| Name of Line
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Builder
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Route (From/To)
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Closure Date
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Notes
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| Allhallows On Sea to Stoke Junction
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Southern branch off the Hoo branch line (off the North Kent Line) (opened 14 May 1932)
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| Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway
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| Bishops Waltham Branch
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SER
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Rochester Bridge Junction to Chatham Central
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SER branch from North Kent Line to rival LCDR's Chatham Main Line - closed with advent of SECR circa 1890s
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| Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
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aka "Crab and Winkle Line" - 1830-1952
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| Chester & Connah's Quay Railway
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| Cranbrook and Paddock Wood Railway
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Built under the 1896 Light Railways Act, soon absorbed by SECR - off SER main line (1892/3-1961).
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| Cromford and High Peak Railway
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| Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
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| "Dover Marine" / "Dover Western Docks" Branch
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For boat trains from Chatham Main Line / Kent Coast Line / SER Main Line see Dover Priory railway station
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| East Kent Railways
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A series of lines built under the 1896 Light Railways Act from 1911-17 around the East Kent Coalfield. Closed with decline of coalfield, part is still a heritage railway.
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| Edgware, Highgate and London Railway
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| Elham Valley Railway
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SER
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Canterbury West and Folkestone West
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1947
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Opend in 1890 by SER, lasted until 1947. Branch ran for 16 miles
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| Eryholme-Richmond branch line
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Y&NR
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1969
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Opened in 1846. Catterick sub-branch constructed during WWI
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| Fawkham Junction
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LCDR
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| Great Central
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| Harborne Branch Line
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| Helston Branch
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GWR
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1964
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| Hincaster Branch
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| Honeybourne Line
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| Hull and Holderness Railway
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1964
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| Hull and Hornsea Railway
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1964
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| "Hythe Branch line"
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SER branch off SER main line / Kent Coast Line at Sandling railway station to Hythe, Kent.
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| Ilfracombe Branch
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| Kent and East Sussex Railway
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1900 to 54/61 - Built under the 1896 Light Railways Act, part of the line is currently a heritage railway, a large part is still closed.
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| Langton Dock Branch
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| Leeds-Northallerton Railway
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LNR
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1969
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Opened in 1850s, Leeds-Harrogate section still extant.
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| Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
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| Leicester and Swannington Railway
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| Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway
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| Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway
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| Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway
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| Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
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| Midland and South Western Junction Railway
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| Muswell Hill Railway
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| North Liverpool Extension Line
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| Oxford-Cambridge Line
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| Palace Gates Line
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| Potteries Loop Line
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| Preston and Longridge Railway
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| "Romney Marsh Line"
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Branch from Marshlink Line at Appledore, Kent to Dungeness and New Romney, part of the line is still used for freight to Dungeness Power Station - closed circa 1967
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| "Rye Harbour Branch"
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Branch from Marshlink Line at Rye railway station to the town distant Harbour (1854 to 1962)
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| Ryedale Lines (Malton, Gilling, Helmsley)
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| St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway
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| Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway
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| Scarborough to Whitby Branch
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| Scarborough to Pickering Branch
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The Forge Valley Line
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| Sheppey Light Railway
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SECR branch off Sheerness Line - 1901-1950 - Built under the 1896 Light Railways Act.
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| Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company
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| Skelmersdale Branch
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| Somerset & Dorset Joint Line
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| South Staffordshire Line
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(section between Brierley Hill and Walsall)
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| Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway
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| Southsea Railway
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| Spa Valley Railway
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| LBSCR link between Oxted Line and SER's Hastings Line
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| Watford and Rickmansworth Railway
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| Waveney Valley Line
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GER
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Tivetshall to Beccles
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19 April 1966
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Passenger services widthdrawn 3 January 1953
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| West Lancashire Railway
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| Westerham branch
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off SER main line, see Westerham and Brasted
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| Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway
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| Weymouth Harbour Tramway
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| Whitby-Saltburn Branch
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| Wirral Line (Hooton to West Kirby branch)
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| Woodhead Line
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| York to Beverley Line
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