The Burton and Ashby Light Railway was a tramway system operating between Burton upon Trent and Ashby-de-la-Zouch between 1906 and 1927. The tramway opened...

Ashby de la Zouch railway station is a former railway station at Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line. The Midland...

Railway and Canal Historical Society, electronic download Burton and Ashby Light Railway Baumgartner, Peter (1996). Memories of 'The Swad Loop' and Other...

(absorbed 1846) Burton and Ashby Light Railway (leased 1906) Chesterfield and Brampton Railway (absorbed 1871) Cromford Canal (absorbed 1871) Dore and Chinley...

1906 the Burton and Ashby Light Railway was opened and its cars used the Burton Corporation tracks as far as the junction of Bearwood Hill Road and High Bank...

1902, a public inquiry was held there relating to the proposed Burton and Ashby Light Railway. Following significant population growth in the late 19th century...

were injured. On 8 October 1919, Burton and Ashby Light Railway tram No. 19 ran away backwards in Bearwood Hill Road and was derailed. Two people were killed...

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...

Leicester and Burton Branch Railway. Burton-upon-Trent: Trent Valley Publications. ISBN 0-948131-04-7. Twining, A., ed. (1982). An Early Railway: A Car Trail...

counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Burton upon Trent and north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 12 miles (19 km) southwest...

The Statfold Barn Railway is a narrow gauge railway based near Tamworth, Staffordshire and partially in Warwickshire, England. Founded by engineering entrepreneur...

the Burton and Ashby Light Railway terminated at the station. In the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services between Leicester and Burton as the...

Dudley, Stourbridge and District Electric Traction Company. 22-24 three second hand cars from the Burton and Ashby Light Railway when it closed in 1927...

between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicester. It...

The Swansea and Mumbles Railway was the venue for the world's first passenger horsecar railway service, located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Originally...

list of the remaining systems can be found at List of modern tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom. At the peak of Britain’s first-generation...

This is a list of extant tramway and light rail systems in the United Kingdom. For a full historical list of all tramway systems that have existed in...

Woodville railway station which opened in 1851 and connected the village with Swadlincote, Ashby and Burton-Upon-Trent but the station closed in 1947 and the...

children between the ages of 3 and 6, Chuggington made its UK debut as a "soft launch" on BBC Two on 29 September 2008. Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave...

boots and shoes, and light engineering. In the 19th century a branch of the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway was built through the village and nearby...

The Manx Electric Railway (Manx: Raad Yiarn Lectragh Vannin) is an electric interurban tramway connecting Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey in the Isle of Man...

Kinver Light Railway operated a passenger and freight tramway service between Amblecote and Kinver, in South Staffordshire, between 1901 and 1930. The...

Line near Ashby-de-la-Zouch. In 1930 passenger services were withdrawn and the Midland's successor, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, was using...

development nearby canal and railway networks. In 1847 mineral rights were purchased for land at Gresley Common and in 1859 for Ashby Wolds, allowing expansion...

Portrush and Bush Valley Railway & Tramway Company Ltd, was a pioneering 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge electric railway operating between Portrush and the Giant's...

The Snaefell Mountain Railway (Manx: Raad Yiarn Sniaull) is an electric mountain railway on the Isle of Man in Europe. It joins the village of Laxey with...

used by the Surrey Iron Railway, the world's first public railway, authorised by Act of Parliament in 1803. New tram systems and extensions to existing...

Leicester Central was a railway station in Leicester, England. It was situated to the west of the city centre, on Great Central Street which is today...

Accrington Diana Vickers Andover The Troggs Anstey Molly Smitten-Downes Ashby-de-la-Zouch The Young Knives Ashford Oliver Sykes Aylesbury Marillion Banbury...

list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to...