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Alderney Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Alford Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.      
Amberley Museum Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Amerton Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Appleby Frodingham Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Astley Green Colliery Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Narrow gauge.
Avon Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Bala Lake Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Barrow Hill Railway Centre Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Barry Island Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
The Battlefield Line Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Beamish, North of England Open Air Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Bideford Railway Heritage Centre Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Birmingham Railway Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Bishop's Castle Railway Museum Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Bluebell Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Bodmin & Wenford Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Bowes Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Brecon Mountain Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Narrow gauge.
Bressingham Steam Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Narrow gauge.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Bure Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
Caledonian Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Cambrian Railways Society Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Cambrian Railways Trust Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Cavan & Leitrim Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
Chasewater Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Churnet Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Colne Valley Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Dining trains available here.
Corris Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
County Donegal Railway Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Narrow gauge.
Coventry Railway Centre Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Darlington Railway Centre & Museum and
Darlington Railway Preservation Society		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Dartmoor Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Dean Forest Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Derwent Valley Light Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Devon Railway Centre Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Narrow gauge.
Didcot Railway Centre Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Dolgarrog Railway Society Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Downpatrick & County Down Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations.
East Anglian Railway Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
East Kent Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
East Lancashire Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
East Somerset Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Eden Valley Railway Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Elsecar Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
Fairbourne Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
Ffestiniog Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Fintown Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Foxfield Light Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Giants Causeway & Bushmills Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Great Central Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Great Laxey Mine Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Great Orme Tramway Tramway offering regular passenger rides.
Groudle Glen Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Gwili Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Hayling Seaside Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Headhunters Barber Shop & Railway Museum Museum (passenger rides not usually available).
Helston Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Hollycombe Steam Collection Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Narrow gauge.
Irish Steam Preservation Society Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Narrow gauge.
Isle of Man - Transportation Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Isle of Wight Steam Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Dining trains available here.
Keith and Dufftown Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Kent & East Sussex Railway and
Colonel Stephens Museum		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Kew Bridge Steam Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Narrow gauge.
Kidderminster Railway Museum Museum (passenger rides not usually available).
Kirkby Stephen East Heritage Centre Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Kirklees Light Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Lappa Valley Steam Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Lartigue Monorailway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides).
Launceston Steam Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Lavender Line Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Leighton Buzzard Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Llanberis Lake Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Llangollen Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
London Transport Museum Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Mangapps Farm Railway Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society Tramway offering regular passenger rides. Museum (passenger rides not usually available).
Mid-Hants `Watercress' Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Mid-Norfolk Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Middleton Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Midland Railway Centre and
Golden Valley Light Railway and
Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Moseley Railway Trust Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Narrow gauge.
Mull Rail Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Nantwich & Market Drayton Railway Society Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
National Railway Museum, York Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
National Tramway Museum, Crich Tramway offering regular passenger rides. Museum (passenger rides not usually available).
Nene Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
North Bay Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
North Ings Farm Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Narrow gauge.
North Norfolk Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
North Tyneside Steam Railway and
Stephenson Railway Museum		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Museum (passenger rides not usually available).
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Dining trains available here.
Northampton & Lamport Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
(Great Central Railway (Nottingham))		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Old Kiln Light Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Narrow gauge.
Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Dining trains available here.
Peak Rail and
Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Plym Valley Railway Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides).
Railworld Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Rhyl Miniature Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Ribble Steam Railway Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Royal Deeside Railway Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Ruislip Lido Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Rushden Historical Transport Society Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Rutland Railway Museum Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Seaton Tramway Tramway offering regular passenger rides. Railway experience courses available here.
Severn Valley Railway
Severn Valley Railway		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Snowdon Mountain Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
South Devon Railway
South Devon Railway		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
South Tynedale Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Spa Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
St Albans South Signal Box Museum (passenger rides not usually available).
STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Stratford on Avon & Broadway Railway Society Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Strathspey Steam Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Dining trains available here.
Swanage Railway `The Purbeck Line' Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Swindon & Cricklade Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
Talyllyn Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
Tanfield Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Teifi Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Telford Steam Railway Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here.
The Heaton Park Tramway Tramway offering regular passenger rides. Museum (passenger rides not usually available).
The Railway Age, Crewe Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Timothy Hackworth Railway Museum Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Tralee & Dingle Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum Museum (passenger rides not usually available).
Vale of Rheidol Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Vintage Carriages Trust Museum (passenger rides not usually available). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Volk's Electric Railway Tramway offering regular passenger rides.
Waterford & Suir Valley Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge.
Weardale Railway Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations.
Welsh Highland Heritage Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
Welsh Highland Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
Wensleydale Railway Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Railway experience courses available here.
West Clare Railway Narrow gauge.
West Lancashire Light Railway Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.
West Somerset Railway (official site)
West Somerset Railway (unofficial site)		 Railway offering regular passenger rides between two or more stations. Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches). Railway experience courses available here. Dining trains available here.
Whitwell & Reepham Station Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Standard gauge (4ft 8½ inches).
Yeovil Railway Centre Site with short demonstration line (may also offer passenger rides). Narrow gauge. Railway experience courses available here.

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