One of the first railways using gauge track was the Little Eaton Gangway in England, constructed as a horse-drawn wagonway in 1795. Other gauge wagonways in England and Wales were also built in the early 19th century. Also during this time, numerous tram networks were built in gauge (see table below).
Railways Country/territoryRailwayEnglandBerkshire Hill Train (located in Legoland Windsor) (separate gauge railway named Orient Expedition also present) (operating)
Buckinghamshire Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway (defunct)
Cambridgeshire Peterborough Tramways (defunct)
Cheshire Chester Corporation Tramways (defunct)
Cornwall Camborne and Redruth Tramways (defunct) East Cornwall Mineral Railway (defunct)
Cumbria City of Carlisle Electric Tramways (defunct) Burneside Paper Mills Tramway (converted to standard gauge) Gatebeck Gunpowder Works (defunct) Low Wood Gunpowder Works (defunct) Walna Scar Slate Quarry (defunct)
Derbyshire Ilkeston Corporation Tramways (defunct) Little Eaton Gangway (defunct)
Devon Tramways in Exeter (defunct) Torquay Tramways (defunct) Tramways in Plymouth (defunct)
Dorset Bournemouth Corporation Tramways (defunct)
Durham Darlington Corporation Light Railways (defunct) Hartlepool Electric Tramways (defunct) Hartlepools Steam Tramways Company (defunct) South Shields Tramways (defunct)
East Sussex Brighton Corporation Tramways (defunct) Hastings and District Electric Tramways (defunct)
Essex Colchester Corporation Tramways (defunct) Southend Pier Railway (1930–1978) (converted to 3ft gauge) Southend-on-Sea Corporation Tramways (defunct)
Gloucestershire Cheltenham and District Light Railway (defunct) Gloucester Corporation Tramways (defunct) Monmouth Railway (defunct) Severn and Wye Railway (defunct)
Greater Manchester Wigan Corporation Tramways (defunct)
Herefordshire Kington Tramway (defunct)
Kent Dover Corporation Tramways (defunct) Guilford Tramway (defunct) Gravesend, Rosherville and Northfleet Tramways (defunct) Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways and Lighting Company (defunct) Maidstone Corporation Tramways (defunct) Sheerness and District Tramways (defunct)
Lancashire Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company (defunct)
Merseyside Southport Pier Tramway (converted to gauge, then converted back to gauge) (defunct)
Norfolk Great Yarmouth Corporation Tramways (defunct) Norwich Electric Tramways (defunct)
North Yorkshire Scarborough Tramways Company (defunct) York Corporation Tramways (defunct)
Northamptonshire Northampton Corporation Tramways (defunct) Northampton Street Tramways (defunct)
Northumberland Tynemouth and District Electric Traction Company (defunct)
Somerset Taunton Tramway (defunct)
South Yorkshire Silkstone Waggonway (1809-c. 1870)
Shropshire Bridgnorth Cliff Railway (operating)
Staffordshire Burton and Ashby Light Railway (defunct) Burton upon Trent Corporation Tramways (defunct) Walsall Corporation Tramways (defunct)
Suffolk Ipswich Corporation Tramways (defunct) Ipswich Tramway (defunct) Lowestoft Corporation Tramways (defunct)
West Midlands Birmingham and Aston Tramways Company (defunct) Birmingham Corporation Tramways (defunct) City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd (defunct) Coventry Corporation Tramways (defunct) Dudley and Stourbridge Steam Tramways Company (defunct) Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company (defunct) Kinver Light Railway (defunct) South Staffordshire Tramways Company (defunct) Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways (defunct) Wolverhampton District Electric Tramways Company (defunct)
West Sussex Brighton and Shoreham Tramways (defunct)
West Yorkshire Halifax Corporation Tramways (defunct)
Wiltshire Swindon Corporation Tramways (defunct)
Worcestershire Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Company (defunct) Worcester Electric Traction Company (defunct)ScotlandCruden Bay Hotel Tramway (defunct) Dunfermline and District Tramways (defunct) Kirkcaldy Corporation Tramways (defunct) Perth and District Tramways (defunct) Perth Corporation Tramways (defunct) Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway (defunct) Wemyss and District Tramways Company (defunct)WalesAberdare Urban District Council Tramways (defunct) Bryn Oer Tramway (defunct) Great Orme Tramway (operating) Hay Railway (defunct) Kington Tramway (defunct) Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway (defunct) Merthyr Tydfil Electric Tramways (defunct) Monmouth Railway (defunct) Nantlle Railway (defunct) Newport Corporation Tramways (defunct) Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry ( gauge lines and dual gauge lines with gauge track also present) (defunct) Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley Tramway (defunct) Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways (defunct) Poole and District Electric Tramways (defunct) Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway (defunct) Swansea Constitution Hill Incline Tramway (defunct) Wrexham and District Electric Tramways (defunct)
See also
British narrow-gauge railways Heritage railway 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United Kingdom 3 ft gauge railways in the United Kingdom 3 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States
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