List of railway lines in Great Britain

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This is the list of all the railway lines in the UK , where passenger traffic is performed. They are broken down by region, the opening year and the electrification are also given. If a route crosses the boundaries of a region, it is run several times (exception: Greater London).

Interregional main routes

Surname Regions electrification
Cross-Country Route East Midlands, South West, Yorkshire and the Humber, West Midlands 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (on sections)
East Coast Main Line East of England, East Midlands, Greater London, North East England, Scotland, Yorkshire and the Humber 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Great Eastern Main Line East of England, Greater London 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Great Western Main Line Greater London, South East England, South West England, Wales 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (in London)
High Speed ​​One East of England, Greater London, South East England 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Midland Main Line East of England, East Midlands, Greater London, Yorkshire and the Humber 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (south of Bedford)
West Coast Main Line Greater London, North West England, South East England, West Midlands, Scotland, Wales 25 kV 50 Hz ~

Railway lines in England

Greater London

Routes that cross the city limits are listed for the respective adjacent regions.

Surname opening electrification
Acton-Northolt 1903 No
Bromley North Line 1878 750 V =
Catford Loop Line 1892 750 V =
Chessington Branch Line 1938-1939 750 V =
Chingford Branch Line 1873 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Crystal Palace Line 1856-1858 750 V =
Dudding Hill Line 1875 No
East London Line 1869-2010 750 V =
Gospel Oak-Barking 1868-1894 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Greenford Branch Line 1903 No
Greenwich Line 1836 750 V =
Greenwich Park Branch Line 1929 750 V =
Hayes Line 1857-1882 750 V =
Hounslow Loop Line 1850 750 V =
South London Line 1886 750 V =
Kingston Loop Line 1863-1869 750 V =
North London Line 1846-1869 25 kV 50 Hz ~ / 750 V =
Northern City Line 1904 25 kV 50 Hz ~ / 750 V =
Romford-Upminster 1893 25 kV 50 Hz ~
West London Line 1844 25 kV 50 Hz ~ / 750 V =

East of England

Surname opening electrification
Abbey Line 1858 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Birmingham – Peterborough 1840-1860 No
Bitter line 1874-1877 No
Braintree Branch Line 1848 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Breckland Line 1845 No
Cambridge Line 1851 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Crouch Valley Line 1889 25 kV 50 Hz ~
East Suffolk Line 1854 No
Ely – Peterborough 1847 No
Felixstowe Branch Line 1877 No
Fen Line 1846 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Gainsborough Line 1865 No
Hertford East Branch Line 1843 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Hertford Loop Line 1871-1924 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Ipswich-Ely 1846-1851 No
Lea Valley Lines 1840-1891 25 kV 50 Hz ~
London, Tilbury and Southend Line 1854-1888 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Marston Vale Line 1845 No
Mayflower Line 1854 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Peterborough-Lincoln 1848-1882 No
Shenfield-Southend 1892 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Sunshine Coast Line 1847-1882 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Thameslink 1866-1988 25 kV 50 Hz ~ / 750 V =
Watford DC Line 1862-1922 750 V =
West Anglia Main Line 1840-1990 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Wherry Lines 1844-1882 No

South East England

Surname opening electrification
Alton Line 1852 750 V =
Arun Valley Line 1848-1863 750 V =
Ascot-Guildford 1849 750 V =
Ashford-Ramsgate 1846 750 V =
Bexleyheath Line 1895 750 V =
Brighton Main Line 1839-1941 750 V =
Caterham Line 1856 750 V =
Chatham Main Line 1858-1926 750 V =
Cherwell Valley Line 1844-1873 No
Chiltern Main Line 1852-1910 No
Cotswold Line 1851-1860 No
Dartford Loop Line 1866 750 V =
East Coastway Line 1846-1871 750 V =
Eastleigh-Fareham 1841 750 V =
Eastleigh-Romsey 1847 No
Epsom Downs Branch 1865 750 V =
Hampton Court Branch Line 1849 750 V =
Hastings Line 1845-1852 750 V =
Henley Branch Line 1857 No
Island Line 1864 750 V =
Kent Coast Line 1847 750 V =
London – Aylesbury 1868-1899 630 V = (partially)
Lymington Branch Line 1858 750 V =
Maidstone Line 1874-1884 750 V =
Marlow Branch Line 1854 No
Marshlink Line 1851 No
Marston Vale Line 1845 No
Medway Valley Line 1844-1856 750 V =
New Guildford Line 1885 750 V =
North Downs Line 1849 750 V = (partially)
North Kent Line 1846-1849 750 V =
Oxford – Bicester 1850 No
Oxted line 1858-1888 750 V = (partially)
Portsmouth Direct Line 1845-1858 750 V =
Princes Risborough – Aylesbury 1863 No
Reading-Basingstoke 1848 No
Reading – Taunton 1847-1906 No
Redhill-Tonbridge 1884 750 V =
Seaford Branch Line 1864 750 V =
Sheerness Line 1860 750 V =
Shepperton Branch Line 1864-1894 750 V =
Slough – Windsor & Eton 1849 No
South Eastern Main Line 1842-1871 750 V =
South Western Main Line 1838-1857 750 V =
Staines-Weybridge 1849 750 V =
Staines – Windsor & Eton 1848-1849 750 V =
Sutton and Mole Valley Lines 1847-1868 750 V =
Tattenham Corner Line 1897-1901 750 V =
Thameslink 1866-1988 25 kV 50 Hz ~ / 750 V =
Waterloo-Reading 1846-1856 750 V =
Wessex Main Line 1847-1856 No
West Coastway Line 1840-1889 750 V =
West of England Main Line 1854-1860 No

South West England

Surname opening electrification
Atlantic Coast Line 1874 No
Avocet Line 1862 No
Bristol-Exeter 1841-1842 No
Cornish Main Line 1867 No
Cotswold Line 1851-1860 No
Exeter – Plymouth (see Railway_Reading – Plymouth ) 1846-1849 No
Gloucester-Newport 1850 No
Golden Valley Line 1845 No
Heart of Wessex Line 1857 No
Looe Valley Line 1860-1901 No
Maritime Line 1863 No
Reading – Taunton (see Railway_Reading – Plymouth ) 1847-1906 No
Riviera Line 1846-1859 No
Severn Beach Line 1840-1900 No
South Wales Main Line 1850-1903 No
South Western Main Line 1838-1857 750 V =
St Ives Bay Line 1877 No
Tamar Valley Line 1890-1908 No
Tarka Line 1851-1854 No
Wessex Main Line 1847-1856 No
West of England Main Line 1854-1860 No

East Midlands

Surname opening electrification
Birmingham – Peterborough 1840-1860 No
Buxton Line 1863 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Chiltern Main Line 1852-1910 No
Crewe derby 1848 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Derwent Valley Line 1839-1849 No
Doncaster – Lincoln 1849 No
Glossop Line 1844 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Ivanhoe Line 1840/1993 No
Leicester – Burton upon Trent 1832-1849 No
Northampton Loop Line 1881 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Nottingham – Grantham 1850 No
Nottingham – Lincoln 1846 No
Oakham-Kettering 1879 No
Poacher Line 1848-1873 No
Robin Hood Line 1848 No
Sheffield-Lincoln 1849 No

West Midlands

Surname opening electrification
Birmingham – Peterborough 1840-1860 No
Birmingham-Stratford 1908 No
Birmingham-Bromsgrove-Worcester 1840-1879 No
Birmingham – Kidderminster – Worcester 1852-1867 No
Chase line 1837-1859 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Chiltern Main Line 1852-1910 No
Cotswold Line 1851-1860 No
Coventry-Leamington 1851 No
Coventry-Nuneaton 1850 No
Crewe derby 1848 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Cross-City Line 1837-1876 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Leamington-Stratford 1860 No
Leicester – Burton upon Trent 1832-1849 No
Northampton Loop Line 1881 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Rugby – Birmingham – Stafford 1837 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Shrewsbury – Chester 1848 No
Stafford – Manchester 1848-1887 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Stone-Colwich 1849 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Stourbridge Town Branch Line 1879 No
Trent Valley Line 1847 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Walsall – Wolverhampton 1837 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Welsh Marches Line 1852-1858 No
Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury 1848-1849 No

North East England

Surname opening electrification
Durham Coast Line 1841-1879 No
Esk Valley Line 1835 No
Northallerton-Eaglescliffe 1852 No
Tyne Valley Line 1834-1837 No
Tees Valley Line 1843-1861 No

North West England

Surname opening electrification
Blackpool Branch Lines 1846-1865 no (planned)
Borderlands Line 1887-1896 No
Buxton Line 1863 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Calder Valley Line 1848-1854 No
Chester – Manchester 1830-1863 No
Crewe – Manchester 1841 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Cumbrian Coast Line 1844-1845 No
East Lancashire Line 1846-1848 No
Ellesmere Port-Warrington 1863 No
Furness Line 1846-1858 No
Glossop Line 1844 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Hope Valley Line 1894 No
Huddersfield Line 1894 no (planned)
Kirkby Branch Line 1848 No
Leeds – Morecambe 1846-1864 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Liverpool – Earlestown – Manchester 1830 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Liverpool – Warrington – Manchester 1873 No
Liverpool – Wigan 1869-1871 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Manchester – Preston 1838-1841 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Manchester – Southport 1855 No
Mid-Cheshire Line 1855-1888 No
Morecambe Branch Line 1864 No
Northern Line 1848-1864 750 V =
Ormskirk Branch Line 1848 750 V =
Ribble Valley Line 1845-1872 No
Settle – Carlisle 1875 No
Stafford – Manchester 1848-1887 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Stockport – Stalybridge 1841 No
Styal Line 1909 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Tyne Valley Line 1834-1837 No
Windermere Branch Line 1847 no (planned)
Wirral Line 1840-1907 750 V =

Yorkshire and the Humber

Surname opening electrification
Airedale Line 1846 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Askern Branch Line 1848 No
Calder Valley Line 1848-1854 No
Dearne Valley Line 1839-1879 No
Doncaster – Lincoln 1849 No
Esk Valley Line 1835 No
Hallam Line 1850 No
Harrogate Line 1848 no (planned)
Hope Valley Line 1894 No
Huddersfield Line 1894 no (planned)
Leeds – Morecambe 1846-1864 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Leeds-Bradford 1846-1854 No
Leeds-Northallerton 1848-1852 No
Northallerton-Eaglescliffe 1852 No
Penistone Line 1850-1897 No
Pontefract Line 1848 No
Settle – Carlisle 1875 No
Sheffield-Hull
Sheffield-Lincoln 1849 No
South Humberside Main Line 1846-1847 no (planned)
Wakefield Line
Wharfedale Line 1846 25 kV 50 Hz ~
York – Selby 1839 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Yorkshire Coast Line 1846-1847 No
York – Scarborough 1845 No

Railway lines in Scotland

Surname opening electrification
Aberdeen – Inverness 1858 No
Argyle Line 1979 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Ayrshire Coast Line 1831-1845 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Cathcart Circle Lines 1886-1894 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Croy Line 1842 no (planned)
Cumbernauld Line 1848 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Edinburgh – Aberdeen 1848-1890 No
Edinburgh – Dunblane 1842-1848 No
Far North Line 1862-1874 No
Fife Circle Line 1890 No
Glasgow – Carstairs – Edinburgh 1848-1849 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Glasgow – Falkirk – Edinburgh 1842 no (planned)
Glasgow – Aberdeen 1838-1848 No
Glasgow South Western Line 1812-1877 25 kV 50 Hz ~ (partially)
Highland Main Line 1848-1863 No
Inverclyde Line 1841 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Kyle of Lochalsh Line 1862-1870 No
Maryhill Line 1993 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Motherwell-Cumbernauld 1996 25 kV 50 Hz ~
North Berwick Line 1849-1850 25 kV 50 Hz ~
North Clyde Line 1842-1897 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Paisley Canal Line 1885 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Shotts Line 1848 no (planned)
Waverley Line 1849-1862 No
West Highland Line 1842-1901 No
Whifflet Line 1993 No

Railway lines in Wales

Surname opening electrification
Borderlands Line 1866-1896 no (planned)
Butetown Branch Line 1840 no (planned)
Cambrian Line 1855-1869 No
Cardiff City Line 1987 no (planned)
Conwy Valley Line 1863-1881 No
Coryton Line 1911 no (planned)
Ebbw Valley Line 1850 no (planned)
Gloucester-Newport 1850-1851 No
Heart of Wales Line 1868 No
Maesteg Line 1861 no (planned)
Merthyr Line 1851-1853 no (planned)
North Wales Coast Line 1840-1850 No
Rhondda Line 1840-1861 no (planned)
Rhymney Line 1858-1895 no (planned)
Shrewsbury – Chester 1844-1847 No
South Wales Main Line 1850-1886 25 kV 50 Hz ~
Vale of Glamorgan Line 1885 no (planned)
Welsh Marches Line 1854-1858 No
West Wales Line 1868 No

Lines under construction

Surname opening electrification Type
Crossrail (Paddington - Whitechapel - Stradford) 2021 25 kV 50 Hz ~ New building
Varsity Line (Oxford - Bedford) 2019 25 kV 50 Hz ~ reopening

See also