List of closed railway lines in the United Kingdom

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|Abbotsbury to Upwey

|29 November 1952

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| Great Western Railway

| Alcester to Hatton,
via Great Alne

| {{dts|1947}} (to passengers)
1951 (to all traffic)

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| Great Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Saxmundham to Aldeburgh via
Leiston and Thorpeness

| {{dts|12 September 1966}}

| Part of the branch still open (freight only)

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Aldridge to Chasewater,
via Brownhills

| {{dts|1930}} (to passengers)
1962 (to all traffic)

| Part of the line (north of Brownhills) now preserved as the
Chasewater Railway.

| SR

| Stoke Junction to Allhallows

| {{dts|4 December 1961}}

| Southern branch off the Hoo branch line (off the
North Kent Line) (opened 14 May 1932)

| York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway YN&BR
(LNER)

| {{rws|Alnmouth}} to {{rws|Alnwick}}

| {{dts|29 January 1968}} (to all traffic)

| Most of the former branch now being restored from a resited Alnwick terminus, as the
Aln Valley Railway.

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Pye Bridge to Ambergate, (via Butterley)

| {{dts|1968}}

| A 3{{frac|1|2}} Mile stretch of the line, now preserved forming the
Midland Railway – Butterley.

|YN&BR

|Chevington to Amble

|1930 (to passengers)

1969 (to all traffic)

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|LSWR

|Grately to Bulford Camp

|1963

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| Great Northern Railway (LNER)

| Laisterdyke to Ardsley,
via Dudley Hill and Morley

| {{dts|3 July 1966}} (to passengers)
13 March 1968 (to freight)
1981 (to all traffic)

| Opened by the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Joint Rly
before taken over by the GNR in 1865

| London & North Western Railway (LMS)

| Uttoxeter and Ashbourne to Buxton line

| 30 October 1954 (to regular passenger traffic)
October 1967 (to freight traffic).

| Most of the line now survives as a walk/cycle path called the Tissington Trail

|Clay Cross Company

|Clay Cross to Ashover

|14 September 1936 (to passengers)

31 March 1950 (to all traffic)

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|Goole to Haxey

|15 July 1933 (to passengers)

5 April 1965 (to all traffic)

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| London and South Western Railway (Southern Railway)

| Axminster to Lyme Regis via Combpyne

| {{dts|29 November 1965}} (to all traffic)

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| Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LMS)

| Stubbins Junction to Bacup, via Rawtenstall, Clough Fold and Stacksteads

| {{dts|1966}} (to regular traffic)
1972 (to all traffic)

| Part of the former branch (through Stubbins Junction to Rawtenstall, via Irwell Vale), now part of the East Lancashire Railway.

| Great Western Railway

| Cheltenham to Banbury

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|Great Central Railway

|Banbury to Culworth Junction

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| Buckinghamshire Railway (GWR)

| Banbury to Verney Junction (Where it joined the Varsity Line)

| {{dts|January 1961}}

| Freight services lasted until June 1966

| North Staffordshire Railway (LMS)

| Blythe Bridge to Bank Top

| {{dts|1965}}

| Portion of the line, now preserved as the Foxfield Railway.
Mostly a colliery line, throughout its heyday.

| Tees Valley Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Barnard Castle}} to {{rws|Middleton-in-Teesdale}}

| {{dts|30 November 1964}} (to passengers)
{{dts|5 April 1965}} (to all traffic)

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|Stairfoot Junction to Nostell

|1930 (to passengers)

1961 (to all traffic)

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| London and South Western Railway (SR)

| Basingstoke to Alton

| {{dts|1932}} (to passengers)
19?? (to freight)

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| Great Northern Railway (LNER)

| Beeston Junction to Batley, via
Tingley and Woodkirk

| {{dts|1939}} (to passengers)
1964 (to all traffic)

| Some parts of the Line still exist... Tingley Viaduct (still stands), as do both Tingley and Woodkirk station sites (both of whom long overgrown), and Soothill Tunnel.
Tingley railway station was also a Junction station on both the loop line, and the Ardsley to Laisterdyke line.

|GNR

|Bawtry to Haxey

|1 April 1965

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|YN&BR

|Northallerton to Bedale

|1954 (to passengers)

|Line remains extant as part of the Wensleydale Railway

|Midland Railway

|Bedford to Hitchin

|30 Dec 1961 (to passengers)

1964 (to freight)

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| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Bedford to Northampton

| {{dts|1962}} (to passengers)
1981 (to all traffic)

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| Great Eastern Railway (LNER)

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| {{dts|1966}} (to all traffic)

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|SER

|Crowhurst to Bexhill West

|15 June 1964

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| Clarence Railway/
NER (LNER)

| {{rws|Billingham-on-Tees}} to {{rws|Port Clarence}}/Seal Sands Power Station, via {{rws|Belasis Lane}} and {{rws|Haverton Hill}}

| {{dts|11 September 1939}} (to passengers, east of Haverton Hill)
{{dts|14 June 1954}} (to regular passengers, west of Haverton Hill)
{{dts|6 November 1961}} (to all passengers)
{{dts|2 November 1964}} (to goods)

| The line remains open to freight traffic from the chemical and biochemical processing plant cluster around Haverton Hill and Seal Sands

| LMS

| Rock Ferry to Bidston Dock, via Mollington Street and Canning Street

| 16 February 1985 (to passenger traffic)
1987 (to regular goods)
2008 (to all traffic)

| Entire branch line still extant, but disused

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|Hooton to West Kirby

|17 September 1956 (to passengers)

May 1962 (to all traffic)

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|GWR

|Birmingham to Wolverhampton

|1972 (to passengers)

August 1992 (to all traffic)

|Part of the line reopened as part of the Jewellery Line. Whilst another part of the line reopened as part of the West Midlands Metro

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|Craven Arms to Bishops Castle

|1935

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|Bishop's Stortford to Braintree

|3 March 1952 (to passengers)

17 February 1972 (to all traffic)

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|Private (absorbed by GWR)

|Kidlington to Woodstock

|March 1954

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| B&TR/NER (LNER)

| A former network of primarily colliery lines in south east Northumberland and North Tyneside

| {{dts|2 November 1964}} (to passengers, north of {{rws|Backworth}} and Monkseaton)
1971-1983 (in stages, to all traffic on North Tyneside Loop)

| Some of the former B&TR constituted part of the North Tyneside Loop which was officially incorporated into the Tyne and Wear Metro on {{dts|11 August 1980}}.
Much of the northern section of the network remains open for freight traffic serving the Port of Blyth and Lynemouth Power Station; as of July 2020, there is an active project seeking to reintroduce a {{rws|Newcastle}} to {{rws|Ashington}} passenger service using much of this surviving freight network.
A section of B&TR's original main line was reopened during the 1970s as a test track for the Tyne and Wear Metro rolling stock and is now largely preserved (between Percy Main and {{rws|Middle Engine Lane}}) as the North Tyneside Steam Railway.

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|Kenyon Junction to Bolton

|29 March 1954 (to passengers)

1969 (to all traffic)

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|Riccarton Junction to Hexham

|15 October 1956 (to passengers)

1 September 1958 (to all traffic)

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|Bentley to Bordon

|16 September 1957 (to passengers)

4 April 1966 (to all traffic)

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|28 March 1953 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Southall to Brentford Dock

| {{dts|4 May 1942}} (to passengers)
December 1970 (to regular freight)

| Part of the Line still extant

| Tendring Hundred Railway

| Wivenhoe to Brightlingsea

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|Brill to Quainton Road

|30 November 1935

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|Bristol to Gloucester via Yate

|29 December 1969

|Section between Yate and Gloucester remains open

| Great Western Railway

| Frome to Bristol

| {{dts|1958}}-9 (to passengers)
1963 (to all traffic)

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|Bristol to Portskewett

|23 November 1964

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|Hotwells to Avonmouth

|1922 (Hotwells branch)

|Portions of the line remain in use as part of the Severn Beach line

| GWR/
LSWR (Southern Railway)

| Bodmin Road to Wadebridge (via Bodmin General, Boscarne Junction and Grogley)

| {{dts|1967}} (to passengers)
197? (to freight)
1983 (to all traffic)

| 6{{frac|1|2}}-mile stretch of the line now preserved as the
Bodmin & Wenford Railway.

| LSWR

| Botley to Bishops Waltham

| {{dts|1962}}

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|GNR

|Bourne to Essendine

|18 June 1951

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|GNR

|Bourne to Sleaford

|22 September 1930 (to passengers)

2 April 1965 (all traffic)

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|GWR

|Maiden Newton to Bridport

|22 September 1930 (to passengers)

1965 (to all traffic)

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|8 Nov 1965

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| South Eastern Railway (SR)

| Rochester Bridge Junction to Chatham Central

| {{dts|1 Oct 1911}}

| SER branch from North Kent Line to rival LCDR's Chatham Main Line – closed with advent of SECR circa 1890s

|GWR

|Old Hill to Blowers Green

|1964 (to passengers)

January 1968 (to all traffic)

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|GER

|St Margarets to Buntingford

|14 November 1964 (to passengers)

17 September 1965 (to goods)

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|Cambridge to St Ives

|5 October 1970 (to passengers)

May 1992 (to all traffic)

|Forms part of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway

| GER

| Cambridge to Mildenhall

| {{dts|1965}}

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| Great Western Railway

| Limpley Stoke to Hallatrow

| {{dts|21 September 1925}} (to passengers)
15 February
1951 (to all traffic)

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| Whitstable Harbour to Canterbury North Lane

| {{dts|1952}}-1953

| known as the "Crab and Winkle Line" – 1830–1952

| Cleveland Railway/
NER (LNER)

| {{rws|Cargo Fleet}} to {{rws|Eston}}

| {{dts|11 March 1929}} (to passengers)
{{dts|3 October 1966}}
(to all traffic)

| The line followed the northern section of the earlier Cleveland Railway mineral line which had originally continued south to Guisborough and {{rws|Brotton}} via a number of inclines but this section was dismantled in 1873. The line paralleled an earlier branch which ran to the east of the settlement of Eston (known as the Eston Mines branch) and which carried an intermittent passenger service during the 19th Century.

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|Carlisle to Silloth

|1932 (to passengers)

1964 (to all traffic)

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|NER

|Castleford to Garforth

|January 1951 (to passengers)

6 June 1998 (to all traffic)

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|Midland Railway

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|21 September 1930 (to passengers)

|Regular passenger service withdrawn and stations closed in 1930. Line remains open to freight and is occasionally used for diverted passenger services

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Thornaby}} to {{rws|Wellfield}}, via {{rws|Thorpe Thewles}}

| {{dts|2 November 1931}} (to passengers)
{{dts|2 April 1951}} (to goods)
1968 (to all traffic)

| Stopping passenger services only ever ran over the line north of {{rws|Redmarshall}} Junction, south of which they used the Stillington line to reach Stockton.
The southern section of the line was electrified as part of the NER's 1914 {{rws|Shildon}} to Newport electrification project but was subsequently de-electrified by the LNER in 1935.
Most of the route reused as the Castle Eden Walkway.

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|Cawood to Selby

|1 January 1930 (to passengers)

23 May 1960 (to all traffic)

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| Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly

| Bolton to Castleton,
via Darcy lever, Bradley Fold and Broadfield

| {{dts|5 October 1970}} (to all traffic)

| Four mile stretch of track (between Bury and Heywood) now part of the East Lancashire Railway.

| LMS

| Maryport to Carlisle,
via Baggrow and High Blaithwaite

| {{dts|1930}} (to passengers)
1952 (to all traffic)

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| Bristol & Exeter Rly/LSWR (Joint)

| Chard Junction to Taunton, via Donyatt, Hatch and Thornfalcon

| {{dts|10 September 1962}} (to passengers)
6 July 1964 (to goods)
3 October
1966 (to all traffic)

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|Coalville to Loughborough

|13 April 1931 (to passengers)

12 December 1963 (to all traffic)

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|Cresswell to Cheadle

|17 June 1963 (to passengers)

1989 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Rly

| Witham Friary to Yatton, via Cranmore,
Shepton Mallet, Wells, Lodge Hill and Congresbury

| {{dts|1963}} (to passengers)
1971 (to goods)
1985 (to all traffic)

| A 2{{frac|1|2}}-mile stretch of the line now preserved as the
East Somerset Railway.

| C&BR/
Birkenhead Railway (London & North Western Railway and Great Western Railway Joint Line) (LMS/GWR)

| {{rws|Chester}} to {{rws|Birkenhead Grange Lane}}/Monks Ferry/Woodside, via {{rws|Mollington}}, {{rws|Capenhurst}}, {{rws|Ledsham}}, {{rws|Hooton}}, {{rws|Spital}}, {{rws|Bebington}}, {{rws|Rock Ferry}} and {{rws|Birkenhead Town}}

| 5 November 1967 (to all traffic, north of Rock Ferry)

| Originally terminated at Birkenhead Grange Lane in 1840–1844, before being diverted to new termini at Monks Ferry (until 1878) and Woodside (until 1967).
Constituted the most northerly section of the GWR {{rws|London Paddington}} to Birkenhead (for Liverpool) main line.
Line remains open south of Rock Ferry as part of the Chester branch of Merseyrail's Wirral line.

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|Chester to Shotton

|1968 (to passengers)

1992 (to all traffic)

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| MSLR (LNER)

| {{rws|Chester Northgate}} to {{rws|Hawarden Bridge}} via {{rws|Blacon}} and {{rws|Saughall}}

| {{dts|9 September 1968}} (to passengers)
199? (to all traffic)

| The line was closed to all traffic during 20 April 1984 to 31 August 1986 but reopened again for goods until the early 1990s.

| YN&BR (LNER)

| {{rws|Chevington}} to {{rws|Amble}}

| {{dts|7 July 1930}} (to passengers)
{{dts|14 December 1964}} (to goods)
{{dts|6 October 1969}} (to all traffic)

| Though the branch opened for mineral traffic to Warkworth Harbour (Amble) in 1849, passenger services were not introduced until 1879.

| Great Western Railway

| Chippenham to Calne

| {{dts|1965}}

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| North Staffordshire Railway (LMS)

| North Rode (via Leek, Cheddleton and Oakamoor) to Uttoxeter

| {{dts|4 January 1965}} (to passengers)
3 July 1970 (to freight traffic)
1988 (to all traffic)

| Part of the line (based at Rudyard) re-laid to {{Track gauge|10.25in}} Gauge, forming the Leek and Rudyard Railway.

Also, the line between Leekbrook Junction and Oakamoor Sand Sidings is now preserved as the Churnet Valley Railway.

| L&YR (LMS)

| Shepley Junction to Clayton West (via Skelmanthorpe)

| {{dts|24 January 1983}} (to all traffic)

| A stretch of the branch line, now re-laid to 15-inch Gauge as the Kirklees Light Railway.

| London and North Western Railway (LMS)

| Workington to Cleator Moor

| 196? (to passengers)
1992 (to all traffic)

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|Bristol and Exeter Railway

|Yatton to Clevedon

|3 October 1966

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|MR

|Creswell to Staveley

|5 July 1954 (to passengers)

20 July 2013 (to all traffic)

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|LNWR

|Hadley to Coalport

|1952 (to passengers)

6 July 1964 (to all traffic)

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| LNWR (LMS)

| Workington to Cockermouth

| 196?

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| LNWR (LMS)

| Penrith to Cockermouth (via Blencow, Troutbeck, Keswick and Bassenthwaite)

| {{dts|6 March 1972}}

| Most of the line, still remains, but now survives as a path

| Great Western Railway (GWR)

| Coley Branch Junction to Reading Central goods depot

| {{dts|July 1983}}

| Used in part as a walking route, and in part by the A33 road

| CV&HR

| Chappel & Wakes Colne to Haverhill

| {{dts|30 December 1961}} (to passengers)
April 1965 (to all traffic)

| Opened in stages from 1860 to 1863. In 1865, the GER opened a spur to Haverhill North and the LNER closed Haverhill South to passengers in 1924.

Part of the route, now survives as the preserved
Colne Valley Railway and the East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne Station.

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|Foxfield to Coniston

|6 October 1958 (to passengers)

30 April 1962 (to all traffic)

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| North Eastern Railway
(LNER)

| {{rws|Alnwick}} to {{rws|Coldstream}}

| {{dts|22 September 1930}} (to passengers)
{{dts|29 March 1965}} (to all traffic)

| Passenger services were temporarily restored during World War II to serve RAF Milfield. Destruction of a bridge during a storm in August 1948 closed the {{rws|Ilderton}} to {{rws|Wooler}} section before the remainder of the line, splitting it in two. The remaining Alnwick to Ilderton and Coldstream to Wooler sections closed on {{dts|2 March 1953}} and {{dts|29 March 1965}}, respectively.

| Kynoch

| Thames Haven to Corringham via Kynochtown (now Coryton)

| {{dts|1952}}

| Built under the 1896 Light Railways Act to link Kynoch's explosives factory to the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway at Thames Haven and to Corringham. Corringham section closed 1952, remainder in upgraded form serves Coryton Refinery. (1900/1-1952).

| Horsham & Guildford Direct Railway

| Horsham to Guildford via Cranleigh

| {{dts|14 June 1965}}

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|GNR

|Sleaford to Cranwell

|November 1926 (to passengers)

August 1956 (to all traffic)

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| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Cross Gates to Wetherby via
Scholes, Thorner, Bardsey and Collingham Bridge

| {{dts|1964}}-65

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|London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (LCDR)

|Nunhead to Crystal Palace

|20 September 1954

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|LB&SCR

|Polegate to Tunbridge Wells via Eridge

|1965

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|GWR

|Tiverton Junction to Hemyock

|1963

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| Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|North Road}} to {{rws|Barnard Castle}}

| {{dts|30 November 1964}} (to passengers)
{{dts|5 April 1965}} (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Dauntsey to Malmesbury

| {{dts|1962}}

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|Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

|Brierley to Doncaster

|10 September 1951

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| North Eastern Rly

| {{rws|Durham}} to Crook, via {{rws|Ushaw Moor}} and Waterhouses

| {{dts|29 October 1951}} (to passengers)
{{dts|28 December 1964}} (to all traffic)

| Though line opened to serve collieries in 1858, a passenger services was not introduced until 1877 and only ever operated east of Waterhouses.

|LNWR

|Delph to Oldham

|April 1955 (to passengers)

November 1963 (to all traffic)

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|Great Northern Railway

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|1964 (to passengers)

1968 (to freight)

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|Maryport and Carlisle Railway

|Bullgill to Brigham

|29 April 1935

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| North Eastern Rly

| {{rws|Scotswood}} to {{rws|Consett}}, via
{{rws|Swalwell}}, {{rws|Rowlands Gill}}, {{rws|Ebchester}}, {{rws|Shotley Bridge}} and {{rws|Blackhill}}

| {{dts|1 February 1954}} (to passengers)
{{dts|11 November 1963}} (to all traffic)

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| North Eastern Railway

| York to Selby, via Layerthorpe, Dunnington and Wheldrake

| {{dts|27 September 1981}} (to all traffic)

| A short section of the line at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming is now preserved as a heritage railway (of the same name).

| Great Western Railway

| Patney & Chirton to Holt Junction, via Devizes and Bromham

| {{dts|1966}} (to all traffic)

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| LSWR

| Exeter to Plymouth

| {{dts|1968}}

| Opened in 1862. Closed between Meldon Junction and Bere Alston. Remainder of line still in use, mostly as a freight line.{{cite book | editor=Morrison, Brian | title=Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986 | chapter=The Meldon Quarry Branch | page=[https://archive.org/details/modernrailwayspi0000unse/page/16 16] | publisher=Ian Allan | isbn=0-7110-1510-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/modernrailwayspi0000unse/page/16 }}
Part of the Line (between Okehampton and Yeoford) now preserved as the Dartmoor Railway.

| GWR

| Taunton to Barnstaple, via Dulverton, South Molton and Swimbridge

| {{dts|1966}}

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| DN&SR

| Didcot to Shawford Junction

| {{dts|1967}}

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|Midland Railway

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|1930

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| For boat trains from Chatham Main Line / SER Main Line

|GER

|Downham to Stoke Ferry

|22 September 1930 (to passengers)

1982 (to all traffic)

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| North Eastern Railway

| Malton to Driffield,
via Wharram, Burdale and Wetwang

| {{dts|1958}} (to all traffic)

| Part of the line is being rebuilt as the heritage Yorkshire Wolds Railway.

|Midland Railway

|Acton to Cricklewood

|1902 (to passengers)

|Remains in use for freight

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Duffield to Wirksworth
(via Hazelwood, Shottle and Iridgehay)

| {{dts|1947}} (to passengers)
196? (to goods)
1989 (to all traffic)

| Entire branch line now preserved as the
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.

| South Eastern Railway

| Appledore Junction to Dungeness,
via, Lydd Town

| {{dts|1967}} (to passengers)

| Part of the line still open to serve Dungeness Power Station

|London and North Western Railway (LNWR)/Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway

|Leighton Buzzard to Welwyn via Dunstable

|26 April 1965 (to passengers)

1990 (to goods)

|Track between Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable removed shortly after passenger services withdrawn.

Line between Dunstable and the Midland Main Line (at Luton) remained open until 1990.

Luton to Dunstable Busway uses the old trackbed.

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Durham}} to {{rws|Bishop Auckland}}, via {{rws|Brancepeth}} and {{rws|Hunwick}}

| {{dts|4 May 1964}} (to passengers)
{{dts|10 August 1964}} (to goods)
1968 (to all traffic)

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| Durham and Sunderland Railway/
NER (LNER)

| {{rws|Durham Elvet}}/{{rws|Shincliffe Town}} to {{rws|Sunderland}}, via {{rws|Pittington}}, {{rws|Hetton}}, {{rws|Murton}} and {{rws|Ryhope}}

| {{dts|1 January 1931}} (to passengers, west of Pittington)
{{dts|5 January 1953}} (to passengers, east of Pittington)
{{dts|11 January 1954}} (to all traffic, west of Pittington)
{{dts|3 April 1960}} (to all traffic, west of Hetton)
{{dts|11 November 1964}} (to all traffic, west of Murton)
1991 (to all traffic, east of Murton)

| The line originally terminated outside of the City of Durham at Shincliffe Town station but the section between there and {{rws|Sherburn House}} closed on {{dts|24 July 1893}} when the route into Durham Elvet opened.
Partially converted to footpath (part of the Hart to Haswell Walkway, east of Murton).

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Coaley Junction to Dursley

| {{dts|1962}} (to passengers)
1968 (to freight)
1970 (to all traffic)

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|Alne to Easingwold

|29 November 1948 (to passengers)

30 December 1957 (to all traffic)

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|Stourton to Lofthouse

|1 October 1904 (to passengers)

3 October 1966 (to all traffic)

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| A series of lines built under the 1896 Light Railways Act from 1911 to 1917 around the East Kent Coalfield. Closed with decline of coalfield.
Part of the line, between (Shepherdswell and Eythorne) now preserved as the East Kent Railway.

| Great Northern Railway (LNER)

| Boston to Grimsby, (via Firsby, Louth and Ludborough)

| {{dts|1970}} (to passengers)
1980 (to all traffic)

| A stretch of the line now preserved forming the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway.

Whilst other part of the line from Boston to Skegness remains open (as part of the national network).

| Stockton and Darlington Railway (LNER)

| Penrith to Kirkby Stephen (via Temple Sowerby and Warcop)

| {{dts|1962}}/63

| Part of the line, now survives (between Appleby East and Warcop) as the preserved Eden Valley Railway.

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|Little Bytham to Edenham

|17 October 1871 (to passengers)

1884 (to all traffic)

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|Edgware to Finsbury Park

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| SER

| Canterbury West to Folkestone West, via
Bishopsbourne and Elham

| {{dts|1947}}

| Opened in 1890 by SER, lasted until 1947. Branch Line ran for 16 miles

| Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway

| Elsenham to Thaxted

| {{dts|15 September 1952}} (to passengers)
1 June 1953 (to all traffic)

| Last rail line built in Essex (1913), until the construction of Stansted Airport railway station (1991)

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|Huntingdon to St Ives

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|GER

|Ely to St Ives

|2 February 1931 (to passengers)

5 October 1964 (to all traffic)

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| Y&NR

| Eryholme to Richmond

| {{dts|1969}}

| Opened in 1846. Catterick sub-branch constructed during WWI

| GWR

| Dulverton to Exeter St David's, via Tiverton and Cadeleigh

| {{dts|7 October 1963}}

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|Mellis to Eye

|2 February 1931 (to passengers)

13 July 1964 (to all traffic)

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| Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway (GWR)

| Yarnton to Fairford,
via Witney

| {{dts|18 June 1962}} (to passengers)
2 November
1970 (to all traffic)

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| Great Eastern Railway

| Woodford to Ilford

| {{dts|1956}}

| Woodford to Newbury Park was transferred to London Underground Central line in 1947–8, but Ilford and Seven Kings to Newbury Park connections removed by 1956. Freight trains on remaining section operated by BR until 1965

| Great Central Rly (LNER)

| Manchester Central to
Fairfield, via Fallowfield

| {{dts|1983}}-8 (to all traffic)

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|LSWR

|Fareham to Gosport

|6 June 1953 (to passengers)

6 January 1969 (to all traffic)

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|Uffington to Faringdon

|1951 (to passengers)

1964 (to all traffic)

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| Southern Railway

| Totton to Fawley,
via Hythe

| {{dts|14 February 1966}} (to passengers)
1 September 2016 (to all traffic)

| Part of the line, still extant as far as Marchwood
Goods traffic continued onto Fawley Refinery until 2016.

| Clarence Railway/
NER (LNER)

| {{rws|Ferryhill}} to {{rws|Bishop Auckland}}, via {{rws|Spennymoor}} and {{rws|Byers Green}}

| {{dts|4 December 1939}} (to passengers, west of Spennymoor)
{{dts|31 March 1952}} (to passengers, east of Spennymoor)
{{dts|2 June 1958}} (to all traffic, west of Spennymoor)
{{dts|2 May 1966}} (to all traffic, east of Spennymoor)

| As originally built, this line continued west from Byers Green towards Billy Row via the West Durham Railway and intermittent passenger services operated over the line to {{rws|Tod Hills}} during the mid 19th Century. A more permanent passenger service was later introduced when the NER diverted the line's western terminus to Bishop Auckland in 1885.

| London & North Eastern Railway

| Hunmanby to Filey, via
Filey Holiday Camp

| {{dts|17 July 1977}}

| former station site, still standing/clearly visible, though disused and overgrown

| Preston and Wyre Joint Railway

| {{stnlnk|Poulton-le-Fylde}} to {{stnlnk|Fleetwood}}, via
{{stnlnk|Thornton–Cleveleys}} and {{stnlnk|Burn Naze Halt}}

| {{dts|1 June 1970}}
(to passengers)
1999 (to all traffic)

| Most of the branch line, still remains in place (with the track also intact), but currently disused,

The line is currently being restored as a Heritage Railway.

| South Eastern Railway (England)

| {{stnlnk|Folkestone East}} to {{stnlnk|Folkestone Harbour}}

| {{dts|2001}}
(to regular services)
2009 (to Venice Simplon Orient Express service)
2014 (line fully closed)

| Railway up to Harbour viaduct intact, however is very overgrown.
Viaduct to Harbour station railway track was removed in 2016 and is now restored as a public exhibit.

|

|Newnham to Whimsey and Drybridge

|3 November 1958 (to passengers)

3 August 1967 (to all traffic)

|

|

|York to Foss Islands

|8 July 1988 (to passengers)

1989 (to all traffic)

|Connected to the Derwent Valley Light Railway at York (Layerthorpe) railway station

|Eastern Counties Railway (ECR)

|Wickham Market to Framlingham

|1 November 1952 (to passengers)

19 April 1965 (to freight)

|

|LSWR

|Fullerton Junction to Hurstbourne

|6 July 1931 (to passengers)

28 May 1956 (to all traffic)

|

| GKER

| Garstang to {{stnlnk|Knott End-on-Sea}}

| {{dts|1963}}

| Opened 1870 to {{stnlnk|Pilling}}, completed by Knott End Railway in 1908

|NER

|Gilling to Pickering

|2 February 1953 (to passengers)

1964 (to all traffic)

|

| LNWR

| {{stnlnk|Lancaster}} to Glasson Dock

| {{dts|1930}}

| Opened 1883

|Cheshire Lines Committee

|Glazebrook to Skelton Junction

|1964 (to passengers)

1983 (to freight)

|

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Barnt Green to Ashchurch,
via Alcester and Evesham

| {{dts|1962}}–5 (to all traffic)

| Part of the line, still extant as far as Redditch.

| Cambrian Railway (GWR)

| Gobowen to Welshpool (via Oswestry, Llynclys, Pant, Llanymynech and Pool Quay)

| {{dts|1966}} (to passengers)
Closed in 1971 (to freight)
Closed in 1988 (to all traffic)

| Now restored as a heritage railway (based at both Oswestry and Llynclys).

|

|Pontrilas to Hay-on-Wye

|15 December 1941 (to passengers)

3 June 1957 (to all traffic)

|

|Great Northern Railway

|Grantham to Lincoln via Honington

|1965

|

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Skipton to Grassington, via Rylstone and Swinden

| {{dts|22 September 1930}} (to passengers)
11 August 1969 (to freight)

| Still extant, as far as Swinden (freight only)

| LCDR

| Longfield Halt to Gravesend West

| {{dts|1968}}

| Opened in 1886. Passenger traffic ceased in 1953.

|GCR

MR

|

|

|

| Great Central Railway (LNER)

| London (Marylebone) to
Sheffield (Victoria)

| {{dts|1966}}–69 (in stages)

| Parts of the GCR still open between London Marylebone to Verney Junction north of Aylesbury.

Two stretches of the former Great Central Main Line now preserved as the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) (between Ruddington and Loughborough Junction), and as the
Great Central Railway (between Loughborough Central and Leicester North).

| Great Northern Rly/
Great Eastern Rly (Jointly)

| Drax to Huntingdon, via
Haxey Junction, Lincoln and March

|

|

|Great Northern Railway/London and North Western Railway

|

|Closed in stages by 1970

|

| Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LMS)

| {{stnlnk|Blackburn}} to Burnley
via {{stnlnk|Rishton}}, {{stnlnk|Great Harwood}}, {{stnlnk|Simonstone}}, {{stnlnk|Padiham}} and {{stnlnk|Rose Grove}}

| {{dts|1957}}
1993 (to all traffic)

| Opened in two stages between 1875 and 1877.
Known as the North Lancashire Loop
Most of the line, now converted to a path

|NBR

|Longtown to Gretna

|9 August 1915 (to passengers)

|Remains partially open to serve MOD Longtown

| Cleveland Railway/
NER (LNER)

| {{rws|Hutton Gate}} to {{rws|Brotton}}/{{rws|North Skelton}}, via {{rws|Boosbeck}}

| {{dts|2 May 1960}} (to passengers)
1963 (to all traffic, west of Boosbeck)
{{dts|12 September 1964}} (to all traffic, east of Boosbeck)

| The line followed the eastern section of the earlier Cleveland Railway mineral line which had originally continued north through Guisborough to Eston and Normanby via a number of inclines however this section was dismantled in 1873. Though it bypassed Guisborough station, special working practices were put in place that permitted trains to reverse onto the short branch into the station before continuing over the Middlesbrough to Guisborough line.

| Great Western Railway

| Gwinear Road to Helston

| {{dts|1964}}

| A stretch of the former Branch line now preserved as the
Helston Railway.

|Eastern Union Railway

|Bentley to Hadleigh

|29 February 1932 (to passengers)

19 April 1965 (to all traffic)

|

|GWR

MR

|Longbridge to Old Hill

|1919 (to passengers)

1964 (to all traffic)

|

|

| Lea Valley lines: connected {{stnlink|Stratford}} to {{stnlink|Tottenham Hale}} line with {{stnlink|Liverpool Street}} to {{stnlink|Chingford}} line.

| {{dts|1970}}

| TfL stated in 2023 that the curve could potentially be reconstructed.

| Newcastle & Carlisle Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Haltwhistle}} to {{rws|Alston}}
(via {{rws|Featherstone Park}}, {{rws|Lambley}} and {{rws|Slaggyford}})

| {{dts|1 May 1976}}
(to all traffic)

| The {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} gauge South Tynedale Railway has reopened {{convert|5|mile|km|abbr=}} of the original line between Alston and Slaggyford.

|Southampton and Dorchester Railway

|Hamworthy to Poole Docks

|1896 (to passengers)

|

| Leeds Northern Rly Co (NER)

| Harrogate to Northallerton, via
Ripon and Melmerby

| {{dts|1967}}–69

| Formed part of the Leeds-Northallerton Railway

| LNWR

| closed to passenger traffic in 1934

| {{dts|1963}}

| The trackbed is now the Harborne nature walkway. Part of the line could be reopened.

| Midland Railway
(LMS)

| Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead

| {{dts|1959}} (to regular traffic)
1979–82 (to all traffic)

| Known as the Nickey Line,
Most of the route, now converted to a Path

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Harrogate to Church Fenton via
Wetherby and Tadcaster

| {{dts|1964}}–65

|

| Hartlepool Dock and Railway Co./
Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway/
NER (LNER)

| West Hartlepool/Hartlepool to {{rws|Ferryhill}}, via {{rws|Hart}}, {{rws|Castle Eden}}, {{rws|Trimdon}} and {{rws|West Cornforth}}

| {{dts|9 June 1952}} (to passengers)
197? (to all traffic, east of Raisby Hill Quarry)
198? (to all traffic, west of Raisby Hill Quarry)

|

| Hartlepool Dock and Railway Co./
Durham and Sunderland Railway/
NER (LNER)

| West Hartlepool/Hartlepool to {{rws|Murton}}, via {{rws|Hart}}, {{rws|Castle Eden}}, {{rws|Wellfield}}, {{rws|Haswell}} and {{rws|South Hetton}}

| {{dts|9 June 1952}} (to passengers)
1966 (to goods)
198? (to all traffic, south of South Hetton Junction)
1991 (to all traffic, north of South Hetton Junction)

| The section through Haswell and South Hetton was dismantled when stopping goods traffic was withdrawn in 1966. The remaining sections of the line were maintained to provide mainline connections for the National Coal Board's South Hetton Railway system.
Most of the route converted to the Hart to Haswell Walkway

|Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company/Great Northern Railway (GNR)

|Hatfield to St Albans Abbey

|28 September 1951 (to passengers)

31 December 1968 (to freight)

|

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Garsdale (Hawes Junction) to Hawes

| {{dts|16 March 1959}} (to passenger traffic)
?? April 1964 (to all traffic)

| Hawes railway station, now forms part of the "Dales Countryside Museum"

An ex-industrial RS&Hawthorne Steam locomotive and a rake of three ex-BR passenger coaches stand alongside the adjacent station platform on display.

| SER

| Paddock Wood to Hawkhurst

| {{dts|1961}}

| Opened in 1892 and ran for a distance of 11{{frac|1|2}} miles.

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Hayfield to New Mills

| {{dts|1970}}

| Trackbed of the Line, now forms the Sett Valley Trail.

| London, Brighton & South Coast Railway

| Horsted Keynes to Haywards Heath, via Ardingly and Copyhold Junction

| {{dts|28 October 1963}}

| Portion of the line, (between Horsted Keynes and Ardingly) now owned by the Bluebell Railway.
Whilst the other half of the line, still open to locally serve the Aggregate Depot.

| Kent & East Sussex Railway Co/
South Eastern Railway (SR)

| Robertsbridge to Headcorn,
via Tenterden

| {{dts|1954}} (to passengers)
1961 (to freight)
1970–2 (to all traffic)

| 1900 to 54/61 – Built under the 1896 Light Railways Act, with a large part of the whole line now closed,

10 mile stretch of track now preserved (between Tenterden and Junction Road) as the Kent and East Sussex Railway.

Another section of the Line (based at Robertsbridge), is also preserved.

|

|Avonmouth to Filton

|1964 (to passengers)

|Remains open for freight. Proposal to reopen for passengers

| Great Western Railway

| Gloucester to Hereford via Ross-on-Wye

| 196?

|

| Great Northern Railway

| Welwyn Garden City to Ware via Cole Green and Hertford Cowbridge

| 18 June 1951 (Hertford Cowbridge closed in 1924)

|

|

|Welwyn to Dunstable

|26 April 1965 (to passengers)

1966 (to all traffic)

|Partly reopened as the Luton to Dunstable Busway

| Hexham and Allendale Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Hexham}} to {{rws|Allendale}}

| {{dts|22 September 1930}} (to passengers)
20 November 1950 (to all traffic)

|

| Border Counties Railway
NBR (LNER)

| {{rws|Hexham}} to {{rws|Riccarton Junction}}, via {{rws|Reedsmouth}}, {{rws|Bellingham North Tyne}} and {{rws|Plashetts}}

| {{dts|15 October 1956}} (to passengers)
{{dts|1 September 1958}} (to goods)
{{dts|11 November 1963}} (to all traffic)

| The tracks were dismantled from all but the Reedsmouth to Bellingham section in 1959, which was accessed via the Wansbeck Railway from {{rws|Morpeth}} until 11 November 1963. A very short section of the line (including Saughtree station) now restored (but privately).

| Furness Railway (LMS)

| Arnside to Hincaster,
via Sandside and Heversham

| {{dts|4 May 1942}} (to passengers)
1966 (to freight)
1972 (to all traffic)

|

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers (via Rushden)

| {{dts|1959}} (to passengers)
Closed in 1971 (to all traffic)

| A section of the branch now preserved, as part of the Rushden Transport Museum.

| Great Western Railway

| Swindon to Highworth

| {{dts|2 March 1953}} (to passengers)
1962 (to all traffic)

|

| Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LMS)

| Brockholes to Holmfirth,
via Thongsbridge

| {{dts|31 October 1959}} (to passengers)
28 April 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| Great Western Railway

| Cheltenham to Stratford-upon-Avon (via Honeybourne)

| {{dts|7 March 1960}} (to passengers)
?? August 1976 (to all traffic)

| A lengthy majority of the line now preserved as the
Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway.

| Birkenhead Railway (London & North Western Railway and Great Western Railway Joint Line) (LMS/GWR)

| {{rws|Hooton}} Junction to {{rws|West Kirby}}, via {{rws|Hadlow Road}}, {{rws|Neston South}}, {{rws|Parkgate}}, {{rws|Heswall|Birkenhead Railway}}, {{rws|Thurstaston}}, {{rws|Caldy}} and {{rws|Kirby Park}}

| 17 September 1956 (to passenger traffic)
7 May 1962 (to all traffic)

| Almost entire route converted to Wirral Country Park cycle way in 1973.
Hadlow Road station restored to 1950s condition (complete with a short length of demonstration track) for use as Country Park visitor centre.

| Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LMS)

| Horbury & Ossett station to Crigglestone West Junction, via Canal Sidings

| 11 September 1961 (to passenger traffic)
4 February 1991 (to all traffic)

| Disused, but still entirely intact throughout

| Great Northern Railway

| Woodhall Junction to Horncastle

| {{dts|13 September 1954}} (to passengers)
6 April 1971 (to all traffic)

|

| North Eastern Railway

| Cudworth to Hull Paragon, via
Wrangbrook Junction, Drax Abbey and Little Weighton

| 193? (to passengers)
195? (to freight)
197? (to all traffic)

|

|

|Aire Junction to Braithwell Junction

|September 1970

|

| North Eastern Railway

|  

| {{dts|1964}}

|  

| North Eastern Railway

|  

| {{dts|1964}}

|  

|

|Gravesend to Allhallows

|4 December 1961 (to passengers)

|Remains open for freight

| LSWR (Southern Railway)

| Barnstaple to Ilfracombe, via Wrafton, Braunton and Mortehoe & Woolacombe

| {{dts|1970}} (to passengers)
1975 (to all traffic)

|

| Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (LMS)

| Ingleton to {{stnlnk|Tebay}}

| {{dts|1954}}

| Opened 1861. Tracks lifted 1967.

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Ilkley to Skipton (via Addingham, Bolton Abbey and Embsay)

| {{dts|22 March 1965}} (to passengers)
January 1966 (to all traffic)

| A four mile stretch of the line now preserved as the
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.

|YN&BR

|Tweedmouth to Kelso

|15 June 1964 (to passengers)

29 March 1965 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Kelvedon to Tollesbury Pier

|7 May 1951 (to passengers)

28 September 1962 (to all traffic)

|

| Great Western Railway

| Kemble to Cirencester

| {{dts|6 April 1964}}

|

| LB&SCR/SR/SR

| Kemp Town Junction to Kemp Town railway station

| {{dts|26 June 1971}}

|

|

|Kettering to Huntingdon

|15 June 1959 (passengers)

27 July 1971 (all traffic)

|

| Great Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Dereham to King's Lynn,
via Swaffham

| {{dts|7 September 1968}}

| 3 mile section (as far as Middleton Towers) still exists (freight only)

|

|Brent to Kingsbridge

|14 September 1963

|

| Great Western Railway

| Newton Abbot to Kingswear (via Torquay, Paignton and Churston)

| {{dts|1972}} (Paignton-Kingswear section, only)

| Part of the line between Newton Abbot and Paignton still open as part of the National Network's Riviera Line

7 mile stretch of track now preserved, (between Paignton and Kingswear) as the Dartmouth Steam Railway.

| London & North Western Railway (LMS)

| Deighton to Kirkburton,
via Kirkheaton

| {{dts|28 July 1930}} (to passengers)
5 April 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| Great Northern Railway (LNER)

| Firsby to Woodhall Junction

| {{dts|5 October 1970}}

|

| LVR

| Newbury to Lambourn

| {{dts|1973}}

| Opened in 1893; part of the Great Western Railway from 1905.

|

|Chesterfield and Sheffield to Lincoln

|19 September 1955

|

| LUR

| {{stnlnk|Blackburn}} to St Helens

| {{dts|1960}}

| Opened in 1869; St Helens to Wigan still in use

| North Eastern Railway

| {{rws|Durham}} to {{rws|Blackhill}}, via
{{rws|Lanchester}}

| {{dts|1 May 1939}} (to passengers)
{{dts|5 July 1965}} (to goods)
{{dts|20 June 1966}} (to all traffic)

|

|  

|  

| {{dts|26 April 1968}}

|  

| London and North Western Railway (LMS)

| Leamington Spa to Rugby

| {{dts|June 1959}}

|  

| Durham Junction Railway/
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway/
NER (LNER)

| {{rws|Ferryhill}} and {{rws|Durham}} to Pelaw, via {{rws|Shincliffe}}, {{rws|Leamside}}, {{rws|Penshaw}}, {{rws|Washington|England}} and {{rws|Usworth}}

| {{dts|28 July 1941}} (to passengers, south of Leamside)
{{dts|4 May 1964}} (to passengers, north of Leamside)
1991 (to all traffic)

|Track still down (although overgrown) Between Pelaw and Washington.

|GWR

|Ledbury to Gloucester

|1959 (to passengers)

1964 (to goods)

|

| L&BER

| {{stnlnk|Skipton}} to {{stnlnk|Colne}} via
Elslack, Thornton-In-Craven, Earby and Foulridge

| {{dts|1970}}

| Opened in 1848.
The Shipley-to-Skipton section of the line is still in use.
whilst the Skipton-Colne section had now long since closed.

|

|Leeds to Thirsk via Harrogate

|1959

|Section between Harrogate and Leeds still extant as part of the Harrogate line

| London & North Western Railway (LMS)

| Leeds to Huddersfield, via
Gomersal, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike and Battyeford

| {{dts|1960}}–65 (to regular traffic, in stages)
1980 (to all traffic)

| Now converted to a path

|  

|  

| {{dts|1934}}

| Now converted to a footpath

| North Staffordshire Railway

| Leekbrook Junction to Waterhouses, via
Bradnop, Ipstones, Winkhill and Cauldon Lowe

| {{dts|30 September 1935}} (to passengers)
1964 (to goods)
1988 (to all traffic)

| Part of the former branch (currently as far as Ipstones) now part of the Churnet Valley Railway

|Great Northern Railway

|

|14 September 1931 (to passengers)

|

|  

|  

| {{dts|1964}}

|  

|Midland Counties Railway

|Leicester to Rugby

|1 January 1962

|Remaining part of the Midland Counties Railway survives as part of the Midland Main Line

|Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway

|Leicester Belgrave Road to Marefield Junction

|7 December 1953

|

| Great Western Railway

|Leominster to New Radnor

| {{dts|1966}}

| Small Section of the line, now privately preserved as the Kingfisher Line (at Titley Junction).

| LB&SCR

| Lewes to East Grinstead (via Barcombe, Sheffield Park, Horsted Keynes and Kingscote)

| {{dts|1958}}

| An 11 mile stretch of the line now preserved (between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead) as the Bluebell Railway.

Whilst the line (north of East Grinstead, itself) forms part of the Oxted line.

| Great Northern Railway (LNER)

| Gainsborough to Peterborough, via Lincoln,
Woodhall Junction, Boston and Spalding

| {{dts|17 June 1963}}

|

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| {{stnlnk|Skipton}} to Morecambe, via {{stnlnk|Hellifield}}, {{stnlnk|Wennington}}, {{stnlnk|Clapham}} and {{stnlnk|Lancaster}}

| {{dts|1966}}

| Opened in two stages in 1848 and 1849.
Approximately two-thirds of the route (between Lancaster and Caton) is now a combined cyclepath and footpath.

Whilst, the remainder of the line from Wennington to Skipton is still in use, (as is the other line in-between Wennington and Carnforth).

|

|Seaforth to Dingle

|30 December 1956

|

| LS&PJR

| {{stnlnk|Southport}} to {{stnlnk|Altcar and Hillhouse}}

| {{dts|1952}}

| Opened 1887. A short section through {{stnlnk|Meols Cop}} in Southport is still in use.

| GER

| Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds

| {{dts|19 April 1965}}

|  

|

|King's Lynn to Hunstanton

|5 May 1969

|

| MSLR and NSR

| Macclesfield to Marple

| {{dts|1970}}

| Re-opened 1985 by Dr. David Bellamy as the Middlewood Way.

|

|Dauntsey to Malmesbury

|8 September 1951 (to passengers)

11 November 1962 (to all traffic)

|

|Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LMS)

| Manchester Victoria to Accrington Junction, (via Whitefield, Bury, Ramsbottom and Helmshore)

| {{dts|1966}} (to regular passengers)
1972 (to all passengers)
1980 (to coal traffic)
1981 (to all traffic, north of bury)
1991 (to all traffic, south of bury)

| An 8{{frac|1|2}}-mile stretch of the line now preserved (between Bury Bolton Street and Stubbins Junction) as the East Lancashire Railway.

Whilst The Bury Line now occupies part of the line between Manchester Victoria and Bury Interchange as part of the Manchester Metrolink.

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Ambergate to Buxton, (via Matlock, Rowsley, Bakewell and Millers Dale)

| {{dts|6 March 1967}} (to passengers)
29 June 1968
(to all traffic)

| Part of the route, now preserved (between Matlock and Rowsley, via Darley Dale) as Peak Rail.

Whilst the route beyond (the south of) Matlock itself to Ambergate Junction remains open as part of the National Network.

Also, a section of the line (through Ashwood Dale, between Buxton and the one-time triangular junction) towards the Peak Forest Area still exists

|

|Altrincham to Manchester London Road

|24 December 1991

|Converted to Manchester Metrolink in 1992

|Midland Railway

|Cornbrook to Stockport

|2 Jan 1967 (to passengers)

1969 (to all traffic)

|Reopened as part of the Manchester Metrolink

|

|Eccles to Wigan

|3 May 1969

|

| Midland Railway (LMS/GWR)

| Mangotsfield to Bath Green Park (via Bitton)

| {{dts|1966}} (to passengers)
1971 (to all traffic)

| A 3-mile stretch of the line now preserved as the
Avon Valley Railway.

|GCR

|Kirkby to Mansfield

|2 January 1956 (to passengers)

2003 (to all traffic)

|

| South Eastern Railway (England)

| {{stnlnk|Ashford International}}, {{stnlnk|Canterbury West}} and {{stnlnk|Ramsgate}}

| {{dts|1926}} (closed)

| Branch line used as a goods depot until 1972. Now redeveloped as an amusement arcade.

| London Midland & Scottish Railway

| Derby to Ashby de la Zouch,
via Melbourne

| {{dts|21 May 1980}}

|

| Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly

| Lockwood to Meltham,
via Netherton

| {{dts|21 May 1949}} (to passengers)
3 April 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| North Eastern Railway

| Melmerby to Masham,
via West Tanfield

| {{dts|1931}} (to passengers)
1963 (to all traffic)

|

| London & South Western Rly

| Fareham to Alton,
via Wickham and Droxford

| {{dts|5 February 1955}} (to passengers)
30 April 1962 (to freight)
1968 (to all traffic)

|

|West Yorkshire Railway

|

|1964 (to passengers)

1981 (to all traffic)

|

| London & North Western Railway (LMS)

| Diggle to Staybridge, via Uppermill Friezland and Micklehurst

| {{dts|1 January 1917}} (to passengers)
15 June 1964 (to Freight)
3 October 1966 (to further traffic)

| Constructed because a new line along the east bank of the River Tame was deemed to be more cost-effective than four tracking the existing line on the west bank.

|

|Haughley to Laxfield

|28 July 1952

|

|

|Petersfield to Midhurst

Pulborough to Midhurst

Chicester to Midhurst

|1955 (to passengers)

1966 (to goods)

|

| GNR/
Merger of earlier railways

|  

| {{dts|1959}} (to passengers)
Closed in 1964 (to all traffic)

| Cromer–Sheringham section still extant as part of the nearby Bittern Line

5{{frac|1|2}} mile stretch of track, now preserved as the Heritage North Norfolk Railway.

| GWR/
Merger of earlier railways

| Cheltenham to Andover

| {{dts|1961}}

| A stretch of the line is now preserved as the
Swindon & Cricklade Railway.

| Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway/
NER (LNER)

| {{rws|Middlesbrough}} to {{rws|Guisborough}} via {{rws|Nunthorpe}} and {{rws|Pinchinthorpe}}

| {{dts|2 March 1964}} (to passengers)
{{dts|31 August 1964}} (to all traffic)

| East of Morton Junction, the line is still in passenger use as part of the Esk Valley Line. Most of the remainder of the former branch is now a public footpath.

|Manchester & Leeds Railway

|Middleton Junction to Oldham

|7 January 1963

|

| Charles Brandling/The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd.

| Hallam and Pontefract line through Beza Road to Moor Road

| {{dts|1990}} (Connection line closed, events only)

| Line intact however is currently bolted closed, preventing access. Used for special events only.

|

|Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead

|28 February 1959 (to passengers)

6 April 1964 (to goods)

|Section from Heathfield to Newton Abbot remains open to freight

|  

|  

| {{dts|3 July 1954}}

|  

| GWR

| Market Drayton to Nantwich, via Adderley, Coxbank and Audlem

| {{dts|1963}} (to passengers)
1967 (to freight)
1970 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Newcastle (Carliol Square) to Tynemouth

|

|Majority of the route converted to form part of the Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line

| Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Company (N&CR)

| Great Chesterford to Newmarket

| {{dts|1851}}?

| One of the first railway closures in British history

|GER

MGNJ

|North Walsham to Cromer

|

|

|

| Northallerton to Hawes (via Leeming Bar, Leyburn and Aysgarth)

| {{dts|1954}} (to passengers)
Closed in 1992 (to all traffic)

| A 22-mile stretch of the line now preserved as the Wensleydale Railway.

|London and Birmingham Railway

|Blisworth to Peterborough

|2 May 1964 (to passengers)

1974 (to all traffic)

|A 7.5 mile stretch of the line is now preserved as the Nene Valley Railway

| London and North Western Railway (LMS)

| Northampton to Market Harborough

| {{dts|16 August 1981}} (to all traffic)

| A stretch of the line now preserved as the
Northampton and Lamport Railway.

| LSWR

| Halwill Junction to Padstow
(via Launceston, Camelford and Wadebridge)

| {{dts|1964}}

| 2 miles of track re-laid to narrow gauge, as the
Launceston Steam Railway.

| North Devon Railway (LSWR)

| Torrington to Halwell Junction (via Meeth and Hatherleigh)

| {{dts|1964}}/65 (to passengers)
1978 (to freight)
1982 (to all traffic)

| Small section (based at Torrington) now being restored as the Tarka Valley Railway.

|North Devon Railway (LSWR)

|Exeter to Torrington

|1965 (to passengers)

1982 (to freight)

|Section from Exeter to Barnstaple remains open as the Tarka Line

| NLLR

| Scunthorpe to Whitton

| {{dts|1951}}

| Short section of the line still open, (freight only)

|  

|  

| {{dts|1972}}

|  

|Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

|Kirkby to Mersey Docks

|1991

|

| North Sunderland Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Chathill}} to {{rws|Seahouses}}

| {{dts|27 October 1951}}

| The line was independently financed and, though operated with North Eastern Railway locomotives from 1902, remained under independent control until 1939 when the LNER took over its management

| Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Scotswood}} to {{rws|Prudhoe}}, via {{rws|North Wylam}}

| {{dts|11 March 1968}} (to passengers)
{{dts|April 1972}} (to all traffic, west of {{rws|Newburn}})
{{dts|December 1986}} (to all traffic, east of Newburn)

| Partially following the route of the Wylam Waggonway, the line was famed for having passed almost directly in front of George Stephenson's Birthplace

| Great Western Railway

| Norton Fitzwarren to Minehead via, Crowcombe-Heathfield, Williton and Blue Anchor

| {{dts|2 January 1971}} (to all traffic)

| Most of the entire branch line now preserved as the
West Somerset Railway.

|GNR

|Nottingham London Road to Daybrook

|14 September 1931 (to passengers)

1 August 1951 (to all traffic)

|

| Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
(LNWR/Midland Railway)

| Nuneaton Abbey Street to Ashby Junction,
via Shackerstone

| {{dts|1965}} (to passengers)
1971 (to all traffic)

| A 5-mile stretch of track now preserved as the
Battlefield Line.

| London & South Western Rly

| Okehampton to Bude,
via Halwill Junction and Holsworthy

| {{dts|1 October 1966}}

|

|

|Guide Bridge to Oldham via Ashton

|4 May 1959 (to passengers)

29 January 1968 (to freight)

|

| Manchester & Leeds Rly (LMS)

| Rochdale to Manchester Victoria, via Oldham and Royton Junction

| {{dts|3 October 2009}} (to all traffic)

| Now converted to light-rail use, as part of the
Manchester Metrolink.

|West Yorkshire Railway

|Wakefield to Batley

|1965

|

|

|Whitchurch to Oswestry via Ellesmere

|18 January 1965

|

| North Eastern Rly/Midland Railway (Joint)

| Ilkley to Arthington,
via Otley and Pool-in-Wharfedale

| {{dts|5 July 1965}} (to both passengers and all traffic)

| Still extant as the Wharfedale line between Ilkley and Milnerwood Junction. Trackbed to become the Wharfedale Greenway cycle route.

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Keighley to Oxenhope via Ingrow, Damems, Oakworth and Haworth

| {{dts|1962}}
Re-opened in 1968

| The Entire branch line is now preserved, as the
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

|

|Oxford to Wolverhampton via Worcester

|30 July 1962

|Section from Stourbridge to Oxford remains open

|

|

| 1 January 1968 (passengers)

{{dts|1993}}

| Section from Bedford to Bletchley still open (as the Marston Vale line)

Section from Oxford to Bicester reopened in 1987.

Bicester to Bletchley section to be reopened (under construction as of 2025) as East West Rail. Extension from Bedford to Cambridge planned.

| GER

| Palace Gates to Seven Sisters

| {{dts|7 January 1963}}

|

| LMS

| Northampton to Peterborough (East)

| {{dts|1968}} (to passengers)
1972 (to all traffic)

| A 7{{frac|1|2}}-mile stretch of the line now preserved as the
Nene Valley Railway.

| Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly (LMS)

| Cooper Bridge to Norwood Green, via Bailiff Bridge

| {{dts|1934}} (to passengers)
1952 (to all traffic)

|

|North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway

|Picton to Battersby

|14 June 1954 (to passengers)

August 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| North Eastern Railway

| Knaresborough to Pilmoor,
via Boroughbridge

| 1950 (to passengers)

1964 (to all traffic)

|

|GWR

|Plymouth to Yealmpton

|6 October 1947 (to passengers)

29 February 1960 (to all traffic)

|

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| South Gosforth to {{rws|Ponteland}} and {{rws|Darras Hall}}, via {{rws|Kenton Bank}}

| {{dts|17 June 1929}} (to passengers)
{{dts|2 August 1954}} (to all traffic, west of Ponteland)
{{dts|14 August 1967}} (to goods)
{{dts|6 March 1989}} (to all traffic)

| Most of the line was reopened as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro, initially to Bank Foot (replacing the original Kenton Bank station) in 1981 and then, via a short branch from the original route, to Airport on {{dts|17 November 1991}}

| Stockton & Darlington Rly (George Stephenson & Co)

| Jarrow Staith to Dipton Colliery, via Springwell

| {{dts|4 October 1974}} (to most traffic)
10 January 1986 (to all traffic)

| Primarily cable-hauled, this line almost exclusively served as a colliery railway.
A short stretch of the line based at the site of Springwell Colliery is now preserved as the Bowes Railway.

|

|Portishead to Bristol

|1964

|To be reopened December 2024

|

|Weymouth to Isle of Portland

|1952 (to passengers)

1965 (to all traffic)

|

|  

|  

| {{dts|2 March 1964}}

|  

| P&LR

| {{stnlnk|Preston}} to {{stnlnk|Longridge|England}}

| {{dts|1930}}

| Opened 1840 as horse-drawn tramway; converted to steam 1848. Most of track removed in 1967. One mile of track in Preston remains, but disused.

|

|Tipton to Wednesbury

|1916 (to passengers)

April 1981 (to all traffic)

|

|GNR

|Bramley to Laisterdyke via Pudsey

|15 June 1964

|

| Great Northern Railway/
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

| Bradford to Halifax,
Halifax to Keighley, &
Keighley to Bradford, via
Queensbury

| {{dts|1955}} (to passengers)
1960–5 (to freight)/in-stages
1972–4 (to all traffic)

| Part of the route between {{rws|Cullingworth}} and {{rws|Queensbury}} has been reused as part of the Great Northern Railway Trail{{cite news|last1=Knights|first1=David|title=Cullingworth councillors check out state of Great Northern RailwayTrail following nearby building work|url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/14759800.Cullingworth_councillors_check_out_state_of_Great_Northern_RailwayTrail_following_nearby_building_work/|access-date=26 September 2017|work=Keighley News|date=22 September 2016}}

|Great Northern Railway

|Holme to Ramsey

|6 October 1947 (to passengers)

December 1973 (to all traffic)

|

| South Eastern & Chatham Railway (SR)

|

| {{dts|1926}}

|

|Newcastle and Carlisle Railway

|Blaydon to Redheugh

|

|

| Southampton and Dorchester Railway

| Hamworthy to Brockenhurst

| {{dts|1977}}

| The section between Hamworthy and Wimborne was closed in 1966, and the section between Wimborne and Brockenhurst between 1974 and 1977.

|

|Ringwood to Bournemouth

|30 September 1935

|Closed between Ringwood and Christchurch. Remaining section part of SWML

| Midland Railway
(LMS)

| Derby to Langley Mill,
via Ripley

| {{dts|1930}} (to passengers)
1957-68 (to regular traffic)
1999 (to all traffic)

|

| Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly

| Sowerby Bridge to Rishworth

| {{dts|1929}} (to passengers)
19?? (to all traffic)

|

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Manors}} to Percy Main, via {{rws|St. Peters}}, {{rws|Walker}} and {{rws|Carville}}

| {{dts|31 October 1966}} (to goods)
{{dts|23 July 1973}} (to passengers)
{{dts|31 March 1988}} (to all traffic)

| Following withdrawal of passenger services in 1973, line was progressively abandoned from east to west. On {{dts|31 May 1978}} the section east of Carville closed, followed by that east of St. Peters in {{dts|April 1987}}.

| Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

| Rochdale to Bacup,
via Whitworth and Shawforth

| {{dts|1967}}

|

|MR

|Rolleston Junction to Mansfield via Southwell

|12 August 1929 (to passengers between Mansfield and Southwell)

16 June 1959 (to passengers between Southwell and Rolleston Junction)

17 October 1983 (to all traffic)

|

|  

| Appledore Junction to New Romney, via
Lydd Town and Lydd-on-Sea

| {{dts|1937}} (to passengers)
1967 (to freight)

| Branch from Marshlink line at Appledore, Kent to Dungeness and New Romney,
Part of the line is still used for freight to Dungeness Nuclear Power Station

|

|Battersby to Rosedale mines

|11 June 1929

|

| Northumberland Central Railway/
North British Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Scotsgap}} to {{rws|Rothbury}}, via {{rws|Longwitton}}, {{rws|Ewesley}}, {{rws|Fontburn Halt}} and {{rws|Brinkburn}}

| {{dts|15 September 1952}} (to passengers)
{{dts|11 November 1963}} (to goods)

|

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Rugby to Peterborough (East)

| {{dts|6 June 1966}}

|

|  

|  

| {{dts|1962}}

| Branch from Marshlink line at Rye railway station to the town distant Harbour (1854 to 1962)

|  

| Pickering to Pilmoor, via
Kirkbymoorside, Helmsley and Gilling

| {{dts|1965}}

|  

|  

|  

| {{dts|16 June 1951}}

|  

|  

| Audley End to Bartlow

| {{dts|December 1964}}

|  

|  

|  

| {{dts|2 May 1964}}

|  

| South Eastern Railway (England)

| {{stnlnk|Ashford International}}, {{stnlnk|Sandling}} to {{stnlnk|Sandgate}}

| {{dts|1951}} (Closed)

| Now a public footpath, no original track remaining.

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Seamer to Pickering, via
Forge Valley, Wykeham and Thornton-le-Dale

| {{dts|1953}} (to passengers)
1963 (to all traffic)

| Known as the Forge Valley line

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Scarborough to Whitby, (via Cloughton, Stainton Dale, Ravenscar and Robin Hood's Bay)

| {{dts|22 March 1965}} (to regular traffic)
31 October 1967 (to all traffic)

| Now a combined cycle/footpath route

|Newcastle and Carlisle Railway

|Newcastle to Blaydon via Scotswood

|4 October 1982

|Original alignment of the N&CR

|

|Scotswood to Wylam

|11 March 1968

|

| LSWR (Southern Railway)

| Seaton Junction to Seaton via
Colyton and Colyford

| {{dts|7 March 1966}} (to all traffic)

| A stretch of the former branch, re-laid as the Seaton Tramway.

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Selby to Driffield, via
Market Weighton

| {{dts|20 September 1954}} (to passengers)
30 June 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| North Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Selby to Goole,
via Drax

| {{dts|15 June 1964}}

|

| GWR

| Lydney to Lydbrook, (via Whitecroft, Parkend, Speech House Road and Serridge Junction)

| {{dts|1977}}

| 4{{frac|1|2}}-mile stretch of the S&WR, now preserved as the
Dean Forest Railway.

| West Midland Railway
GWR

| Shrewsbury to both Hartlebury and to Kidderminster

| {{dts|September 1963}}

| A 16{{frac|1|2}}-mile stretch of the line now preserved as the
Severn Valley Railway.

| Severn & Wye Railway
(GWR)

| Berkeley Road to Severn Bridge, via Sharpness

| {{dts|1964}} (to passengers)

| Most of the former branch line is now being restored as the Vale of Berkeley Railway.

|

|Retford to Lincoln

|

|

|  

|  

| {{dts|4 December 1950}}

| SECR branch off Sheerness line – 1901–1950 – Built under the 1896 Light Railways Act.

|GNR

|Laisterdyke to Shipley

|2 February 1931 (to passengers)

1968 (to all traffic)

|

|GWR

|Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston-on-Stour

|8 July 1929 (to passengers)

2 May 1960 (to goods)

|

|

|Shrewsbury to Llanymynech and Criggion

|6 November 1933 (to passengers)

29 February 1960 (to all traffic)

|

|  

|  

| {{dts|September 1964}}

|  

| London & South Western Rly (SR)

| Exmouth to Feniton, via
'Budleigh Salterton', Sidmouth and Ottery St Mary

| {{dts|8 May 1967}} (to all traffic)

|

| ELR

| {{stnlnk|Ormskirk}} to Rainford Junction

| {{dts|1956}}

| Opened 1858; goods service continued to 1963

| Merger of earlier railways

| Bath to Broadstone, with branch from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater

| {{dts|6 March 1966}}

| Opened 1862 as the result of the amalgamation of the Somerset Central Railway and the Dorset Central Railway.
Original route ran from Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater to Broadstone, continuing over London and South Western lines to Poole and Bournemouth.
In 1863 the line from Evercreech Junction to Bath was built. Railway was closed in 1966.{{cite book|author=Peters, Ivo| title=The Somerset and Dorset – An English Cross Country Railway | publisher=Oxford Publishing Company |year=1974| isbn=0-902888-33-1}}

A Trio of Three Stretches of the former line are now Preserved, The first (based at Midsomer Norton) is restored and run by the S&DR Heritage Trust,
The second (based at Shillingstone) is also (currently under restoration) as the Heritage North Dorset Railway
And the third, (in-between) now forming the
Gartell Light Railway.

| SCLER

| Southport to Aintree

| {{dts|1952}}

| Opened 1884. Tracks lifted 1860. Almost all of the route is now a cycle path.

|

|Halesworth to Southwold

|11 April 1929

|

| GWR

| Plymouth to Launceston (via Tavistock)

| {{dts|1962}}

| A 1{{frac|1|2}}-mile stretch of the line now preserved as the
Plym Valley Railway.

| South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway/
Stockton and Darlington Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Tebay}} to {{rws|Bishop Auckland}},
via {{rws|Kirkby Stephen East}}, {{rws|Barras}}, {{rws|Barnard Castle}} and {{rws|West Auckland}}

| {{dts|22 January 1962}} (to passengers, west of Barnard Castle, and all traffic between Hartley Quarry and Barnard Castle)
{{dts|18 June 1962}} (to passengers, east of Barnard Castle)
{{dts|December 1963}} (to all traffic, west of Kirkby Stephen East)
{{dts|October 1974}} (to all remaining traffic)

| A short stretch of the line at Kirkby Stephen East station is preserved as the Stainmore Railway Centre.

| South Shields, Marsden, and Whitburn Colliery Railway (NCB)

| {{rws|Westoe Lane}} to {{rws|Whitburn Colliery}}

| {{dts|23 November 1953}} (to passengers)
{{dts|8 June 1968}} (to all traffic)

| Though built as a colliery line, it also carried a public passenger service between {{dts|19 March 1888}} and {{dts|23 November 1953}}. Because the line was operated by the Whitburn (and later Harton) Coal Companies, it became the first passenger line in Great Britain to be nationalised due to the nationalisation of the coal industry on {{dts|1 January 1947}} preceding that of the railways by 1 year.

| Stanhope and Tyne Railway/
Stockton and Darlington Railway/
NER (LNER)

| {{rws|South Shields}}/Tyne Dock to {{rws|Rowley|England}} via Chichester, {{rws|Boldon}}, {{rws|Washington|England}}, {{rws|Annfield Plain}} and {{rws|Consett}}.
Beyond Rowley, line split between original route to Stanhope and Rookhope via {{rws|Waskerley}} and NER-built deviation to {{rws|Wear Valley Junction}} via {{rws|Tow Law}} and {{rws|Crook}}.

| {{dts|8 March 1965}} (to passengers)
1984 (to all traffic, west of Brockley Whins)

| Complex history of passenger services commencing and being withdrawn throughout the 19th Century. A more permanent passenger service was introduced by the Stockton & Darlington Railway between Consett and Wear Valley Junction on {{dts|4 July 1859}} but was progressively withdrawn north of Tow Law on {{dts|1 May 1939}}, north of Crook on {{dts|11 June 1956}} and entirely on {{dts|8 March 1965}}. This section closed to all traffic in {{dts|March 1969}}.
The North Eastern Railway introduced a {{rws|Blackhill}} (on the Derwent Valley Railway) and Consett to {{rws|Birtley}} (on the ECML service on {{dts|1 February 1894}}. Passenger traffic on this section ended on {{dts|23 May 1955}} but mineral traffic remained until 1984.
The Brockley Whins to Tyne Dock section remains as a freight line while part of the line through South Shields was reused for the Tyne and Wear Metro.

| South Staffordshire Railway

| Stourbridge to Walsall

| {{dts|19 March 1993}}

| Section between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill being reopened as part of Midland Metro with an estimated opening date of 2027. Stourbridge to Brierley Hill open for freight. Remainder mostly intact but overgrown.

|

|

|2 December 1929 (to passengers)

|

|

|Wrangbrook Junction to Denaby

|7 August 1967

|

| South Yorkshire Railway (LNER)

| Swinton Junction–Doncaster
Doncaster–Barnsley
Wombwell–Sheffield

|

| A part of the SYR Elsecar Colliery line had been preserved as the Elsecar Heritage Railway of whom currently mothballed.

| Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly (LMS)

| Low Moor to Mirfield,
via Cleckheaton, Liversedge and Heckmondwike

| {{dts|14 June 1965}} (to passengers)
31 May 1969 (to all traffic)

| Most of the Line, now converted to a Greenway cycle/path

| Great Northern Rly

| Firsby to Spilsby

| {{dts|1939}} (to passengers)
1958 (to all traffic)

|

|LSWR

|Andover to Redbridge

|1967

|

|  

|  

| {{dts|4 December 1939}} (passenger), 5 March 1951 (through access)

|  

| Great Western Railway (GWR)

| West Drayton to Staines (West)

| {{dts|1961}}–5 (to passengers)
1981 (to freight)

| The line is still extant, but only as far as Colnbrook, (but disused)

|L&YR

|Greetland to Stainland

|1929 (to passengers)

1959 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Essendine to Wansford via Stamford

|Stamford to Wansford closed to all traffic 29 June 1929

Essendine to Stamford closed to passengers 15 June 1959, freight 4 March 1963

|

|

|Stanhope to South Shields

|23 May 1955 (to passengers)

|

|London and North Western Railway (LNWR)

|Harrow to Stanmore

|5 October 1964

|

|

|Stockport Portwood to Altrincham

|1967 (to passengers)

|Portions remain in service for freight and as part of Manchester Metrolink

|

|Stockport Portwood to Woodley

|

|

|

|Albert Hill Junction to Oak Tree Junction

|1 July 1887 (to passengers)

1967 (to all traffic)

|Rest of the line remains in service as the Tees Valley line

| North Staffordshire Railway
(LMS)

| Stoke-on-Trent to Market Drayton via,
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Silverdale and Pipe Gate

| {{dts|1964}} (to passengers)
1966/67 (to freight)
1998 (to all traffic)

| Most of the former line, still in existence, but completely disused

| North Staffordshire Railway
(LMS)

| Stoke-on-Trent to Leek

| 1956 (to passengers)
1988 (to freight)
1994 (to all traffic)

| Could be restored/re-opened (to put Leek back on the national network).

| BDJR

| Hampton to Whitacre Junction

| {{dts|1935}}

| First Main-line to be singled in 1840

|Midland Railway

|Stonehouse to Nailsworth

|1947 (to passengers)

1966 (to all traffic)

|

|  

| Shelford to Marks Tey

| {{dts|6 March 1967}}

| Eastern end remains open as the
Gainsborough line

|  

|  

| {{dts|August 1914}}

|  

| LB&SCR

| Horsham to Shoreham-by-Sea

| {{dts|7 March 1966}}

| Trackbed is now part of Downs Link footpath

| Midland Railway

| Broom Junction to Bedford,
via Fenny Compton and Towcester

| {{dts|7 April 1952}} (to passengers)
3 February
1964 (to all traffic)

|

| YN&BR (LNER)

| {{station|Sunderland}} to {{rws|Penshaw}}, via Pallion, Hylton and {{rws|Cox Green}}

| {{dts|4 May 1964}} (to passengers)
{{dts|21 August 1967}} (to all traffic, west of Hylton)
{{dts|20 November 1976}} (to all traffic, west of Pallion)
{{dts|27 November 1984}} (to all traffic, east of Pallion)

| Most of the line was reopened as part of 2002 South Hylton extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro, although a slight deviation from the original course was required at Pallion

|Midland Railway

|Water Orton to Walsall

|18 January 1965 (to passengers)

|Remains open for freight

| Built in
1725

| Gateshead Junction to
Tanfield Lea Colliery

| {{dts|1962}}–70 (to all traffic, in stages)

| Built as a wooden-wagonway/colliery line.
A stretch of the former colliery line is now preserved as the Tanfield Railway.

|  

|  

| {{dts|1985}}

|  

|

|Heathfield to Exeter

|June 1958 (to passengers)

1967 (to all traffic)

|

| Great Western Rly

| Bewdley to Wooferton,
via Tenbury

| 1962 (to passengers)

1965 (to freight)

| Whilst the entire line is now a footpath,
Bewdley station is now on the Severn Valley Railway.

| South Eastern and Chatham Railway

| Teston and West Farleigh

| {{dts|1959}} (closed)

| Was situated on what is now the Medway Valley Line.

| Great Western Railway

| Kemble to Tetbury, via
Rodmarton and Culkerton

| {{dts|6 April 1964}}

|

| Midland Railway (LMS/GWR)

| Great Malvern to Ashchurch,
via Tewksbury

| {{dts|1961}} (to passengers)
1963 (to freight)

|

| GER

| Bury St Edmunds to Thetford

| {{dts|8 June 1953}} (to passengers)
27 June 1960 (to all traffic)

|

| Great Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Thetford to Swaffham,
via Watton and Roudham Junction

| {{dts|15 June 1964}}

|

|YN&BR

|Thirsk to Malton via Gilling

|1965

|

|

|Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells

|1 January 1967

|

| BT&SDR (GWR)

| Totnes to Ashburton
(via Staverton and Buckfastleigh)

| {{dts|1958}} (to passengers)
1962 (to goods)

| A 7-mile stretch of the branch line now preserved as the
South Devon Railway.

|GWR

|Truro to Newquay

|1963

|

| LB&SCR/SR

| Eridge to Tunbridge Wells
(via Groombridge)

| {{dts|6 July 1985}}

| 5-mile stretch of track now restored as the
Spa Valley Railway.

|LSWR

|Plymouth to Turnchapel

|10 September 1951 (to passengers)

30 October 1961 (to goods)

|

| YN&BR (LNER)

| {{rws|Tweedmouth}} to {{rws|Kelso}}, via {{rws|Norham}}, {{rws|Coldstream}} and {{rws|Sunilaws}}

| {{dts|15 June 1964}} (to passengers)
{{dts|29 March 1965}} (to all traffic)

| A cross-border line which made an end-on connection with the North British Railway's line to {{rws|St Boswells}} at Kelso

| Furness Railway (LMS)

| Ulverston to Lakeside
(via Greenodd and Haverthwaite)

| {{dts|6 September 1965}}

| A 3{{frac|1|2}}-mile stretch of the branch line now preserved as the
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway.

| Great Western Rly

| Uffington to Faringdon

| {{dts|1951}}

|

| London & North Western Rly

| Seaton (Rutland) to Uppingham

| {{dts|1960}}

| Opened 1894

| Great Western Railway

|West Drayton to Uxbridge Vine Street

| 10 September 1962 (to passengers)

13 July 1964 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Y&NMR to Victoria Dock

|1964 (to passengers)

1968 (to all traffic)

|

| Great Western Railway

| Cholsey to Wallingford

| {{dts|1969}} (to passengers)
1981 (to all traffic)

| Mostof the entire branch line now preserved as the
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway (aka, The Bunk Line).

|

|Warrington to Timperley Junction

|10 September 1962 (to passengers)

7 July 1985 (to all traffic)

|

| Great Western Railway

| Princes Risborough to Watlington, via Chinnor and Aston Rowant

| {{dts|1957}} (to passengers)
1989 (to all traffic)

| A 4-mile stretch of the branch line now preserved as the
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway.
The rest of the former branch towards Watlington (via Aston Rowant) still extant.

| Wansbeck Railway/
NBR (LNER)

| {{rws|Morpeth}} to {{rws|Reedsmouth}},
via {{rws|Scotsgap}}

| {{dts|15 September 1952}} (to passengers)
{{dts|3 October 1966}} (to all traffic)

|

|

|Wantage to Wantage Road

|1 August 1925 (to passengers)

22 December 1945 (to all traffic)

|

| LSWR

| Wareham to Swanage
(via Corfe Castle)

| {{dts|3 January 1972}}

| Most of the entire branch line now preserved as the Swanage Railway (aka, The Purbeck Line).

|  

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| {{dts|1952}}

|  

| Great Eastern Railway

| Tivetshall to Beccles

| {{dts|19 April 1966}}

| Passenger services withdrawn 3 January 1953

| LB&SCR

| Lewes to South Croydon, via
Uckfield, Eridge and Hurst Green

| {{dts|23 February 1969}} (to all traffic)

| The line northwards, and as far south as) Uckfield (to South Croydon, via Eridge and Hurst Green) remains open.

Part of the line (between Isfield and Little Horsted) now preserved as the Lavender Line.

| Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway/ Frosterley & Stanhope Railway/ Stockton & Darlington Railway/ NER (LNER)

| {{rws|Bishop Auckland}} to {{rws|Wearhead}} (via {{rws|Wear Valley Junction}}, {{rws|Frosterley}} and {{rws|Stanhope}})

| {{dts|1953}} (to passengers)
1993 (to all traffic)

| The line east of {{rws|Eastgate}} is now preserved as the
Weardale Railway.

| LNWR

| Weedon Bec to Marton Junction.

| {{dts|1963}}

| Opened 1888-95

| GWR (formation of three earlier companies)

| Wellington to Craven Arms via
Horsehay & Dawley, Lightmoor Junction, Buildwas, Much Wenlock and Rushbury

| 1964 (to passengers)
19?? (to all traffic)

| A stretch of the line now restored as the Telford Steam Railway.

|

| Market Drayton to Wellington, via
Peplow and Crudgington

| {{dts|1963}} (to passengers)
1967 (to freight)

|

|SUR&CC

|Stafford to Wellington via Newport

|7 September 1964 (to passengers)

22 November 1969 (to all traffic)

|

|  

| West Croydon to Wimbledon via Mitcham Junction

| {{dts|31 May 1997}}

| Only bits of the line remain. The Croydon Tramlink now runs within its place.
This line in the last few years of service ran Class 456s in Network South East livery.

| WLR

| {{stnlnk|Preston}} to {{stnlnk|Southport}}

| {{dts|1964}}

|

| Great Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Heacham to Wells-next-the-Sea, via Burnham Market

| {{dts|31 May 1952}} (to passengers)
1954 (to all traffic)

|

| SER

| Dunton Green to Westerham

| {{dts|1961}}

| off SER Main Line, see Westerham and Brasted

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

|  

| {{dts|1999}} (to all traffic)

|  

| NER

| Malton to Whitby (via Marishes Road, Pickering, Grosmont and Sleights)

| {{dts|22 March 1965}}

| An 18 mile-long stretch of the line now preserved as the
North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

|  

| Middlesbrough to Whitby, via Redcar, Salturn-by-the-Sea, Loftus, Staithes, Kettlewell and Sandsend.

| {{dts|1958}} (to passengers)
1961 (to goods)

| Part of the line (between Saltburn and Boulby near Staithes) still open (freight only),
Resurrected in 1974 to serve the nearby Boulby Potash Mine.

|LNWR

|Whitchurch to Chester

|1957 (to passengers)

January 1964 (to all traffic)

|

| LNWR/Furness Railway

|

| {{dts|1954}} (to regular traffic)
1964 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Glazebrook to Wigan

|1964 (to passengers)

|

| LSWR (Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway)

| Winchester to Brookwood (via Itchen Abbas, Alresford, Ropley, Alton and Farnham)

| {{dts|5 February 1973}}

| A 10-mile stretch of the line now preserved as the
Mid Hants Railway (aka, The Watercress Line).

Whilst the rest of the line, (north of Alton) is now the present day local-commuter Alton Line, respectively.

|Midland Railway

|Duffield to Wirksworth

|16 June 1947 (to passengers)

4 December 1989 (to goods)

| This entire branch line is now preserved as the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

| GER

| {{rws|March}} to {{rws|Watlington}} (via {{rws|Wisbech East}})

| {{dts|1968}} (to passengers)
2001 (to all traffic)

| South of Wisbech, much of the former branch still extant. The line has been proposed for reopening (south of Wisbech), both as the heritage Bramley Line and as a National Rail commuter line.

| Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway

| Witham to Maldon

| {{dts|1966}}

|  

|Midland Railway

|Wolverhampton to Walsall

|5 January 1931

|

|

|Oxley Junction to Brettell Lane

|1932 (to passengers)

25 June 1965 (to goods)

|Mostly remains open as a footpath. Track and remains of platforms remain in situ but overgrown between Pensnett and Brettell Lane. (No public right of way).

| Central London Railway/
Eastern Counties Railway (LNER)

| Woodford to Ongar via
Buckhurst Hill, Loughton, Debden, Theydon Bois and Epping

| {{dts|1994}} (Ongar section, only)

| Woodford to Epping section of the line still open (as part of the London Underground's) Central line service,

Whilst the section beyond is now preserved as the Epping Ongar Railway.

|  

| {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}} to {{rws|Sheffield Victoria}}/Wath marshalling yard, via {{rws|Hadfield}} and {{rws|Penistone}}

| {{dts|5 January 1970}} (to passengers, east of Hadfield)
{{dts|1981}} (to all traffic, Hadfield—{{rws|Deepcar}})

| The line east of Hadfield (including the {{rws|Glossop}} branch), as well as short section at Penistone, continue to be used by passenger services as parts of the Glossop and Penistone lines. A further section of line remains open to freight traffic from Stocksbridge steel works, near Deepcar, to Nunnery Junction (where it meets the Sheffield–Lincoln line).
Proposals have been made to reintroduce passenger services to south of Deepcar as well as, to aa lesser extent, the rest of the line.

| LBSCR

| Sanderstead to Elmers End

| {{dts|1983}}

| Also known as the "Back Garden Railway";

|

|Worcester to Leominster via Bromyard

|1965

|

| Great Eastern Railway (LNER)

| Wroxham to County School

| {{dts|1952}}/64 (to passengers)
1981 (to freight)
1982/3 (to all traffic)

| 9 mile stretch of the line, now re-laid as the {{Track gauge|15in|lk=on}} gauge Bure Valley Railway.

Known (throughout its heyday) as the east norfolk line.

|

|Maidenhead to Oxford via High Wycombe

|

|

|Great Eastern Railway

|Wymondham to Forncett

|4 August 1951

|

| Great Eastern Railway (LNER)

| {{rws|Wymondham}} to {{rws|Wells-next-the-Sea}} (via {{rws|Thuxton}}, {{rws|Dereham}}, {{rws|Fakenham East}} and {{rws|Walsingham}}

| {{dts|5 October 1964}} (to regular passengers)
6 October 1969 (to all passengers)
12 September 1984 (to coal traffic)
1989 (to all traffic)

| The {{Track gauge|10.25in}} gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway has reopened {{convert|4|mile|km|abbr=}} of line between resited termini at Wells and Walsingham.
The Mid Norfolk Railway has reopened the line south of Dereham and is actively working to preserve all {{convert|17.5|mile|km|abbr=}} of the line south of {{rws|County School}}. The MNR has long-term ambitions of restoring the line between County School and Fakenham.

| Great Eastern Railway

| Beccles to Great Yarmouth,
via Haddiscoe

| {{dts|2 November 1959}}

|

| Great Eastern Railway

| Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth, via
Hopton-on-Sea and Gorleston-on-Sea

| {{dts|13 July 1964}}
4 May 1970 (to all traffic, officially)

|

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Yate to Thornbury,
via Tytherington

| {{dts|19 June 1944}} (to passengers)
2013 (to all traffic)

|

| Midland Railway (LMS)

| Guiseley to Yeadon

| {{dts|7 August 1964}}

| Mainly a Goods-only branch throughout its existing heyday

| Bristol & Exeter Rly (GWR)

| Taunton to Yeovil, via
Athelney, Langport and Martlock

| {{dts|1964}} (to all traffic)

|

|North Eastern Railway

|York to Selby via Riccall

|3 October 1983

|

| North Eastern Railway

| York to Beverley (via Kiplingcotes, Market Weighton, Pocklington and Stamford Bridge)

| {{dts|27 November 1965}} (to all traffic)

| A group, the Minsters' Rail Campaign, was established in 2001 to promote the re-opening of the line and following the Government's plans announced in 2017 to reinstate lines closed in the 1960s, it has been proposed that the line could reopen.{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15784339.MP_calls_for_reopening_of_York_to_Beverley_rail_line/|title=MP calls for reopening of York to Beverley rail line|work=York Press|access-date=5 January 2018}} In June 2020, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council submitted a request for funding to cover a feasibility study to investigate reopening the line.{{cite news|title=East Riding Council takes first step to reopening York to Beverley railway line|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/east-riding-council-takes-first-step-reopening-york-beverley-railway-line-2872019|access-date=2 June 2020|work=The Yorkshire Post}}

|

| Belfast to Newcastle via Comber and Downpatrick

Comber to Donaghadee via Newtownards

Ballynahinch Junction to Ballynahinch

Downpatrick to Ardglass

| 1950

| Part of the B&CDR, now preserved as the
Downpatrick and County Down Railway

| London and North Western Railway (LMS)

| Dundalk to Newry

| 1951

|

| Great Northern Railway of Ireland

| Portadown to Omagh

| 1965

|

| Great Northern Railway of Ireland

| Portadown to Cavan

| 1959

|

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Kinnaber Junction to Brechin, via Dubton

| 1952–67 (to passengers)
1981 (to all traffic)

| A 4 mile stretch of the line now preserved, as the Caledonian Railway (Brechin).

| Highland Railway (LMS)

| Aberfeldy Junction to Aberfeldy, via Grandtully

| 3 May 1965
(to all traffic)

|

|

|Longniddry to Gullane

|12 September 1932 (to passengers)

15 June 1964 (to all traffic)

|Planned route from Gullane to North Berwick never opened

| Great North of Scotland Railway (LNER)

| Kintore to Alford, via Tillyfourie

| 1950 (to passengers)
1966 (to all traffic)

| A stretch of the former line (at Alford) now preserved as the Alford Valley Railway

|

|Airth to Alloa

|29 January 1968 (to passengers)

6 May 1968 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Cambus to Alva

|1 November 1954 (to passengers)

January 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Alyth Junction to Alyth (itself), via Meigle and Jordanstone

| 2 July 1951 (to passenger traffic)
January 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| Caledonian Railway
(LMS)

| Arbroath to Forfa

| 1967

|

|G&SWR

|Ayr to Cumnock via Annbank

|10 September 1951

|Section between Ayr and Drongan remains in service for freight

|

|Ayr to Dalmellington

|6 April 1964 (to passengers)

|Section between Ayr and Dalrymple Junction in service as part of the Glasgow South Western Line. Section between Dalrymple Junction and Waterside remains in freight service

|G&SWR

|Ayr to Mauchline via Annbank

|4 January 1943 (to passengers)

|Remains in freight service

|

|Ravelrig to Slateford via Balerno

|30 October 1943 (to passengers)

4 December 1967 (to all traffic)

|

| Callander and Oban Railway

| Connel Ferry to Ballachulish

| 28 March 1966

| The Connel Bridge over Loch Etive is now used by the A828 road

| GNoSR

| Aberdeen to Ballater

| 18 July 1966

| A stretch of the former branch line now preserved as the Royal Deeside Railway.

|

|

|1964

|

| GNoSR

| Cairnie Junction to Banff, via Tillynaught

| 6 July 1964 (to passenger traffic)
6 May 1968 (to all traffic)

|

| Great North of Scotland Railway (LNER)

| Inveramsay to Macduff, via Turriff and Banff Bridge

| 1 October 1951 (to passengers)
3 January 1966 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Uphall to Bangour

|4 May 1921 (to passengers)

1 Aug 1921 (to all traffic)

|

|SMJR

|Strathord to Bankfoot

|13 April 1931 (to passengers)

7 September 1964 (to goods)

|

|G&SWR

|Barrhead Central to Potterhill

|1 January 1917 (to passengers)

2 March 1970 (to all traffic)

|

|Monkland Railways

|Bathgate to Blackston Junction

|1 May 1930 (to passengers)

1973 (to all traffic)

|

|GB&KJR

|Lugton to Beith

|5 November 1962 (to passengers)

5 October 1964 (to all traffic)

|Section between Lugton and Barrmill still extant, albeit disused and disconnected from the main line

|North British Railway

|Reston to St Boswell's via Duns

|10 September 1951 (to passengers)

7 November 1966 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Killearn to Lennoxtown

|1 October 1951 (to passengers)

28 September 1964 (to all traffic)

|

|Caledonian Railway

|East Kilbride to Hunthill Junction

|14 July 1924 (to passengers)

24 January 1966 (to all traffic)

|

| Great North of Scotland Rly

| Ellon to Boddam

| 1932 (to passengers)
1945 (to freight)
1950 (to all traffic)

|

|Caledonian Railway

|Greenhill to Bonnybridge

|28 July 1930 (to passengers)

7 December 1964 (to all traffic)

|

| North British Railway
(LNER)

| Carlisle to Hawick, via
Newcastleton and Riccarton

| 1969

| Part of the Waverley Route in-between

|Caledonian Railway

|Fallside to Bothwell

|5 June 1950

|

|

|Brechin to Edzell

|27 September 1938 (to passengers)

7 September 1964 (to all traffic)

|

|

| Johnstone to Bridge of Weir

| 10 January 1983 (to passengers)

|

|North British Railway

|College to Bridgeton Central

|5 November 1979 (to passengers)

1987 (to all traffic)

|

|Highland Railway

|Keith to Portessie

|9 August 1915 (to passengers)

1 April 1944 (to goods)

|

|

|Dumfries to Moniaive

|1 May 1943 (to passengers)

4 July 1949 (to goods)

|

|  

|  

|  

|  

| Callander and Oban Railway (LMS)

| Callander to Oban

| 27 September 1965

| Section between Crianlarich and Oban is still open, accessed via the West Highland Railway.

|Caledonian Railway

|Wishaw South Junction to Newmains

|1 January 1917

|

|Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

|Lenzie to Lennoxtown

|1964 (to passengers)

1966 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Elliot Junction to Carmyllie

|2 December 1929 (to passengers)

19 May 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| Glasgow and South Western Railway

| Castle Douglas to Dumfries

| 14 June 1965

|  

|G&SWR

|Mauchline to Catrine

|3 May 1943 (to passengers)

6 July 1964 (to all traffic)

|

|

|

|

|Majority of the line is extant. Section between High Street East Junction and Springburn in passenger service as part of the North Clyde Line

|Caledonian Railway

|Cleland to Morningside

|1 December 1930

|

|North British Railway

|Haymarket to Corstophine

|1 January 1968

|

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Crieff to Comrie

| 6 July 1964

|  

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Crieff Junction (Gleneagles) to Crieff

| 6 July 1964

|  

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Perth to Crieff

| 1 October 1951 (to passengers)
11 September 1967 (to all traffic)

|  

|

|Conon to Cromarty

|

|Never completed

|North British Railway

|Smeaton to Hardengreen Junction

|11 Nov 1934

|

| G&SWR

| Dalry to Elderslie via Kilbarchan

| 27 June 1966 (to passengers)

19 December 1977 (to all traffic)

| Also known as the Kilbarchan Loop Line

|

| Darvel to Strathaven

| 11 September 1939

|

| G&SWR

| Hurlford to Loudounhill

| 6 April 1964

|

|

|Aberdeen to Ballater

|28 February 1966 (to passengers)

2 January 1967 (to all traffic)

|

|Scottish Central Railway

|Larbert Junction to Denny

|28 July 1930

|

| North British Railway

| Kinross to Alloa, via Tillicoultry

| 1964 (to passengers)
1973 (to all traffic)

|

|Caledonian Railway

|Carstairs to Dolphinton

|4 June 1945

|

|North British Railway

|Leadburn to Dolphinton

|1 April 1933

|

|

|The Mound to Dornoch

|13 June 1960

|

|Caledonian Railway

|Lanark to Happendon

|5 October 1964

|

|Caledonian Railway

|Lockerbie to Dumfries

|18 April 1966

|

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Dunblane to Callander

| 1 November 1965

|  

|Caledonian Railway

|Dundee to Forfar

|10 January 1955 (to passengers)

9 October 1967 (to all traffic)

|

| Scottish Central Railway (LNER)

| Dundee West Junction to Alyth Junction, via Lochee, Baldovan, Baldragon, Rosemill, Dronley, Balbeuchly, Auchterhouse, Newtyle, and Ardler Junction

| 1955 (to passenger traffic)
1967 (to all traffic)

| Most of this Historic Scottish Railway, was certainly remote and quite circuitous en route.

|

|St Leonards, South Leith to Dalkeith, Musselburgh

|

|Partially reopened as part of the Borders Railway

|

|

|

|

| LNER

|

| 196?

|

|Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway

|

|10 September 1962 (to passengers)

|Line remains open to freight

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Elvanfoot to Wanlockhead
(via Leadhills)

| 31 December 1938 (to passengers)
195? (to all traffic)

| A stretch of the former branch line, now re-laid as the {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} gauge
Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway.

|

|Burnmouth to Eyemouth

|5 Feb 1962

|

|

|Kinross to Ladybank

|15 June 1964

|

| Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway (LNER)

| Thornton Junction to St Andrews, via Leven, Largo, Anstruther and Boarhills

| 5 October 1964 (to goods)
6 September 1965 (to passengers)
18 December 1966 (to all traffic)

| Most of the FCR, now forms the Fife Coastal Path
Section of the FCR (Thornton Junction-Leven) still extant, though long since disused

|

|Kinloss to Findhorn

|31 January 1869 (to passengers)

1880 (to goods)

|

|

|Orbliston to Fochabers

|14 September 1931 (to passengers)

28 March 1966 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Forfar to Brechin

|4 August 1952 (to passengers)

4 September 1967 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Dyce to Fraserburgh and Peterhead

|Fraserburgh branch: 4 October 1965 (to passengers), 6 October 1979 (to goods)

Peterhead branch: 3 May 1965 (to passengers), 7 September 1970 (to goods)

|

|Highland Railway

|Gollanfield to Fort George

|5 April 1943 (to passengers)

11 August 1958 (to goods)

|

|Highland Railway

|Muir of Ord to Fortrose

|1 October 1951 (to passengers)

13 Jun 1960 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Stirling to Balloch

|1 October 1934 (to passengers)

9 April 1965 (to all traffic)

|

| LNER

| Fountainhall to Lauder,
via Oxton

| 1958

|

| Great North of Scotland Railway (LNER)

| Dyce to Fraserburgh, via Ellon and Maud Junction

| 1965 (to regular traffic)
6 October 1979 (to all traffic)

|

| North British Railway
(LNER)

| Eskbank to Galashiels, (via Leadburn and Peebles)

| 1962 (to passengers)
1967 (to freight)
1971 (to all traffic)

|

| North British Railway (LNER)

| Galashiels to Selkirk

| 3 October 1966

|

|

|

|

|

|G&PJR

|Cardonald to Renfrew

|19 July 1926 (to passengers)

|

|

|Glasgow to Kilmarnock

|

|Majority of the line still extant

|North British Railway

|Shettleston to Hamilton

|1955 (to passengers)

1965 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Newton to Maryhill

|

|Sections between Carmyle and Glasgow Green, Stobcross and Maryhill closed. Remaining portions still extant and in passenger service

|

|Paisley to Ayr and Kilmarnock

|

|Majority of the line still extant and in passenger service

|North British Railway

|Mawcarse to Bridge of Earn

|15 June 1964

|

|G&PJR

|Ibrox to Govan

|9 May 1921 (to passengers)

|Line remains partially extant as a test track for the Glasgow Subway

|

|Falkirk to Grangemouth

|29 January 1968 (to passengers)

|Remains open for freight

|Caledonian Railway

|

|1965

|

| G&SWR

| Bridge of Weir to Greenock

| 10 January 1983 (to passengers)

|

|North British Railway (LNER)

|Longniddry to Haddington

|5 December 1949 (to passengers)

30 March 1968 (to all traffic)

|

|Caledonian Railway

|Balornock Junction to Hamiltonhill

|

|

|Caledonian Railway

|Hamilton to Strathaven

|

|

|

|

|14 September 1931 (to passengers)

7 November 1966 (to goods)

|

| Dundee and Perth Railway

| Inchture Station to Crossgates, Inchture

| 1916

| Horse-drawn tramway

|

| Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus

| 1 December 1933 (to passengers)

31 December 1946 (to all traffic)

|

| Highland Railway (LMS)

| Perth to Inverness

| 18 October 1965

| The line between Perth and Aviemore is still open as part of the National Network.

Whilst a 10 mile stretch of the line is now preserved as the Strathspey Railway.

|

|Inverurie to Oldmeldrum

|2 November 1931 (to passengers)

3 January 1966 (to all traffic)

|

| North British Railway
(LNER)

| Roxburgh Junction to Jedburgh, via
Nisbet and Jedfoot

| 13 August
1948 (to passengers)
10 August
1964 (to all traffic)

|

| GNoSR

| Keith to Elgin, (via Auchindachy, Dufftown and Craigellachie)

| 1968 (to passengers)
1984 (to freight)
24 March 1991 (to all traffic)

| An 11{{frac|1|2}} mile stretch of the line now restored as the Keith and Dufftown Railway.

|

|Maryhill to Kilsyth

|31 March 1951 (to passengers)

1966 (to all traffic)

|

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Killin Junction to Killin (Loch Tay until 1939)

| 27 September 1965

|  

|

|Kilsyth to Bonnybridge

|1 July 1935 (to passengers)

4 May 1964 (to passengers)

|

| North British Railway

| Alloa to Dunfermline

| 7 July 1930

| Line remains extant

|

|Kinross to Lumphinnans

|22 September 1930 (to passengers)

12 July 1972 (to freight)

|

|

|

|6 August 1962

|

|

|Castle Douglas to Kirkcudbright

|3 May 1965

|

|

| Ardrossan to Newton

| 4 July 1932 (to passengers)

| Section between Newton and Neilston remains in service as part of the Cathcart Circle Lines

|

| Possil to Dumbarton

|

|

|NBR

|Riddings Junction to Langholm

|15 June 1964 (to passengers)

18 September 1967 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Fountainhall to Lauder

|10 September 1932 (to passengers)

30 September 1958 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Markinch to Leslie

|

|

|Caledonian Railway

|

|

|

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Comrie to Lochearnhead

| 1 October 1951

|  

|E&GR

|Longridge to Bathgate

|10 August 1964

|

| North British Railway
(LNER)

|

| 196?

|

|

| Ayr to Girvan via Maidens

| 2 March 1942 (to regular passengers)

|

|

|Beattock to Moffat

|6 December 1954 (to passengers)

6 April 1964 (to goods)

|

|

|

|2 April 1966

|

|G&SWR

|Monton to Annbank

|

|

| Montrose to Bervie

| Great North of Scotland Railway
(LNER)

| 1951 (to passengers)
1966 (to all traffic)

|

|GNoSR

|Portsoy to Lossie Junction

|6 May 1968

|

| Morayshire Railway (LNER)

| Elgin to Lossiemouth and
Elgin to Craigellachie

| 28 March 1966 (to passengers)
4 November 1968 (to all traffic)

|

|Caledonian Railway

|Alton Heights Junction to Poneil Junction

|13 September 1954

|

|Caledonian Railway

|Happendon to Muirkirk

|5 October 1964

|

|GPK&AR

|Auchinleck to Muirkirk

|3 July 1950 (to passengers)

|

|

|Musselburgh

|9 September 1964 (to passengers)

7 December 1970 (to all traffic)

|

|

|St Fort to Newburgh

|10 February 1951 (to passengers)

10 October 1964 (to all traffic)

|

|

|Tay Bridge to Leuchars

|5 May 1969

|

|

|Paisley to Lyoncross via Barrhead

|21 October 1984

|

|

| Paisley to Renfrew

| 5 Jun 1967 (to passengers)

1981 (to all traffic)

|

|G&SWR

|Glasgow to Elderslie via Paisley Canal

|10 January 1983

|Section between Shields Junction and Paisley Canal reopened 28 July 1990

|

|Eskbank to Peebles

|10 September 1962

|

| Caledonian Railway (LMS)

| Perth to Methven via Methven Junction

| 1 October 1951 (to passengers)
11 September 1967 (to all traffic)

|  

| Great North of Scotland Railway

| Dyce to Peterhead, via Ellon and Maud Junction

| 1965 (to passengers)
1970 (to freight)

|

|

|Castle Douglas to Portpatrick

|12 June 1965

|Section between Dunragit and Stranaer remains in service as part of the Glasgow South Western Line

|Caledonian Railway

|Rutherglen to Airdrie via Whifflet

|7 November 1966

|Section between Rutherglen and Whifflet reopened 4 October 1993

| Scottish North Eastern Railway (LMS)

| Perth to Forfar, via Stanley Junction, Cargill, Coupar Angus, Meigle Junction and Kirriemuir Junction en route.

| 1967 (to all traffic)

| Perth to Stanley Junction stretch of the line still exists, as part of the Highland Mainline.

|

|Selkirk to Galashiels

|10 September 1951 (to passengers)

2 Nov 1964 (to goods)

|

|

|Brayton to Kirtlebridge

|27 April 1931

|

|Scottish Central Railway

|Alloa Junction to South Alloa

|1 October 1885 (to passengers)

1 September 1950 (to goods)

|

|

|Causewayend to Arbuckle

|1930 (to passengers)

1964 (to all traffic)

|

|

| Causewayend to Bo'ness, via Birkhill

| closed 196?

| A 5{{frac|1|2}} mile stretch of the branch line now preserved as the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.

|North British Railway

|South Queensferry to Ratho

|

|

|GB&NDR

|Kennishead to Spiersbridge

|1 May 1849 (to passengers)

31 January 1960 (to goods)

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| North British Railway (LNER)

| Stirling to Dunfermline via Alloa

| 5 October 1968 (to passengers)
1993 (to all traffic)

| The section between Stirling and Alloa re-opened to passenger traffic in 2008.

| North British Railway
(LNER)

| St Boswells to Kelso

| 1964 (to passengers)
1968 (to freight)

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|Aberfoyle to Dumgoyne

|1 October 1951 (to passengers)

5 October 1959 (to all traffic)

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| GNoSR (LNER)

| Craigellachie to Boat of Garten

| 18 October 1965 (to passengers)
4 November 1968 (to freight)
November 1971 (to all traffic)

| Boat of Garten Station is now part of the Strathspey Railway.

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|Caledonian Railway

|Symington to Peebles

|1950 (to passengers)

1966 (to all traffic)

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|Caledonian Railway

|Strathclyde Junction to Balornock Junction

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| North British Railway (LNER)

| Carlisle to Edinburgh via
Scotch Dyke, Newcastleton, Whitrope, Hawick, Tweedbank, Galashiels and Eskbank

| 4 January 1969 (to passengers)
1971 (to all traffic)

| Part of the line, now rebuilt and re-opened (between Edinburgh and Tweedbank), named the Borders Railway, as part of the National Network.

Whilst the section of the line (in-between Whitrope and Riccarton Junction) now preserved (being restored in stages, by the Waverley Route Heritage Association) as a Heritage Railway.

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|Buckhaven to Thornton

|9 January 1955 (to passengers)

31 May 1985 (to all traffic)

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|Whiteinch to Jordanhill

|2 April 1951 (to passengers)

March 1965 (to goods)

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| Wick to Lybster

| 1 April 1944

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|Newton Stewart to Whithorn and Garlieston

|29 September 1950

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|Caledonian Railway

|Auchengray to Wilsontown

|10 September 1951 (to passengers)

4 May 1964 (to all traffic)

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|Morningside to Longridge

|1 May 1930 (to passengers)

1982 (to all traffic)

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| GWR

| Lampeter to Aberayron, via Blaenplwyf and "Felin Fach"

| 1951 (to passengers)
1973 (to all traffic)

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| London & North Western Rly (LMS)

| Gaerwen to Amlwch,
via Llanerchymedd

| 1993 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Blaenau Ffestiniog to Bala, via
Manod, Llan Ffestiniog and Trawsfynydd

| 1961 (to passengers)
1998 (to all traffic)

| Most of the track, still intact between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Trawsfynydd (long since disused)

This line is now being looked at with a proposal to restore said line as the proposed Heritage Bala & Ffestiniog Railway Heritage Trust.

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| Menai Bridge to Caernarvon

| 1972 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Rly

| Bangor to Bethesda, via
Felin Hen and Tregarth

| 1951 (to passengers)
1962 (to all traffic)

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| Hereford, Hay & Brecon Railway
(LMS/GWR)

| Brecon to Hereford via
Hay-on-Wye

| 31 December 1962 (Severed as a through route from Talyllyn Junctions)

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| Great Western Railway

| Merthyr Tydfil to Brecon / Newport to Brecon (Through route fragmented)

| 31 December 1962 (to passengers from Newport or Merthyr)
4 May 1964 (to all traffic from Merthyr)

| 5{{frac|1|2}} mile stretch of the line, now re-laid as the 2 ft gauge Brecon Mountain Railway.

| London & North Western Railway/GWR

| Pontypool to Brynmawr (via Varteg, Blaenavon and Waunavon)

| 1941 (to passengers)
1980 (to all traffic)

| A 2-mile stretch of this former railway, now restored as the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway.

| Great Western Railway

| Stansty Junction to Brymbo

| 1970 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Aberystwyth to Carmarthen

| 1965 (to passengers)
1973 (to all traffic)

| A 4{{frac|1|2}} mile stretch of the line, now preserved as the Gwili Railway.

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| Monmouth to Pontypool

| 12 October 1957

| The line never reached Coleford as the GWR bought it.B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, {{ISBN|0-85361-530-6}} Passenger services were withdrawn in 1955.

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| London & North Western Railway

| Prestatyn to Dyserth

| 1973 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Cardiff Central to Ebbw Vale

| Still Open

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|Chirk to Glyn Ceiriog

|July 1935

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| Great Western Railway

| Hay-on-Wye to Pontrilas, via Clifford, Dorstone and Abbeydore

| 1953 (to passengers)
1957 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western and Midland Railways

| Brecon (Free Street) to Hereford (Barton),
via Talyllyn Junction, Aberllynfi and Hay-on-Wye

| 1962 (to all traffic)

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| London & North Western Railway

| Holywell Junction to Holywell Town

| 1954-7 (in stages, to all traffic)

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| St George's Harbour & Rly Company (LMS)

| Llandudno Junction to
Llandudno, via Deganwy

| Still open

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| Llanelly Railway & Dock Company (GWR)

| Llanelly Docks to Swansea via Cynheidre, Tumble, Cross Hands, Ammanford and Pantyffynnon

| 1989 (to all traffic)

| Most of this historic railway (of whom still intact) now being restored as the
Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway

|Cambrian Railways

|Llanidloes to Newtown

|30 December 1962

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| Great Western Railway

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| 1984 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Cemmes Road to Dinas Mawddwy, via Aberangell

| 1 July 1952 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Porth Junction to Mardy Colliery, via Ynshir, Tylorstown and Ferndale.

| 13 June 1964 (to passenger traffic)
June 1986 (to all traffic)

| The Maerdy Heritage Railway, A Preservation Group aims to restore A 3 mile-long stretch of this branch line, as A heritage railway.

| London & North Western Railway

| Merthyr (High Street) to Abergavenny Junction

| 4 January 1958 (to regular traffic, under BR)
2 November 1959 (to goods traffic)
13 November 1961 (to freight traffic)
4 May 1964 (to all traffic)

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|Cambrian Railways

|Llanidloes to Brecon

|31 December 1962

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| M&DJR Co

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| 30 April 1962 (to passengers)
1968 (to freight)
1983-8 (to all traffic)

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|Mold to Chester

|1962 (to passengers)

1983 (to all traffic)

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|GWR

|Moss Valley Junction to Moss Halt

|1 January 1931 (to passengers)

18 August 1983 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Brecon to Neath

| 31 Dec 1962

| Part of the line remains open from Swansea District Line via Jersey Marine South Junction to Onllwyn

| GWR (Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway)

| Pencader to Newcastle Emlyn, via Llandyssul and Henllan

| 1965 (to passengers)
1973 (to all traffic)

| Part of the former branch line now re-laid as the narrow gauge Teifi Valley Railway.

| London & North Western Railway/GWR

| Hereford to Quakers Yard, via Crumlin, Hengoed and Penallta Junction

| 9 June 1958 (to goods traffic)

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| Mid-Wales Railway
GWR

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| 31 Dec 1962 (Completely closed as a through route north of Talyllyn & Three Cocks Junctions)

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| Great Western Rly

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| 1958 to passenger traffic

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|GWR

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|1931 (to passengers)

1968 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Swansea to Treherbert,
via Aberavon Town and Blaengwynfi

| 1962 (to regular traffic)
1983 (to all traffic)

| Part of the R&SBR still extant as part of the National Network,

Whilst most of the majority of the latter, between Briton Ferry and Treherbert remains completely closed.

The section of the line between Pontypridd and Treherbert also still open as the local-commuter Rhondda Line.

| Great Western Railway

| Ruabon to Barmouth
(via Llangollen, Glyndyfrydwy, Corwen, Llandderfel, Bala and Dolgellau)

| 1964–5 (to passengers)
1968 (to all traffic)

| Two stretches (of the former line) now preserved, as the
Llangollen Railway (between Corwen and Llangollen, via Carrog, Glyndyfrydwy and Berwyn), A total of {{convert|10|mi|km|1}} in length, and the
Bala Lake Railway (between Llanuwchllyn and Bala via Pentrepiod and Llangower), A total of {{convert|4+1/2|mi|km|1}} in length.

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| Swansea to Abercrave, Brynamman

| 1965 (to passengers)

1983 (to all traffic)

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| Cambrian Railways

| Tywyn Wharf to Abergynolwyn

| 1950 (to passengers)

| Re-opened as a heritage railway in 1951

|Cambrian Railways

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|15 September 1951 (to passengers)

December 1960 (to all traffic)

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| GWR?

| Tondu to Blaengarw (via Brynmenyn, Pontyrhyl and Pontycymmer)

| Closed in 1955 (to passengers)
1997 (to freight)

| Most of the line now being restored as the
Garw Valley Railway.

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| Great Western Railway

| Neath to Merthyr Tydfil, via Gelli Tarw Junction and Quakers Yard

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| Part of the line still exists

| Cambrian Railways

| Aberystwyth to Devil's Bridge

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| Privatised in 1989, heritage railway services continued

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| Welshpool to Llanfair Caereinion

| 9 February 1931 (to passengers)

5 November 1956 (to freight)

| Reopened as a heritage railway in 1963

| Cambrian Railways (GWR)

| Ellesmere to Wrexham, via Overton-on-Dee, Bangor-on-Dee and Hightown

| 1962–3 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

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| 1970–2 (to all traffic)

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| Great Western Railway

| Wrexham to Connah's Quay, via Gwernsyltt, Cefn-y-Bedd, Penyffordd and Buckley Junction

| Between Wrexham and Mold, via Llanfynydd en-route

| Most of the line (Wrexham to Shotton) still open

| WVR

| Chepstow to Monmouth

| 4 January 1964

| Passenger Services were withdrawn on 4 January 1959.
Freight trains carrying Limestone to Dayhouse Quarries continued until 1992.