British industrial narrow-gauge railways
Name Opened Closed Gauge Location Notes
Berkhamsted Gasworks Railway ? 1955 16 ⁄ 2 in ( 419 mm ) Berkhamsted , England Short horse-worked line connecting the gasworks with a goods yard
Bournemouth Gas & Water Company Railway 1864 1930s 3 ft ( 914 mm ) and 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Bournemouth , England 3 ft ( 914 mm ) gauge elevated railway for coal transport until 1918 . 2 ft ( 610 mm ) gauge locomotive worked line for gasholder construction in the early 1930s
Dundee Gasworks Railway ? ? 1 ft 11 ⁄ 2 in ( 597 mm ) Dundee , Scotland Internal steam-hauled gas works railway
Granton Gasworks Railway ? 1965 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) Edinburgh , Scotland Internal steam-hauled gas works railway
Hilsea Gasworks Railway 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) Portsmouth , England Steam-locomotive hauled gasworks railway
Harrogate Gasworks Railway 1908 1956 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Harrogate , England Steam-hauled railway running from the North Eastern Railway to Harrogate gasworks
London Gas Light Co. Nine Elms Works 1863 ( ? ) 1927 3 ft ( 914 mm ) and 2 ft ( 610 mm ) London , England Internal steam-hauled railway hauling coal to the gasworks , replaced by conveyor belts
South Metropolitan Gas Company East Greenwich Works before 1910 1933 750 mm ( 2 ft 5 ⁄ 2 in ) London , England Internal steam-hauled gas works railway
South Metropolitan Gas Company Old Kent Road Works 1892 1953 3 ft ( 914 mm ) London , England Internal steam-hauled gas works railway on the Old Kent Road
South Metropolitan Gas Company Vauxhall Works 1890s after 1951 3 ft ( 914 mm ) London , England Internal steam-hauled gas works railway
Southern Gas Board , Poole Gasworks 1944 1972 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Poole , England Internal gasworks line using Lister locomotives
Winnal Gasworks Railway 2 ft 8 in ( 813 mm ) Winchester , England Overhead electric-locomotive hauled gasworks railway
York Gasworks Company 1915 1959 2 ft 3 in ( 686 mm ) York , England Electrified railway , operated by a locomotive built by Dick , Kerr & Co
General -- Gas works
British industrial narrow-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man that were primarily built to serve one or more industries. Some offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not run public passenger trains. They are categorized by the primary industry they served.