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« on: February 22, 2025, 17:08:31 »
Updating the map / database .... anything I should be adding or taking away?

Avon Valley   {Heritage ST 6691 7356}   3158|https://www.avonvalleyrailway.org
Blaenavon   {Heritage SO 2340 0940}   https://www.bhrailway.co.uk
Bluebell   {Heritage TQ 4046 2362}   14477|https://www.bluebell-railway.com
Bodmin   {Heritage SX 0725 6702}   21446|https://bodminrailway.co.uk
Brecon Moutain   {Heritage SO 0590 0970}   https://www.bmr.wales
Bristol Harbour   {Heritage ST 5840 7220}   9106|https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-on/train-rides/
Chinnor   {Heritage SP 7576 0096}   19911|https://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk
Cholsey - Wallingford   {Heritage SU 6072 8948}   2888|https://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com
Dartmouth Steam   {Heritage SX 8818 5102}   https://www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk
Dean Forest   {Heritage SO 6293 0421}   13751|https://deanforestrailway.co.uk
East Somerset   {Heritage ST 6709 4514}   2876|https://eastsomersetrailway.com
Gloucestershire - Warwickshire   {Heritage SP 0209 3254}   2350|https://www.gwsr.com
Gwili   {Heritage SN 4180 2370}   7363|https://gwili-railway.co.uk/#1
Haven Street   {Heritage SZ 5620 9040}   https://iwsteamrailway.co.uk
Helston   {Heritage SW 6475 3050}   583|https://www.helstonrailway.co.uk
Kidderminster - Bridgnorth   {Heritage SO 7162 9319}   6572|https://www.svr.co.uk
Lappa Valley   {Heritage SW 8068 5853}   https://www.lappavalley.co.uk
Launceston   {Heritage SX 3312 8444}   16163|http://launcestonsr.co.uk
Lynton - Barnstaple   {Heritage SS 6465 4316}   23591|701|https://www.lynton-rail.co.uk
Lynton - Lynmouth   {Heritage SS 7237 4940}   24149|14626|https://www.cliffrailwaylynton.co.uk
Mid Hants   {Heritage SU 5883 3269}   https://www.watercressline.co.uk
Northamtonshire Iron   {Heritage }
Plym Valley   {Heritage SX 5250 5870}   11624|https://www.plymrail.co.uk
Seaton Tramway   {Heritage SY 2344 9189}   https://www.tram.co.uk
Somerset and Dorset   {Heritage ST 6750 5460}   7069|https://sdjr.co.uk
South Devon   {Heritage SX 7393 6611}   1031|https://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk
Spa Valley   {Heritage TQ 5541 3527}https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
Swanage   {Heritage SZ 0399 7986}   2353|https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
Swindon and Cricklade   {Heritage SU 1506 9056}   7862|https://swindon-cricklade-railway.org
Vale of Rheidol   {Heritage SN 7650 7560}   https://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk
Volks Electric   {Heritage TQ 3140 0389}   23404|http://volkselectricrailway.co.uk
West Somerset   {Heritage SS 9685 4621}   2688|17237|https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk|http://www.wsr.org.uk|https://www.wsra.org.uk|https://www.mineheadraillinkgroup.org.uk
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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2025, 17:23:55 »

Add Torrington (Tarka▸ (Branch line from Barnstaple to Exeter) Valley Rly - Heritage)
Add Bideford (Rly Heritage Centre)
Add Christow (Rly Centre of Excellence)

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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2025, 18:02:33 »
Vale of Berkeley Railway?  Okay it's not quite doing passenger rides yet but things are moving on.
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2025, 18:35:35 »
Although I've not been there, there is the Devon Railway Centre at Blickleigh.
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2025, 20:55:18 »
Quote from: grahame on February 22, 2025, 17:08:31
Updating the map / database .... anything I should be adding or taking away?

Northamtonshire Iron   {Heritage }

Speeling mishtake - Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust - https://www.northantsironstonerailway.co.uk/
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« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2025, 21:39:05 »
Thanks, ChrisB.

"Brecon Moutain" could also do with being corrected.

However, when I looked at most of the formatting in that post, such that many of those links don't work, even I decided to take a step back from that one.

Sorry, grahame. Embarrassed
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« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2025, 22:09:07 »
Wot no DIDCOT!
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2025, 00:15:22 »
Romsey signalbox

Shillingstone Station


Gartell Light Railway (does this count as heritage?)
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2025, 00:45:13 »
Quote from: johnneyw on February 22, 2025, 18:35:35
Although I've not been there, there is the Devon Railway Centre at Blickleigh.

Thanks, johnneyw, but it's actually in Bickleigh.  Coincidentally, I have been there - some time ago.  Wink

Your typo, however, caused me no undue concern - compared with the outrage I felt when Michael Portillo (with all of his researchers as a backup team) still referred to my local station as Nailsea & Blackwell, when he visited us.

Chris from Backwell (our local station is actually just within the parish of Backwell). Lips sealed
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2025, 09:18:22 »
Presumably him referring to Blackwell made you Crosse.    Grin
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2025, 15:12:16 »
Many thanks for all those additions and corrections ... which I will build into the updated and corrected mapping.  Some are obvious omissions - some I wonder where to draw the line.  I recall doing the swing bridge over the sheepwash channel and the old Culham stations on their open days and there may be logic to include those, as well as logic to say they are so rarely open that they should not be included.
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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2025, 16:42:05 »
The Oxford swing bridge I believe is an ancient monument, rather than heritage rail.
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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2025, 16:56:37 »
Quote from: ChrisB on February 23, 2025, 16:42:05
The Oxford swing bridge I believe is an ancient monument, rather than heritage rail.

You spot the very issue of knowing where to draw the line.   What criteria should be used? 
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« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2025, 17:02:09 »
Should funiculars be included?
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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2025, 17:15:13 »
Quote from: JayMac on February 23, 2025, 17:02:09
Should funiculars be included?

Oy!  Mind your language!  Grin
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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