Three foot six inch gauge railways in the United Kingdom

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File:Wagonway.jpg in 1908 with the last train of loaded coal wagons.]]

File:Darlington Corporation Light Railways tramcar.jpg tramcar at the National Tramway Museum.]]

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File:Nantlle Tramway wagon.jpg wagon used on the Nantlle Railway, now preserved at the Welsh Slate Museum.]]

One of the first railways using {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge track was the Little Eaton Gangway in England, constructed as a horse-drawn wagonway in 1795. Other {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge wagonways in England and Wales were also built in the early 19th century. Also during this time, numerous tram networks were built in {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge (see table below).

Railways

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England

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Berkshire

Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Cornwall

Cumbria

Derbyshire

Devon

Dorset

Durham

East Sussex

Essex

Gloucestershire

Greater Manchester

Herefordshire

Kent

Lancashire

Merseyside

  • Southport Pier Tramway (converted to {{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} gauge, then converted back to {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge) (defunct)

Norfolk

North Yorkshire

Northamptonshire

Northumberland

Somerset

South Yorkshire

  • Silkstone Waggonway (1809-c. 1870){{cite book |title=Silkstone Waggonway, South Yorkshire: Survey Report |volume=1 |date=August 2012 |url=http://iadb.co.uk/epip/Silkstone%20Waggonway%20Vol%201%20text%20plates%20figures.pdf |publisher=Yorkshire Archaeological Trust}}

Shropshire

Staffordshire

Suffolk

West Midlands

West Sussex

West Yorkshire

Wiltshire

Worcestershire

Scotland

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Wales

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See also

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