List of mining railways

This list contains non-public mining railways whose main cargo is ore or coal . Public railways on which normal passenger or freight traffic also takes place are not listed.

Europe

Germany

Hesse

Hessian lignite mining areas

• PREAG light railway in the Wetterau lignite district (see Wölfersheim power station # Werksbahn )

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr area

• General coal railway in Bochum-Dahlhausen
• Hörder coal railway in Dortmund
• Schlebusch-Harkorter coal railway near Hagen, also called Silscheder coal railway or Hasper coal railway
• Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen-Hattingen coal railway

Rhenish lignite mining area

• RWE Power's north-south runway
• RWE Power's Hambachbahn
• Villebahn

Saxony

Zwickau and Lugau-Oelsnitzer coalfields

• Brückenbergschachtbahn
• Reinsdorfer Kohlenbahn of the Oberhohndorf-Reinsdorfer coal railway
• Zwickau – Bockwa State Coal Railway
• from Arnimsche Kohlenbahn
• Bürgererschachtbahn
• Bockwaer Kohlenbahn of the Bockwaer Eisenbahngesellschaft
• Coal Railway Lugau – Wüstenbrand of the Chemnitz-Würschnitzer Railway Company

Döhlen basin

• Deubener coal railway
• Hänichener Kohlenzweigbahn with Windbergzweigbahn
• Niederhermsdorfer coal branch line

Central German lignite mining area

• Preusslitzer coal railway
• Zschornewitz coal railway
• Haselbach coal railway

Lusatian lignite mining area

• Lusatian mine railway
• Reichenau coal railway

Austria

• Upper Austria: Ampflwanger Bahn
• Upper Austria: Schwertberger Kaolinbahn
• Styria: Fohnsdorfer Bahn

Bosnia Herzegovina

• Banovići Coal Railway in Tuzla Canton

Great Britain

• Middleton – Leeds Coal Railway in West Yorkshire
• Wylam Coal Railway in Northumberland

Norway

• Spitsbergen coal railway
• Sydvarangerbanen in Kirkenes

Poland

• Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (at times also public travel)

Czech Republic

Bohemia

• Kladno-Nučice Railway of the Prague Iron Industry Ltd. near Kladno
• Wilkischner Montanbahn near Pilsen
• Sulkover Montanbahn near Pilsen
• Miröschauer trade union

Moravia

• Montanbahn Mährisch Ostrau – Witkowitz – Michalkowitz near Ostrava
• Freiherr von Rothschildsche Montanbahn (Michalkowitz – Dombrau) near Ostrava

Africa

• Mauritania ore railway F'dérik – Nouadhibou
• Zimbabwe Coal Railway Hwange
• South Africa, Sishen – Saldanha mine discharge railway

Asia

Malaysia

• Coal railway of the Silimpopon colliery
• Carbon path of mine Brooketon
• Coal railway of the coal mines on Labuan

Australia

Pilbara , Western Australia

• Fortescue Railway from Anderson Point ( Port Hedland ) to Cloud Break Mine , Christmas Creek Mine , and to the Solomon Hub of the Fortescue Metals Group
• Mount Newman Railway from Nelson Point (Port Hedland) to Mount Newman Mine , Yandi Mine and Area C Mine of BHP Billiton Iron Ore
• Goldsworthy Railway from Finucane Island (Port Hedland) to the Yarrie Mine and Nimingarra Mine of the BHP Billiton Iron Ore
• Pilbara Rail

North America

United States

• Hindale – Taconite Harbor railway line operated by the Erie Mining Company , Minnesota
• Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad , Arizona
• Deseret Western Railway , Colorado and Utah
• Muskingum Electric Railroad , Ohio
• Navajo Mine Railroad , New Mexico
• Luminant , Texas mill railways
• Coal and Iron Railway , West Virginia
• Monongahela Railway , Pennsylvania and West Virginia

Canada

• Cartier Railway , Quebec
• Sydney Coal Railway , Nova Scotia
• Cumberland Railway and Coal Company , Nova Scotia ,

South America

• Argentina Río Gallegos – Río Turbio coal railway