3 ft gauge railways in the United Kingdom

A list of narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom.

The worldwide usage of locomotives on railways, including gauge railways, has its origins in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century during the Industrial Revolution. In fact, in 1802, a gauge plateway-type railway owned by the Coalbrookdale Company in England became the first railway in the world to have a locomotive designed and built for it. The locomotive's designer, Richard Trevithick, is credited with making the first recorded successful demonstration of a locomotive on rails (in 1804 on a different railway in Wales). gauge locomotive-powered railways, along with other narrow-gauge railways of varying widths, would later become one of the most common railway gauges chosen for short-distance lines in the British Isles, such as those found in mines and industrial sites (see table below).

Railways Country/territoryRailwayEnglandAlan Keef Headquarters (private) ( gauge lines and dual gauge lines with gauge track also present) (all gauge trackage is dual-gauged with gauge trackage) (operating) British Moss Litter Company (defunct) City of Worcester Tramways Company (defunct) Coalbrookdale Company (world's first railway to have a locomotive designed and built for it; however, no record of a successful run of this locomotive exists) (gauge of locomotive itself slightly wider than gauge due to railway's plateway design) (defunct) Crowle Peatland Railway (operating) Eastwell tramway (defunct) Geltsdale Reservoir Railway (defunct) Kettering Ironstone Railway (1876-1962) Moorends Works (standard-gauge lines also present) (defunct) Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (converted to gauge) (operating) Redlake Tramway (defunct) Rye and Camber Tramway (defunct) Scropton Tramway (defunct) Southend Pier Railway (1986-present) (operating) Southwold Railway (defunct) Steep Grade Railway (defunct) Thorne and Hatfield Moors (defunct) Titterstone Clee Hill (defunct) Torrington and Marland Railway (defunct) Tramways Trust Company (defunct) Trevithick Shed (located in Blists Hill Victorian Town) (UNESCO World Heritage Site status shared with entire Ironbridge Gorge area) (separate standard-gauge railway named Hay Inclined Lift and separate gauge railway named Mine Railway also present) (operating) Tynemouth and District Tramways (defunct) Woolsthorpe tramway (defunct) Worcester Tramways Company (defunct)Northern IrelandScotlandLochaber Narrow Gauge Railway (dual gauge lines with standard-gauge track also present) (defunct) Skye Marble Railway (defunct) Strathbathie Light Railway (1900-1949)WalesBarmouth Junction and Arthog Tramway (defunct) Deep Mine Railway (located in Llechwedd Slate Caverns) (separate gauge railway named Miners' Tramway also present) (operating) Gorseddau Tramway (defunct) Llanelly Tramways (defunct) Little Ormes Head Quarry Tramway (defunct) Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. (defunct) Porthgain Railway (defunct) Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway (defunct)

3 ft gauge railways in the United Kingdom

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