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Three foot six inch gauge railways in the United Kingdom

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The Little Eaton Gangway in 1908 with the last train of loaded coal wagons.
Model of a Darlington Corporation Light Railways tramcar at the National Tramway Museum.
The Southport Pier Tramway.
The Great Orme Tramway, a street-running funicular.
Horse-drawn slate wagon used on the Nantlle Railway, now preserved at the Welsh Slate Museum.

One of the first railways using 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge track was the Little Eaton Gangway in England, constructed as a horse-drawn wagonway in 1795. Other 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge wagonways in England and Wales were also built in the early 19th century. Also during this time, numerous tram networks were built in 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge (see table below).

Railways

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Country/territory Railway
England

Berkshire

Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Cornwall

Cumbria

Derbyshire

Devon

Dorset

Durham

East Sussex

Essex

Gloucestershire

Greater Manchester

Herefordshire

Kent

Lancashire

Merseyside

  • Southport Pier Tramway (converted to 1 ft 11+12 in (597 mm) gauge, then converted back to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge) (defunct)

Norfolk

North Yorkshire

Northamptonshire

Northumberland

Somerset

South Yorkshire

Shropshire

Staffordshire

Suffolk

West Midlands

West Sussex

West Yorkshire

Wiltshire

Worcestershire

Scotland
Wales

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Silkstone Waggonway, South Yorkshire: Survey Report (PDF). Vol. 1. Yorkshire Archaeological Trust. August 2012.