenic route ran alongside t...

Country Railway Routes

Guildford to Redhill

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

This South Eastern Railway branch was an intrusion into the territories of two o...

Country Railway Routes

Oswestry to Whitchurch

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The route formed the eastern extremity of the Cambrian Railways and many unique ...

Country Railway Routes

Hertford Loop

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

The Enfield branch was extended north to form the Hertford Loop and thus create ...