| Rosedale Railway | |
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 Looking south across Rosedale Moor; the trackbed of the old railway leading away on the left, Farndale deep in green on the right | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Closed, lifted |
| Locale | North York Moors, England |
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| Service | |
| Type | Heavy rail Freight railway |
| History | |
| Opened | 6 April 1858 |
| Converted to standard gauge | 27 March 1861 |
| Rosedale East branch opened | 18 August 1865 |
| Line closed | 11 June 1929 |
| Technical | |
| Track length | 19.5 mi (31.4 km) |
| Number of tracks | 1 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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The Rosedale Railway was a 19.5-mile (31.4 km) goods-only railway line running from Battersby Junction via Ingleby Incline, across the heights of the North York Moors in North Yorkshire, England to reach iron ore deposits in the remote hills of the Rosedale valley. It opened to traffic as a narrow gauge railway to Ingleby Incline top in 1858, converted to standard gauge and opened to Rosedale West in 1861, and closed completely in 1929. Apart from Ingleby Incline, no major engineering works were constructed, and as such, particularly the east branch, the railway followed the contours of the surrounding hillside. The former trackbeds of the railway are in use by walkers and cyclists.