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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}{{Sidebar track gauge}}A list of {{RailGauge|3ft}} narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom. The worldwide usage of locomotives on railways, including {{RailGauge|3ft}} gauge railways, has its origins in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century during the Industrial Revolution. In fact, in 1802, a {{RailGauge|3ft|disp=1}} gauge plateway-type railway owned by the Coalbrookdale Company in England became the first railway in the world to have a locomotive designed and built for it. The locomotive's designer, Richard Trevithick, is credited with making the first recorded successful demonstration of a locomotive on rails (in 1804 on a different railway in Wales). {{RailGauge|3ft|disp=1}} gauge locomotive-powered railways, along with other narrow-gauge railways of varying widths, would later become one of the most common railway gauges chosen for short-distance lines in the British Isles, such as those found in mines and industrial sites (see table below). Railways| Country/territory | Railway | England- Alan Keef Headquarters (private) ({{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge lines and dual gauge lines with {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge track also present) (all {{RailGauge|3ft}} gauge trackage is dual-gauged with {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge trackage) (operating)
- British Moss Litter Company (defunct)
- City of Worcester Tramways Company (defunct)
- Coalbrookdale Company (world's first railway to have a locomotive designed and built for it; however, no record of a successful run of this locomotive exists) (gauge of locomotive itself slightly wider than {{RailGauge|3ft}} gauge due to railway's plateway design) (defunct)
- Geltsdale Reservoir Railway (defunct)
- Kettering Ironstone Railway (1876-1962)[1]
- Moorends Works (standard-gauge lines also present) (defunct)
- Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (converted to {{RailGauge|15in}} gauge) (operating)
- Redlake Tramway (defunct)
- Rye and Camber Tramway (defunct)
- Scropton Tramway (defunct)
- Southend Pier Railway (1986-present) (operating)
- Southwold Railway (defunct)
- Steep Grade Railway (defunct)
- Thorne and Hatfield Moors (defunct)
- Titterstone Clee Hill (defunct)
- Torrington and Marland Railway (defunct)
- Tramways Trust Company (defunct)
- Trevithick Shed (located in Blists Hill Victorian Town) (UNESCO World Heritage Site status shared with entire Ironbridge Gorge area) (separate standard-gauge railway named Hay Inclined Lift and separate {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge railway named Mine Railway also present) (operating)
- Tynemouth and District Tramways (defunct)
- Worcester Tramways Company (defunct)
| | Northern Ireland{{main|List of narrow-gauge railways in Ireland}} | Scotland- Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway (dual gauge lines with standard-gauge track also present) (defunct)
- Skye Marble Railway (defunct)
- Strathbathie Light Railway (1900-1949)
| Wales- Barmouth Junction and Arthog Tramway (defunct)
- Deep Mine Railway (located in Llechwedd Slate Caverns) (separate {{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} gauge railway named Miners' Tramway also present) (operating)
- Gorseddau Tramway (defunct)
- Llanelly Tramways (defunct)
- Little Ormes Head Quarry Tramway (defunct)
- Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. (defunct)
- Porthgain Railway (defunct)
- Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway (defunct)
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See also{{Portal|Trains}}- British narrow-gauge railways
- Heritage railway
- 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom
- 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United Kingdom
- 3 ft gauge railroads in the United States
- Three foot six inch gauge railways in the United Kingdom
References1. ^{{Quine ironstone |part=2}}
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140201174323/http://www.southend.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=200135&documentID=1014 Southend Pier Railway - official website]
- Llechwedd Slate Caverns - official website
{{Navbox track gauge}} 1 : 3 ft gauge railways in the United Kingdom |