| South Tynedale Railway | |
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 Polish locomotive Nakło at Kirkhaugh Station | |
| Terminus | |
| Coordinates | 54°50′24″N 2°28′26″W / 54.840°N 2.474°W |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | South Tynedale Railway |
| Original gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Stations | 4 |
| Length | 5 miles (8.0 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) |
| Commercial history | |
| Closed | 3 May 1976 |
| Preservation history | |
| 3 May 1976 | Former branch line to Alston closed. |
| 1977 | STR Preservation Society turns attention to reconstruction of branch, to narrow gauge |
| 30 July 1983 | South Tynedale Railway opens to the Public, for the very first time. |
| 1986 | STR reaches Gilderdale |
| 1996 | Gilderdale-Kirkhaugh extension completed |
| 4 September 1999 | STR extends to Kirkhaugh, Gilderdale station closed after 13 years |
| 2009 | STR latest extension granted |
| 1 April 2012 | STR returns to Lintley Halt |
| 11 June 2018 | STR extends to Slaggyford |
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The South Tynedale Railway operates
between Slaggyford and Alston. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The South Tynedale Railway is a preserved, 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Northern England and at 875 feet (267 m) is England's second highest narrow gauge railway after the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in north Devon. The South Tynedale line runs from Alston in Cumbria, down the South Tyne Valley, via Gilderdale, Kirkhaugh and Lintley, then across the South Tyne, Gilderdale and Whitley Viaducts to Slaggyford in Northumberland.