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0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Preserved operations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owned by</th><td class="infobox-data">Lavender Line Preservation Society</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1 mi (1.6 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preserved gauge</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Commercial history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">1858</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">1969</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Preservation history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Isfield_railway_station" title="Isfield railway station">Isfield Station</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Lavender Line</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a> based at <a href="/wiki/Isfield_railway_station" title="Isfield railway station">Isfield Station</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Uckfield" title="Uckfield">Uckfield</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Sussex" title="East Sussex">East Sussex</a>, England. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lavender Line was originally part of the <a href="/wiki/Lewes" title="Lewes">Lewes</a> to <a href="/wiki/Uckfield" title="Uckfield">Uckfield</a> Railway opened to the public on 18 October 1858.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This independent company became part of the <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton and South Coast Railway</a> (LB&SCR) in 1864 to safeguard that company's interests east of its <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> to <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> main line. Ten years from its opening, Isfield saw through workings from Brighton to <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tunbridge_Wells" title="Royal Tunbridge Wells">Tunbridge Wells</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge" title="Tonbridge">Tonbridge</a>, via a new <a href="/wiki/Wealden_Line" title="Wealden Line">Uckfield–Groombridge link</a>. The Uckfield to Lewes section was doubled at this time,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the extension north of Uckfield was single track until 1894. </p><p>Prior to 1868 trains from Uckfield travelling south to Lewes joined the Keymer Junction to Lewes line north of Lewes at Hamsey, latterly called the "Hamsey Loop". In order to avoid reversal of trains to Brighton at Lewes the 1868 works included abandoning the Hamsey Loop with the heavily engineered new line entering Lewes from the east. In Lewes the new line traversed a bridge over the River Ouse then a bridge over Cliffe High Street and some sidings to Lewes Station via a number of embankments and there were two other substantial new bridges further north. The mileage of the line also changed following this route alteration, with the zero milepost now at Brighton, Isfield's location was now 13.6 miles (21.9 km). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/East_Grinstead" title="East Grinstead">East Grinstead</a> line, opened in 1882 and closed in 1958, part of which now forms the <a href="/wiki/Bluebell_Railway" title="Bluebell Railway">Bluebell Railway</a>, branched off the line at Culver Junction, near Culver Farm between Lewes and Barcombe Mills (the next station south of Isfield). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Closure">Closure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As early as 1964 BR was aware of planned road works in and around the Lewes area, in which a bypass around Lewes was planned. As part of this the building of the Phoenix Causeway (Phase 1 of 3) meant a section of the Lewes to Uckfield railway line was in the way – requiring either a level crossing or a road bridge. BR applied for an Act of Parliament<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to reinstate the Hamsey loop as there were also concerns about the condition of some of the bridges on the 1878 route. Despite this, in 1966, the local <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.transportfocus.org.uk/about/history/">Transport Users' Consultative Committee</a> received notification from BR that the line from Lewes to Hurst Green Junction was to close in its entirety. This was because the line was one of those proposed for closure as unremunerative in the first Beeching report published in 1963. </p><p>Opposition from the many railway travellers resulted. Their case used a motorway costing formula to show that the users would waste some <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>750,000 in excess travel compared to BR's calculated loss of only <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>260,000. In the end the TUCC upheld the users' complaints and the line did not close. In early 1968 BR made another attempt to close the line. This time the Transport Minister, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Castle" title="Barbara Castle">Barbara Castle</a>, requested more information from BR, which was furnished to her successor, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Marsh,_Baron_Marsh" title="Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh">Richard Marsh</a>, who took over as Transport Minister in April 1968. </p><p>From the information requested by his predecessor, and of all the scenarios that were examined by the Minister, he agreed in August 1968 to the closure of the Lewes to Uckfield section of line. Considerable opposition from the users centred, in the first instance, around the inadequate replacement bus service – which had Ministerial approval. The issue was resolved by the Transport Commissioners who, on examination of all the complaints from the users and undertaking the journey themselves, upheld the users' complaints. Structural problems with the bridge over Cliffe High Street in Lewes were identified, which necessitated <a href="/wiki/Single-line_working" title="Single-line working">single-line working</a> and from January 1969 a revised timetable with trains connecting at Barcombe Mills in place. However concerns over the state of the bridge over Cliffe High Street remained and finally the BR Chief Civil Engineer declared the bridge unsafe. The last train at Isfield was on 24 February 1969 but a rail replacement bus service operated until 6 May, with the station closing on that date, the tickets latterly being sold from the signal box. </p><p>The remaining section of the line, from Uckfield to Hurst Green Junction had been refused closure by the Minister as there was a social need for the line and, in accordance with Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968, a subsidy could be paid with Treasury approval for a three-year period.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The route between Lewes and Uckfield has been protected from development in various local and structure plans since the mid-1970s. This attempts to ensure that nothing further is built which could prevent the line from re-opening. This planning policy protection still remained in force in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sale of the track bed and stations was postponed for some 15 years by a number of unsuccessful attempts to re-open the closed section of line. A short length of track used as a headshunt remained south of Uckfield. This extended to a bridge over the river Uck (approximately <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> mile (0.40 km) north of the present Worth Halt) until the Uckfield bypass (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A22#Opening_Dates">opened 1985</a>) severed the trackbed. Further truncation occurred when <a href="/wiki/Uckfield_railway_station" title="Uckfield railway station">Uckfield station</a> was moved north of the high street in 1991. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Private_ownership_and_initial_restoration">Private ownership and initial restoration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Private ownership and initial restoration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 16 June 1983 Isfield railway station was purchased at auction by Dave and Gwen Milham both as a depot for their landscaping business and with restoration of the station in mind. The booking hall and signal box were renovated, the station awning refurbished, and all the platform signs were replaced. The original down platform waiting room had been purchased by the <a href="/wiki/Bluebell_Railway" title="Bluebell Railway">Bluebell Railway</a> in 1978, and resituated at <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Park_railway_station" title="Sheffield Park railway station">Sheffield Park</a> station. Two months were spent constructing a replica on the original foundations, completed in January 1984. In cooperation with the <a href="/wiki/Bluebell_Railway" title="Bluebell Railway">Bluebell Railway</a> Dave Milham purchased track material from British Rail, made available from work being done at <a href="/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a>. Initially track was laid as part of a cosmetic restoration with a static locomotive but this later became a working railway. </p><p>Restoration of the station was completed by the spring of 1987 with the reinstatement of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> mile (0.40 km) of <a href="/wiki/Permanent_way" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent way">permanent way</a> on the original <a href="/wiki/Track_bed" title="Track bed">track bed</a>. A new engine shed was constructed at Isfield as an extension to the owner's groundworks machinery shed. The total cost of restoration exceeded <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>750,000 according to the Milhams. </p><p>The station was named 'The Lavender Line' since A.E. Lavender and Sons were the local <a href="/wiki/Coal_merchant" title="Coal merchant">coal merchants</a> who had operated from the station yard. Two engines were purchased for use at the station: 'Annie', a Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank previously in service at Bury Transport Museum, and 'Ugly', RSH 0-6-0 saddle tank number 64, purchased while on loan at the <a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire_Moors_Railway" title="North Yorkshire Moors Railway">North Yorkshire Moors Railway</a>. A third engine, a 2-10-0 built in WWII by the North British Locomotive Company was shipped from <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. The engine was christened 'Dame Vera Lynn' by Dame <a href="/wiki/Vera_Lynn" title="Vera Lynn">Vera Lynn</a> herself at the station on 6 August 1986. This engine proved too large for the then <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> mile (0.40 km) railway, however, and was sold to Clifford Brown, a British-born American businessman living in Virginia, USA. Mr Brown sent the engine to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway where it now resides. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WD_2-10-0_at_Isfield_Sussex.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/WD_2-10-0_at_Isfield_Sussex.jpg/380px-WD_2-10-0_at_Isfield_Sussex.jpg" decoding="async" width="380" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/WD_2-10-0_at_Isfield_Sussex.jpg/570px-WD_2-10-0_at_Isfield_Sussex.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/WD_2-10-0_at_Isfield_Sussex.jpg/760px-WD_2-10-0_at_Isfield_Sussex.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3363" data-file-height="2260" /></a><figcaption>WD Austerity 2-10-0 'Dame Vera Lynn' departing Isfield.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preservation_Society">Preservation Society</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Preservation Society"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mr Milham's business failed in 1991 and the Lavender Line was put up for sale, initially for £1.3 million.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This sale and a later auction seeking around £500,000<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were not successful. Eventually, in November 1992, the railway (without the station house) was bought from Mr Milham's bankers by Lavender Line Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lavender Line Ltd is in turn controlled by the Lavender Line Preservation Society, a registered charity formed initially by volunteers who had helped Mr Milham. The first public trains under the new owners operated on Sunday 30 May 1993 after significant track alterations required by the Railway Inspectorate. The initial <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> mile (0.40 km) has subsequently been extended to just under 1 mile (1.6 km) with the line terminating at the first of two bridges over the river Uck. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kitson-Austin1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kitson-Austin1.JPG/380px-Kitson-Austin1.JPG" decoding="async" width="380" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kitson-Austin1.JPG/570px-Kitson-Austin1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kitson-Austin1.JPG/760px-Kitson-Austin1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1592" data-file-height="1194" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kitson_%26_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Kitson & Co.">Kitson</a> 0-6-0ST "Austin I" built in 1932 on shed at Isfield</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Isfield">Isfield</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Isfield"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Isfield_Railway_Station_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Isfield_Railway_Station_5.jpg/380px-Isfield_Railway_Station_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="380" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Isfield_Railway_Station_5.jpg/570px-Isfield_Railway_Station_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Isfield_Railway_Station_5.jpg/760px-Isfield_Railway_Station_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3488" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption>Isfield station.</figcaption></figure> <p>Isfield station remains the headquarters, operating base, and engineering base of the Lavender Line. Since its restoration in the 1980s the station has been a popular attraction for the local area, and remains a well-celebrated example of a restored period railway station. The station has won awards for its restoration, and proved popular as a location for film and television shoots requiring a period railway station. The original buildings all survive except for the down side platform shelter replaced by a replica used as a shop, though considerable changes have been made to the up side buildings to convert the original booking office, waiting room and lady's toilet to a cafe. The station house has been sympathetically extended but is not part of the Lavender Line and remains occupied as a private dwelling. The signal box is now grade 2 listed and does not operate the station. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Isfield_Railway_Station_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Isfield_Railway_Station_3.jpg/380px-Isfield_Railway_Station_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="380" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Isfield_Railway_Station_3.jpg/570px-Isfield_Railway_Station_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Isfield_Railway_Station_3.jpg/760px-Isfield_Railway_Station_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3488" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption>Isfield signal box.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Worth_Halt">Worth Halt</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Worth Halt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dingley_Dell_Terminus,_Lavender_Line_-_geograph.org.uk_-_151030.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Dingley_Dell_Terminus%2C_Lavender_Line_-_geograph.org.uk_-_151030.jpg/380px-Dingley_Dell_Terminus%2C_Lavender_Line_-_geograph.org.uk_-_151030.jpg" decoding="async" width="380" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Dingley_Dell_Terminus%2C_Lavender_Line_-_geograph.org.uk_-_151030.jpg/570px-Dingley_Dell_Terminus%2C_Lavender_Line_-_geograph.org.uk_-_151030.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Dingley_Dell_Terminus%2C_Lavender_Line_-_geograph.org.uk_-_151030.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption>The end of the line at Little Horsted before construction of Worth Halt.</figcaption></figure> <p>Work started in December 2011 on building a <a href="/wiki/Halt_(railway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Halt (railway)">halt style</a> platform at the Uck river bridge, together with a picnic area. It was opened on the Saturday of the first Diesel Gala in July 2012, and named Worth Halt after the parish in which it lies. The construction of the halt allows passengers to travel between two permanent stations, whilst the line remains limited to its current 1 mile (1.6 km) length. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_expansion">Future expansion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Future expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite attempts by the <i>Wealden Line Campaign</i> to have the line from <a href="/wiki/Uckfield_railway_station" title="Uckfield railway station">Uckfield</a> through Isfield to <a href="/wiki/Lewes_railway_station" title="Lewes railway station">Lewes</a> reopened to passenger traffic, a July 2008 study concluded that although technically feasible, the line would be "economically unviable".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Any reopening might affect the operations of the Lavender Line or entail a move to a new location, but this depends on the details of any final scheme adopted. In any event, the campaign has not succeeded, an application to the "restoring your railway" fund in 2021 having failed. </p><p>The Preservation Society has expressed an interest in restoring and reopening the line between Uckfield and Lewes in the long-term future.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2008, following the rejection of the reopening proposal, a petition was presented to East Sussex County Council asking it to acquire the trackbed from the Lavender Line's northern boundary to the former site of Uckfield station (which had been relocated further north in the meantime), to lease back the section and to allow heritage services to be run over it. In April 2009, the council's Director of Transport and Environment recommended that the petition be refused on the basis that a heritage operation would prejudice the reopening of the line and the costs entailed would divert funding away from core Council services.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of the old station site in Uckfield has since been converted into a carpark though one of the platforms remains. </p><p>Extension to the south is difficult due to the need to reopen the level crossing on Station Road (against ORR policy) while extension to the north would require the two bridges over the river Uck to be refurbished and would only be able to reach Uckfield bypass which blocks access to the station site in Uckfield. Any reinstatement as part of Network Rail would require a new, elevated, station in Uckfield to allow the bypass to be bridged. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_Rolling_Stock">Current Rolling Stock</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Current Rolling Stock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stock as at August 2024<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steam_locomotives">Steam locomotives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Steam locomotives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Works No</th> <th>Builder</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Year Built</th> <th>Owner</th> <th>Status</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Lady Lisa</td> <td>2945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cockerill_(company)" title="John Cockerill (company)">Cockerill</a></td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/0-4-0" title="0-4-0">0-4-0</a><a href="/wiki/Vertical_boilered_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertical boilered locomotive"><abbr title="Vertical-boilered">VBT</abbr></a></span></td> <td>1920</td> <td>Privately Owned</td> <td>Operational</td> <td>Previously Yvonne </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diesel_locomotives">Diesel locomotives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Diesel locomotives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Number</th> <th>Builder</th> <th>Works No</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Year Built</th> <th>Owner</th> <th>Status </th></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td>Army 221</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Barclay_Sons_%26_Co." title="Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.">Andrew Barclay</a></td> <td>354</td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/0-4-0" title="0-4-0">0-4-0</a><a href="/wiki/Diesel%E2%80%93mechanical_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel–mechanical locomotive"><abbr title="Diesel-mechanical">DM</abbr></a></span></td> <td>1941</td> <td>Privately Owned</td> <td>Operational </td></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td>Army 830</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Foundry" title="Vulcan Foundry">Vulcan / Drewry</a></td> <td>VF 5257 / DC 2176</td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/0-4-0" title="0-4-0">0-4-0</a><a href="/wiki/Diesel%E2%80%93mechanical_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel–mechanical locomotive"><abbr title="Diesel-mechanical">DM</abbr></a></span></td> <td>1945</td> <td>Privately Owned</td> <td>Stored </td></tr> <tr> <td>Planet</td> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/F._C._Hibberd_%26_Co." title="F. C. Hibberd & Co.">Hibberd</a></td> <td>3658</td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whyte_notation#Internal_combustion_locomotives" title="Whyte notation">4w</a><a href="/wiki/Diesel%E2%80%93mechanical_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel–mechanical locomotive"><abbr title="Diesel-mechanical">DM</abbr></a></span></td> <td>1953</td> <td>Lavender Line Preservation Society</td> <td>Operational </td></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_09" title="British Rail Class 09">09 025 / D4113</a></td> <td>BR Horwich</td> <td>–</td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/0-6-0" title="0-6-0">0-6-0</a><a href="/wiki/Diesel%E2%80%93electric_locomotive" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel–electric locomotive"><abbr title="Diesel-electric">DE</abbr></a></span></td> <td>1962</td> <td>Lavender Line Preservation Society</td> <td>Operational </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diesel-mechanical_multiple_units">Diesel-mechanical multiple units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Diesel-mechanical multiple units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Class</th> <th>Number</th> <th>Builder</th> <th>Built</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Owner</th> <th>Status</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_101" class="mw-redirect" title="British Rail Class 101">101 DMU</a></td> <td>56408</td> <td>Metro Cammell</td> <td>1958</td> <td>DTSL</td> <td>Lavender Line Preservation Society</td> <td>Serviceable</td> <td>Used as loco-hauled carriage (Built as a DTCL but has all second class seats). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Railbus</td> <td>Laboratory 20</td> <td>Wickham</td> <td>1958</td> <td>Track Recording Car</td> <td>Privately owned</td> <td>Under restoration</td> <td>Interior now equipped for passenger-carrying. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diesel-electric_multiple_units">Diesel-electric multiple units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Diesel-electric multiple units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All are of <a href="/wiki/BR_Class_205" class="mw-redirect" title="BR Class 205">BR Class 205</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Unit No.</th> <th>DMBSO</th> <th>DTCsoL</th> <th>Built</th> <th>Owner</th> <th>Status</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1118</td> <td>60117</td> <td>60828</td> <td>1957</td> <td>Privately owned</td> <td>Operational</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1121</td> <td>–</td> <td>60820</td> <td>1958</td> <td>Hastings Diesels Ltd.</td> <td>Operational</td> <td>DMBSO not preserved. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1123</td> <td>60122</td> <td>–</td> <td>1958</td> <td>Hampshire & Sussex Units Preservation Society</td> <td>Used as an office</td> <td>Trailer vehicles at <a href="/wiki/Swindon_and_Cricklade_Railway" title="Swindon and Cricklade Railway">Swindon and Cricklade Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1133</td> <td>60151</td> <td>60832</td> <td>1962</td> <td>Lavender Line Preservation Society</td> <td>Operational</td> <td>DTCsoL stored. TSO originally preserved but later sold now a farmers hay barn. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electric_multiple_units">Electric multiple units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Electric multiple units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Class </th> <th>Unit No. </th> <th>DTCsoL </th> <th>MBSO </th> <th>TSO </th> <th>DTCsoL </th> <th>Built </th> <th>Owner </th> <th>Status </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">3CIG EMU</a> </td> <td>1497 </td> <td>76764 </td> <td>62402 </td> <td>- </td> <td>76835 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>Privately Owned </td> <td>Under restoration </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carriages">Carriages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Carriages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Origin </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Ownership </th> <th>Status </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="British Railways">BR</a> </td> <td>21273 </td> <td>MK.I Brake Corridor Composite </td> <td>Lavender Line Ltd </td> <td>In service </td> <td>Much modified former generator coach </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="British Railways">BR</a> </td> <td>69333 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_421" title="British Rail Class 421">Class 422</a> Buffet Car </td> <td>Private </td> <td>Stored </td> <td>To leave </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavender_Line&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Railway Magazine September 1969 p496-500</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">OS 6inch map surveyed 1874-1874</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">British Railways Act 1966 p4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Railway Magazine March 1969 p171-172</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lewes - Uckfield Railway Line Reinstatement Study section 1.1.3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">'Pop Larkin takes to steam' The Independent 4 May 1991</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">'End of the line for a dream' The Argus 9 November 1991</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lavender Line Preservation Society AGM report 25 February 1994</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/roads-transport/roads/road-schemes/lewes-uckfield-rail-link">"Lewes to Uckfield rail link"</a>. <i>East Sussex County Council</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=East+Sussex+County+Council&rft.atitle=Lewes+to+Uckfield+rail+link&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastsussex.gov.uk%2Froads-transport%2Froads%2Froad-schemes%2Flewes-uckfield-rail-link&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALavender+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWealden_District_Council1998" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Wealden_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wealden District Council">Wealden District Council</a> (December 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/460D6CA4-A305-4256-B538-293DEE3365A9/0/DPI1.pdf">"Local Plan; Chapter 9: Transport, paragraph 9.69"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Local+Plan%3B+Chapter+9%3A+Transport%2C+paragraph+9.69&rft.date=1998-12&rft.au=Wealden+District+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastsussex.gov.uk%2FNR%2Frdonlyres%2F460D6CA4-A305-4256-B538-293DEE3365A9%2F0%2FDPI1.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALavender+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEast_Sussex_County_Council2009" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/East_Sussex_County_Council" title="East Sussex County Council">East Sussex County Council</a> (7 April 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120223074508/http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/260FE522-6EA3-4FFA-A6AF-EBC9A49FE741/19805/LMTE23March09LewesUckfieldRailway.pdf">"Petition to extend, and designate, the Lavender Line as a heritage railway: Report by the Director of Transport and Environment"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Narrow-gauge</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amerton_Railway" title="Amerton Railway">Amerton Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amberley_Museum_Railway" title="Amberley Museum Railway">Amberley Museum Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bredgar_and_Wormshill_Light_Railway" title="Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway">Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bure_Valley_Railway" title="Bure Valley Railway">Bure Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleethorpes_Coast_Light_Railway" title="Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway">Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gartell_Light_Railway" title="Gartell Light Railway">Gartell Light 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title="Lynton and Barnstaple Railway">Lynton and Barnstaple Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toddington_Narrow_Gauge_Railway" title="Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway">North Gloucestershire Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perrygrove_Railway" title="Perrygrove Railway">Perrygrove Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravenglass_and_Eskdale_Railway" title="Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway">Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romney,_Hythe_and_Dymchurch_Railway" title="Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway">Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Lake_Steam_Railway" title="Rudyard Lake Steam Railway">Rudyard Lake Steam Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruislip_Lido_Railway" title="Ruislip Lido Railway">Ruislip Lido Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaton_Tramway" title="Seaton Tramway">Seaton Tramway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sittingbourne_and_Kemsley_Light_Railway" title="Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway">Sittingbourne 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Standard-gauge</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alnwick_branch_line#Preservation_and_revival" title="Alnwick branch line">Aln Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appleby_Frodingham_Railway" title="Appleby Frodingham Railway">Appleby Frodingham Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avon_Valley_Railway" title="Avon Valley Railway">Avon Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battlefield_Line_Railway" title="Battlefield Line Railway">Battlefield Line Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluebell_Railway" title="Bluebell Railway">Bluebell Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodmin_and_Wenford_Railway" title="Bodmin and Wenford Railway">Bodmin and Wenford Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowes_Railway" title="Bowes Railway">Bowes Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Harbour_Railway" title="Bristol Harbour Railway">Bristol Harbour Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambrian_Heritage_Railways" title="Cambrian Heritage Railways">Cambrian Heritage Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chasewater_Railway" title="Chasewater Railway">Chasewater Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinnor_and_Princes_Risborough_Railway" title="Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway">Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholsey_and_Wallingford_Railway" title="Cholsey and Wallingford Railway">Cholsey and Wallingford Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churnet_Valley_Railway" title="Churnet Valley Railway">Churnet Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_Railway" title="Colne Valley Railway">Colne Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_Steam_Railway" title="Dartmouth Steam Railway">Dartmouth Steam Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Forest_Railway" title="Dean Forest Railway">Dean Forest Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derwent_Valley_Light_Railway" title="Derwent Valley Light Railway">Derwent Valley Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Kent_Railway_(heritage)" title="East Kent Railway (heritage)">East Kent Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Railway" title="East Lancashire Railway">East Lancashire Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Somerset_Railway" title="East Somerset Railway">East Somerset Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesbourne_Valley_Railway" title="Ecclesbourne Valley Railway">Ecclesbourne Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_Valley_Railway_(heritage_railway)" title="Eden Valley Railway (heritage railway)">Eden Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embsay_and_Bolton_Abbey_Steam_Railway" title="Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway">Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epping_Ongar_Railway" title="Epping Ongar Railway">Epping Ongar Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxfield_Railway" title="Foxfield Railway">Foxfield Railway</a></li> <li><a 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title="Lincolnshire Wolds Railway">Lincolnshire Wolds Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Norfolk_Railway" title="Mid-Norfolk Railway">Mid-Norfolk Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleton_Railway" title="Middleton Railway">Middleton Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway_%E2%80%93_Butterley" title="Midland Railway – Butterley">Midland Railway – Butterley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountsorrel_Railway" title="Mountsorrel Railway">Mountsorrel Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nene_Valley_Railway" title="Nene Valley Railway">Nene Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Norfolk_Railway" title="North Norfolk Railway">North Norfolk Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Tyneside_Steam_Railway" title="North Tyneside Steam Railway">North Tyneside Steam Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire_Moors_Railway" title="North Yorkshire Moors Railway">North Yorkshire Moors Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_and_Lamport_Railway" title="Northampton and Lamport Railway">Northampton and Lamport Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Ironstone_Railway_Trust" title="Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust">Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway_(Nottingham)" title="Great Central Railway (Nottingham)">Nottingham Heritage Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peak_Rail" title="Peak Rail">Peak Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plym_Valley_Railway" title="Plym Valley Railway">Plym Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ribble_Steam_Railway" title="Ribble Steam Railway">Ribble Steam Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rother_Valley_Railway" title="Rother Valley Railway">Rother Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushden,_Higham_and_Wellingborough_Railway" title="Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway">Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severn_Valley_Railway" title="Severn Valley Railway">Severn Valley 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title="Bressingham Steam and Gardens">Bressingham Steam Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire_Railway_Centre" title="Buckinghamshire Railway Centre">Buckinghamshire Railway Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleford_Great_Western_Railway_Museum" title="Coleford Great Western Railway Museum">Coleford Great Western Railway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Heritage_Centre" title="Crewe Heritage Centre">Crewe Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowle_Peatland_Railway" title="Crowle Peatland Railway">Crowle Peatland Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_Railway_Centre" title="Devon Railway Centre">Devon Railway Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didcot_Railway_Centre" title="Didcot Railway Centre">Didcot Railway Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Anglian_Railway_Museum" title="East Anglian Railway Museum">East Anglian Railway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollycombe_Steam_Collection" title="Hollycombe Steam Collection">Hollycombe Steam Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopetown_Darlington" title="Hopetown Darlington">Hopetown Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Museum_of_Water_%26_Steam" title="London Museum of Water & Steam">London Museum of Water & Steam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangapps_Railway_Museum" title="Mangapps Railway Museum">Mangapps Railway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Suffolk_Light_Railway" title="Mid-Suffolk Light Railway">Mid-Suffolk Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moseley_Railway_Trust" title="Moseley Railway Trust">Moseley Railway Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountsorrel_Railway" title="Mountsorrel Railway">Mountsorrel Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Railway_Museum" title="National Railway Museum">National Railway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Ings_Farm_Museum" title="North Ings Farm Museum">North Ings Farm Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway_(Nottingham)" title="Great Central Railway (Nottingham)">Nottingham 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Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Railway_Centre" title="Yeovil Railway Centre">Yeovil Railway Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Planned_railways" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Planned railways</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharpness_branch_line#Re-opening_proposal" title="Sharpness branch line">Berkeley Vale Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bideford_Railway_Heritage_Centre" title="Bideford Railway Heritage Centre">Bideford Railway Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilfracombe_branch_line" title="Ilfracombe branch line">Combe Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Valley_Railway" title="Don Valley Railway">Don Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lea_Bailey_Light_Railway" title="Lea Bailey Light Railway">Lea Bailey Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Orbital_Railway" title="Norfolk Orbital Railway">Norfolk Orbital Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dorset_Railway" title="North Dorset Railway">North Dorset Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_North_Somerset_Railway" title="Bristol and North Somerset Railway">North Somerset Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_branch_line" title="Fleetwood branch line">Poulton & Wyre Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwold_Railway" title="Southwold Railway">Southwold Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarka_Valley_Railway" title="Tarka Valley Railway">Tarka Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisbech_and_March_line" title="Wisbech and March line">Wisbech and March Bramley Line</a></li></ul> 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title="Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway">Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Railway_Museum" title="Electric Railway Museum">Electric Railway Museum, Warwickshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsecar_Heritage_Railway" title="Elsecar Heritage Railway">Elsecar Heritage Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Yorkshire_Railway_Preservation_Society" title="Great Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society">Great Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Woolwich_Old_Station_Museum" title="North Woolwich Old Station Museum">North Woolwich Old Station Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wells_Harbour_Railway" title="Wells Harbour Railway">Wells Harbour Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b>Heritage railways:</b> <a href="/wiki/Category:Heritage_railways_in_England" title="Category:Heritage railways in 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