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As coronavirus guidelines begin to be eased following the announcement by Boris Johnson on the 23rd June 2020. Many railways are announcing when they can begin running trains again.
With so many railways around Britain, we thought it would be useful to have one page with dates for when the railways are reopening, and if there are any specific comments regarding their reopening.
COVID-19 is still a fast-moving pandemic, and this information is changing all the time, please contact the relevant railway before travelling to get confirmation.
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- Amberley Museum
- Open to the public from 29th July 2020
- Members Day 25th & 26th July 2020
- Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society
- Socially distanced brake vans tours from 27th June 2020
- Avon Valley Railway
- Bitton buffet open on selected days
- Trains from 1st August 2020
- Apedale Valley Light Railway
- Open from 1st August 2020
- Bala Lake Railway
- Trains running from 6th July 2020
- Beamish Museum
- Reopening 23rd July 2020
- Bekonscot Model Village & Railway
- Model Village reopens from Monday 6th July 2020
- Bluebell Railway
- Trains running from 7th August 2020
- Bodmin and Wenford Railway
- Closed for the summer
- Bredgar Wormshill Light Railway
- All open days cancelled for 2020
- Bressingham Steam Museum
- Open from 4th July 2020
- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
- Open from 2nd August 2020
- Bure Valley Railway
- Trains to begin running from 11th July 2020
- Chasewater Railway
- The Sidings Tea Room open on selected days
- Brownhills West Cafe open
- Trains cancelled for 2020
- Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
- Closed until the Autumn
- Improvement works at Wallingford accelerated
- Closed until the Autumn
- Churnet Valley Railway
- Trains set to run from 1st August 2020
- Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
- Trains begin running again on 4th July 2020
- Crich Tramway Village
- Open from the 11th July 2020
- Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company
- Trains and boat rides from Monday 6th July 2020
- Dean Forest Railway
- Open from the 1st August 2020
- Devon Railway Centre
- Open from 15th July 2020
- Didcot Railway Centre
- Centre reopens from Saturday 4th July 2020
- Steam train rides from 18th July 2020
- East Kent Railway
- Not ready to reopen yet
- East Anglian Railway Museum
- Open from 17th July 2020
- No trains running
- East Lancashire Railway
- Trains resume on 1st August 2020
- East Somerset Railway
- Open from 18th July 2020
- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
- Trains resume on 25th July 2020
- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway
- Reopening on 25th July 2020
- Epping Ongar Railway
- Open from 1st August 2020
- Evesham Vale Light Railway
- Potential opening in early July
- Fairbourne Railway
- Trains running from 14th July 2020
- Fancott Miniature Railway
- Working towards a reopening on Saturday 1st August
- Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
- Trains resume between Porthmadog and Tan-y-bwlch ONLY from 20th July 2020
- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
- Trains running from 15th August 2020
- Great Central Railway
- Provisional start date of 25th July 2020
- Groudle Glen Railway
- Trains begin on 5th July 2020
- Gwili Steam Railway
- Awaiting confirmation of reopening
- Hayling Railway
- Eastoke Station Shop now open
- Hollycombe Steam In The Country
- Closed for 2020 – reopening Easter 2021
- Helston Railway
- Not ready to reopen yet
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway
- Railway reopens 12th July 2020
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
- Opening on 19th August 2020
- Kent and East Sussex Railway
- Open from 18th July 2020
- Kirklees Light Railway
- Provisional reopening on 11th July 2020
- Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
- Open from 4th July 2020
- Launceston Steam Railway
- Closed for 2020
- Laxey Mine Railway
- Trains begin on 4th July 2020
- Llanberis Lake Railway
- Opens 1st August 2020
- Llangollen Railway
- Open from 1st August 2020
- Locomotion at Shildon
- Open from 28th July
- Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
- Open from 18th July 2020
- Mid Hants Railway “The Watercress Line”
- Open from 11th July 2020
- Mid Norfolk Railway
- Closed until at least August 2020
- 2020 Special Events cancelled
- Middleton Railway
- Open from 2nd August 2020
- Mid Suffolk Light Railway
- No plans to reopen in 2020
- National Railway Museum – York
- Opens from 4th August
- Nene Valley Railway
- Running trains from 25th July 2020
- Northampton and Lamport Railway
- Trains resume 2nd August 2020
- Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway TrustÂ
- Trains begin on 5th July 2020
- North Bay Railway, Scarborough
- Trains begin running from 4th July 2020
- North Norfolk Railway
- Trains begin running from 8th July 2020
- North Tyneside Steam Railway
- Open from 21st August 2020
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway
- Trains resume from 1st August 2020
- Perrygrove Railway
- Open from 4th July 2020
- Ravensprings Park Miniature Railway
- All 2020 Open Days cancelled
- Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
- Trains resume from 4th July 2020
- Trains between Hythe and Dungeness resume 18th JulyÂ
- Ruislip Lido Railway
- Trains running from 4th July 2020
- Saphos Trains
- Railtours to begin operating from 15th July 2020
- Seaton Tramway
- Reopen from 4th July 2020
- Severn Valley Railway
- Reopening from 1st August 2020
- Snowdon Mountain Railway
- Open from 10th July 2020 – to Clogwyn only
- South Tynedale Railway
- Crossing Cafe now open
- Spa Valley Railway
- Opens 29th August 2020
- Statfold Barn Railway
- Open from 5th July
- Stephenson Steam Railway
- Open from 21st August 2020
- Swanage Railway
- Reopening 11th July 2020
- Talyllyn Railway
- Open from 1st August 2020
- Thompson Park Railway
- Reopening 11th July 2020
- Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
- Open from 15th July 2020
- Vale of Rheidol Railway
- Closed for 2020
- Yeovil Railway Centre
- Closed for 2020
If you can’t head out to the individual railways, then why not help them through their COVID appeals, it has been a difficult year for these railways, and they need our help to survive!
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