Resources
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Wikipedia
edit- Wikipedia:Featured article criteria - Find out how to bring an article up to featured article status.
- Wikipedia:Peer review - List an article to be reviewed by other editors, who will give their comments, opinions and suggestions.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways/Categories - A list of categories which can be added to articles to include them in the category. Categories can also be browsed to find related articles.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways/Templates - A list of templates which can be added to articles, to help visualise information, provide navigational links etc.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways/Colours list - A list of colours to be used on previous/next station boxes on station articles.
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations) - The guideline for choosing article titles for railway stations.
Websites
editGovernmental
edit- Department for Transport Rail Group - Freight information, franchise renewals.
- Network Rail official website - Infrastructure, timetable, project details.
- Office of Rail Regulation website - Statistics, reports, track access agreements.
- ORR Station usage statistics - Used in infoboxes on articles about railway stations.
- Rail Accident Investigation Branch - UK and Northern Ireland railway accidents and incidents
- Rail Accident Investigation Unit - Republic of Ireland railway accidents and incidents
- Historic England - Listed buildings and monuments
- Heritage Gateway - Portal with broader search than just Historic England
Non-Governmental
edit- National Rail website - Train times, train operating company details.
- New Adlestrop Railway Atlas - Historical atlas of railway lines in Britain, currently in progess.
- The Railways Archive - Includes Acts of Parliament, reports and accident investigations.
- Vintage Carriages Trust - maintains a register of preserved rolling stock
Books
editPlease make use of the Rail transport book citation templates wherever possible.
Historical
edit- A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain
- Volume I: The West Country. Thomas, David St John ISBN 0715381520
- Volume II: Southern England. White, Henry Patrick ISBN 0715347330
- Volume III: Greater London. White, Henry Patrick ISBN 0946537399
- Volume IV: The North East. Hoole, K ISBN 0946537313
- Volume V: The Eastern Counties. Gordon, D.I. ISBN 0715374311
- Volume VI: Scotland: The Lowlands and Borders. Thomas, John (2 editions); citation template - {{Thomas-History-VI}}
- Volume VII: The West Midlands. Rex, Christiansen ISBN 0946537003
- Volume VIII: South and West Yorkshire. Joy, David ISBN 0946537119
- Volume IX: The East Midlands. Leleux, Robin ISBN 0946537062
- Volume X: The North West. Holt, Geofferey O. ISBN 0946537348
- Volume XI: North and Mid Wales. Baughan, Peter E. ISBN 0946537593
- Volume XII: South Wales. Barrie, D.S.M. ISBN 0715379704
- Volume XIII: Thames & Severn. Rex, Christiansen ISBN 0715380044
- Volume XIV: The Lake Counties. Joy, David ISBN 0946537569
- Volume XV: The North of Scotland. Thomas, John ISBN 0946537038
Railway accidents
edit- See the list at Books on British railway accidents
Railway stations
edit"Independent?" = not written by a railway company or its representatives
| Book | Summary | Typical extent of coverage per station | Independent? | Editor(s) who have it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Allan "Rail Centres" series | Each book is based on a major railway station. Series has 21 books (in order of publication): Brighton, York, Swindon, Peterborough, Exeter, Carlisle, Derby, Newcastle, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Sheffield, Leeds & Bradford, Wolverhampton, Reading, Edinburgh, Doncaster, Clapham Junction, Nottingham, Crewe, Manchester, Bristol | Extremely extensive: well over 100 pages are dedicated to the station and all operational and historical aspects. Nearby suburban stations are covered as well | Yes; publisher is Ian Allan Publishing (also Booklaw Publications) | Hassocks5489 and Harry Mitchell have Rail Centres: Brighton. Harry Also has Crewe, Derby, Exeter, Newcastle, and Nottingham. The joy of all things has Doncaster, Leeds/Bradford, and York. Redrose64 has a complete set, including 1st and 2nd editions for Brighton, Sheffield, Bristol; and a reprint (blue cover instead of grey) for Edinburgh. Verbarson has Clapham Junction and Wolverhampton. |
| Biddle, Gordon (2011). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures (second ed.). Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 9780711034914. | Detailed descriptions of railway structures of historic or architectural merit | A substantial paragraph or two, sometimes more, focusing on architectural description but including important dates/history | Yes | Harry Mitchell (other books) |
| Body, Geoffrey (1986). Railways of the Eastern Region volume 1:Southern operating area. PSL Field Guides. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 0850597129. | Individual descriptions of all stations in the region | Between one paragraph and several hundred words | Yes: publisher is Patrick Stephens Ltd | The joy of all things |
| Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region volume 2:Northern operating area. PSL Field Guides. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-072-1. | Individual descriptions of all stations in the region | Between one paragraph and several hundred words | Yes: publisher is Patrick Stephens Ltd | The joy of all things |
| Body, Geoffrey (1984). Railways of the Southern Region. PSL Field Guides. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 0-85059-664-5. | Individual descriptions of all stations in the region | Between one paragraph and several hundred words | Yes: publisher is Patrick Stephens Ltd | Hassocks5489 |
| Body, Geoffrey (1983). Railways of the Western Region. PSL Field Guides. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 0-85059-546-0. | Individual descriptions of all stations in the region | Between one paragraph and several hundred words | Yes: publisher is Patrick Stephens Ltd | Hassocks5489 |
| "British Railways Past and Present" series including: | Books are on a county/regional basis. Perhaps 100 stations per book (including closed stations) | A few sentences alongside pictures, but including useful information not recorded elsewhere | Yes: publisher is Past & Present Publishing Ltd; also Silver Link Publishing | Hassocks5489 has 15 of them |
| "...by Rail" series including: | Books are on a county/regional basis. All stations are covered | Brief | Yes: publisher is Jarrold Publishing Ltd | Hassocks5489 has 12 of them |
| Middleton Press series (see below) | Books cover short stretches of line or individual branch lines (e.g. "Branch Lines around Effingham Junction", "Three Bridges to Brighton") | Extensive. Each station has 10–15 paragraphs in the form of photograph captions, covering the station itself, locomotive depots, signalboxes and historic changes. Each book has a few introductory pages with additional information | Yes: publisher is Middleton Press Ltd | See below |
| Buildings of England series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) including: | Architectural guides by county/part of county | Some stations have coverage, especially if they are of architectural interest (not just listed buildings). One short paragraph is typical, with detail not found in other sources. | Yes: publisher is Yale University Press | Hassocks5489 has 4 of them The joy of all things has 3 of them (Yorkshire East, North and West) |
- Middleton Press books.
| Title | Copy held by |
|---|---|
| Abergavenny to Merthyr | |
| Abertillery & Ebbw Vale Lines | |
| Aberystwyth to Carmarthen | |
| Andover to Southampton | |
| Ashford from Steam to Eurostar | |
| Ashford to Dover | |
| Aylesbury to Rugby | Redrose64 |
| Baker Street to Uxbridge & Stanmore | Redrose64 |
| Bala to Llandudno | |
| Banbury to Birmingham | Redrose64 |
| Banbury to Cheltenham | Redrose64 |
| Bangor to Holyhead | |
| Bangor to Portmadoc | |
| Barking to Southend | |
| Barmouth to Pwllheli | |
| Basingstoke to Salisbury | |
| Bath Green Park to Bristol | |
| Bath to Evercreech Junction | |
| Beamish 40 Years on Rails | |
| Bedford to Wellingborough | |
| Berwick to Drem | |
| Berwick to St. Boswells | |
| Birkenhead to West Kirby | |
| Birmingham to Tamworth & Nuneaton | |
| Birmingham to Wolverhampton | |
| Blackburn to Hellifield | |
| Bletchley to Cambridge | |
| Bletchley to Rugby | |
| Boston to Lincoln | |
| Bournemouth to Evercreech Juntion | |
| Bournemouth to Weymouth | |
| Bradshaw's History | |
| Bradshaw's Rail Times 1850 | |
| Bradshaw's Rail Times 1895 | |
| Branch Lines around Ascot | |
| Branch Lines around Barry | |
| Branch Lines around Bodmin | |
| Branch Lines around Canterbury | Mjroots |
| Branch Lines around Chard & Yeovil | |
| Branch Lines around Cromer | |
| Branch Lines around Denbigh | |
| Branch Lines around Effingham Junction | Hassocks5489 |
| Branch Lines around Exmouth | |
| Branch Lines around Gosport | |
| Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye | |
| Branch Lines around Hertford & Hatfield | |
| Branch Lines around Huntingdon | |
| Branch Lines around Lowestoft | |
| Branch Lines around Lydney | |
| Branch Lines around March | |
| Branch Lines around Market Drayton | |
| Branch Lines around Midhurst | |
| Branch Lines around North Woolwich | |
| Branch Lines around Oswestry | |
| Branch Lines around Plymouth | |
| Branch Lines around Porthmadog 1954-94 | |
| Branch Lines around Portmadoc 1923-46 The Welsh Highland and Festiniog Railways | Mjroots |
| Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye | |
| Branch Lines around Sheerness | Mjroots |
| Branch Lines around Spalding | |
| Branch Lines around Swaffham | |
| Branch Lines around Swansea | |
| Branch Lines around Towcester | |
| Branch Lines around Tiverton | |
| Branch Lines around Weymouth | |
| Branch Lines around Wimbourne | |
| Branch Lines around Wisbech | |
| Branch Lines around Witham & Kelvedon | |
| Branch Lines around Wroxham | |
| Branch Lines East of Norwich the Wherry Lines | Mjroots |
| Branch Lines of East London | |
| Branch Lines of Midhurst | |
| Branch Lines of West London | Redrose64 |
| Branch Lines of West Wiltshire | |
| Branch Lines to Alton | |
| Branch Lines to Bartlow | |
| Branch Lines to Clacton and Walton | |
| Branch Lines to Cleobury Mortimer | |
| Branch Lines to Clevedon & Portishead | |
| Branch Lines to Dunstable | |
| Branch Lines to East Grinstead | |
| Branch Lines to Effingham Junction | |
| Branch Lines to Exmouth | Redrose64 |
| Branch Lines to Falmouth, Helston & St. Ives | |
| Branch Lines to Harwich & Hadleigh | |
| Branch Lines to Hemel Hempstead | |
| Branch Lines to Henley, Windsor and Marlow | Redrose64 |
| Branch Lines to Horsham | Mjroots |
| Branch Lines to Ilfracombe | |
| Branch Lines to Launceston & Princetown | |
| Branch Lines to Longmoor | |
| Branch Lines to Midhurst | Mjroots |
| Branch Lines to Monmouth | |
| Branch Lines to Newport (IOW) | |
| Branch Lines to Newquay | |
| Branch Lines to Pembroke and Cardigan | Redrose64 |
| Branch Lines to Princes Risborough | Redrose64 |
| Branch Lines to Seaton & Sidmouth | |
| Branch Lines to Southend & Southminster | |
| Branch Lines to Sudbury | |
| Branch Lines to Torrington | |
| Branch Lines to Tunbridge Wells | Mjroots |
| Branch Line from Leek | |
| Branch Line to Allhallows | |
| Branch Line to Ashburton | |
| Branch Line to Bude | |
| Branch Line to Cheddar | |
| Branch Line to Fairford | Redrose64 |
| Branch Line to Felixtowe & Aldeburgh | |
| Branch Line to Hawkhurst | Mjroots |
| Branch Line to Hayling | |
| Branch Line to Ilfracombe | |
| Branch Line to Kingsbridge | |
| Branch Line to Kingswear | |
| Branch Line to Lambourn | Redrose64 |
| Branch Line to Looe | |
| Branch Line to Lyme Regis | |
| Branch Line to Lynton | |
| Branch Line to Minehead | |
| Branch Line to Moretonhampstead | |
| Branch Line to Ongar | |
| Branch Line to Padstow | |
| Branch Line to Selsey | |
| Branch Line to Shrewsbury | |
| Branch Line to Skegness & Mablethorpe | |
| Branch Line to Southwold | Mjroots |
| Branch Line to Swanage | |
| Branch Line to Swanage to 1999 | |
| Branch Line to Tenterden | Mjroots |
| Branch Line to the Derwent Valley | |
| Branch Line to Upwell | |
| Branch Line to Wantage | Redrose64 |
| Brecon to Neath | |
| Brecon to Newport | |
| Brecon to Newtown | |
| Brighton to Eastbourne | |
| Brighton to Worthing | Hassocks5489 |
| Bristol to Taunton | |
| Bromley South to Rochester | |
| Bromsgrove to Birmingham | Redrose64 |
| Bromsgrove to Gloucester | |
| Broxbourne to Cambridge | |
| Brunel - a Railtour | |
| Burnham to Evercreech Junction | |
| Cambridge to Ely | |
| Cardiff to Dowlais (Cae Harris) | |
| Cardiff to Pontypridd | Redrose64 |
| Cardiff to Swansea | |
| Carlisle to Hawick | |
| Carmarthen to Fishguard | Redrose64 |
| Caterham and Tattenham Corner | |
| Chard & Yeovil | |
| Charing Cross to Dartford | |
| Charing Cross to Orpington | Mjroots |
| Cheltenham to Andover | |
| Cheltenham to Redditch | |
| Chester to Birkenhead | |
| Chester to Manchester | |
| Chester to Rhyl | |
| Chester to Warrington | |
| Chichester to Portsmouth | |
| Clapham Jn to Beckenham Jn | |
| Clapham Junction 50 Years of Change | |
| Consett to South Shields | |
| Cornwall Narrow Gauge | |
| Corris and Vale of Rheidol | |
| Coventry to Leicester | |
| Craven Arms to Wellington | |
| Crawley to Littlehampton | Hassocks5489 |
| Crewe to Manchester | |
| Crewe to Wigan | |
| Croydon (Woodside) to East Grinstead | Mjroots |
| Crystal Palace and Catford Loop | |
| Darlington Leamside to Newcastle | |
| Darlington to Newcastle | |
| Dartford to Sittingbourne | |
| Derby to Stoke-on-Trent | |
| Devon Narrow Gauge | |
| Didcot to Banbury | Redrose64 |
| Didcot to Swindon | Redrose64 |
| Didcot to Winchester | Redrose64 |
| Dorset & Somerset Narrow Gauge | |
| Douglas - Laxey - Ramsey | |
| Douglas to Peel | |
| Douglas to Port Erin | |
| Douglas to Ramsey | |
| Dover to Ramsgate including the Margate Sands Branch | Mjroots |
| Drem to Edinburgh | |
| Dublin Northwards in 1950s | |
| Ealing to Slough | Redrose64 |
| Eastbourne to Hastings | |
| East Cornwall Mineral Railways | |
| East Croydon to Three Bridges | |
| East Kent Light Railway | |
| East London Line | Redrose64 |
| Ely to Kings Lynn | |
| Ely to Norwich | |
| Enfield Town & Palace Gates | |
| Epsom to Horsham | |
| Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone | |
| Exeter to Barnstaple | |
| Exeter to Newton Abbot | |
| Exeter to Tavistock | |
| Fareham to Salisbury | |
| Faversham to Dover | |
| Fenchurch Street to Barking | |
| Festiniog in Colour 1955-82 | |
| Festiniog in the Fifties | |
| Festiniog in the Sixties | |
| Festiniog 50 Years of Enterprise | |
| Festiniog 1946-55 | |
| Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace | |
| Frome to Bristol | |
| Galashiels to Edinburgh | |
| Gloucester to Bristol | |
| Gloucester to Cardiff | |
| Guildford to Redhill | Hassocks5489 |
| Hampshire Narrow Gauge | |
| Harrow to Watford | |
| Hastings to Ashford | |
| Hawick to Galashiels | |
| Haywards Heath to Seaford | |
| Hereford to Newport | |
| Hertford Loop | |
| Hexham to Carlisle | |
| Hexham to Hawick | |
| Hitchin to Peterborough | |
| Holborn Viaduct to Lewisham | |
| Ilford to Shenfield | |
| Industrial Railways of the South East | |
| Ipswich to Diss | |
| Ipswich to Saxmundham | |
| Isle of Man Railway Journey | |
| Isle of Wight Lines 50 Years of Change | |
| Kent Narrow Gauge | Mjroots |
| Kettering to Nottingham | |
| Kidderminster to Shrewsbury | |
| Kings Cross to Potters Bar | |
| Kings Lynn to Hunstanton | |
| Kingston and Hounslow Loops | |
| Leeds to Selby and Goole | The joy of all things |
| Leicester to Burton | |
| Lewisham to Dartford | |
| Lincoln to Cleethorpes | |
| Lincoln to Doncaster | |
| Lines around Stamford | |
| Lines around Wimbledon | |
| Liverpool Street to Chingford | |
| Liverpool Street to Ilford | |
| Llandeilo to Swansea | |
| London Bridge to Addiscombe | |
| London Bridge to East Croydon | |
| London Chatham and Dover Railway | |
| Loughborough to Nottingham | |
| Ludlow to Hereford | |
| Machynlleth to Barmouth | |
| Maestegg & Tondu Lines | |
| Market Harborough to Newark | |
| Marylebone to Rickmansworth | Redrose64 |
| Melton Constable to Yarmouth Beach | |
| Mitcham Junction Lines | |
| Monmouthshire Eastern Valleys | |
| Moreton-in-Marsh to Worcester | Redrose64 |
| Morpeth to Bellingham | |
| Mountain Ash to Neath | |
| Newark to Doncaster | |
| Newbury to Westbury | Redrose64 |
| Newcastle to Hexham | |
| Newton Abbot to Plymouth | |
| Newtown to Aberystwyth | |
| Northampton to Peterborough | |
| North London Line | |
| North of Birmingham | |
| Nottingham to Boston | |
| Nottingham to Lincoln | |
| Orpington to Tonbridge including the Branch Line to Westerham | Mjroots |
| Oswestry to Whitchurch | |
| Oxford to Bletchley | Redrose64 |
| Oxford to Moreton-in-Marsh | Redrose64 |
| Paddington to Ealing | Redrose64 |
| Paddington to Princes Risborough | Redrose64 |
| Peterborough to Kings Lynn | |
| Peterborough to Lincoln | |
| Peterborough to Newark | |
| Plymouth to St. Austell | |
| Princes Risborough to Banbury | Redrose64 |
| Pontypool to Mountain Ash | |
| Pontypridd to Merthyr | |
| Pontypridd to Port Talbot | |
| Porthmadog to Blaenau | |
| Portsmouth to Southampton | |
| Potters Bar to Cambridge | |
| Railways to Victory 1944-46 | |
| Reading to Basingstoke | Redrose64 |
| Reading to Didcot | Redrose64 |
| Reading to Guildford | Redrose64 |
| Redhill to Ashford | |
| Return to Blaenau 1970-82 | |
| Rhyl to Bangor | |
| Rhymney & New Tredegar Lines | |
| Rickmansworth to Aylesbury | Redrose64 |
| Romnneyrail | |
| Ruabon to Barmouth | |
| Rugby to Birmingham | |
| Rugby to Stafford | Redrose64 |
| Rugby to Stoke-on-Trent | |
| Ryde to Ventnor | |
| Salisbury to Westbury | |
| Salisbury to Yeovil | |
| Saxmundham to Yarmouth | |
| SECR Centenary Album | |
| Shenfield to Ipswich | |
| Shrewsbury to Chester | |
| Shrewsbury to Crewe | |
| Shrewsbury to Ludlow | |
| Shrewsbury to Newtown | |
| Sirhowy Valley Line | |
| Sittingbourne to Ramsgate | |
| Slough to Newbury | Redrose64 |
| Southampton to Bournemouth | |
| South Croydon Line | |
| South Eastern Railway | |
| South London Line | Redrose64 |
| South Lynn to Norwich City | |
| Spalding to Grimsby | |
| Stafford to Chester | |
| Stafford to Wellington | |
| St. Albans to Bedford | |
| St. Austell to Penzance | |
| St. Boswell to Berwick | |
| Steaming through Cornwall | |
| Steaming through East Hants | |
| Steaming through East Sussex | |
| Steaming through Kent | Mjroots |
| Steaming through Surrey | |
| Steaming through the Isle of Wight | |
| Steaming through West Sussex | |
| Steaming through West Hants | |
| Stourbridge to Wolverhampton | Redrose64 |
| St. Pancras to Barking | |
| St. Pancras to Folkestone | |
| St. Pancras to St. Albans | |
| Stratford to Cheshunt | |
| Stratford upon Avon to Birmingham | Redrose64 |
| Stratford upon Avon to Cheltenham | Redrose64 |
| Strood to Paddock Wood | |
| Surrey Narrow Gauge | |
| Sussex Narrow Gauge | |
| Swanley to Ashford | |
| Swansea to Carmarthen | Redrose64 |
| Swindon to Bristol | |
| Swindon to Gloucester | Redrose64 |
| Swindon to Newport | |
| Talyllyn 50 Years of Change | |
| Talyllyn 60 | |
| Tamworth to Derby | |
| Taunton to Barnstaple | |
| Taunton to Exeter | |
| Tavistock to Plymouth | |
| The East Kent Light Railway | Mjroots |
| Three Bridges to Brighton | Hassocks5489 |
| Tilbury Loop | |
| Tivetshall to Beccles | |
| Tonbridge to Hastings | |
| Two-foot Gauge Survivors | |
| Uttoxeter to Macclesfield | |
| Victoria to Bromley South | |
| Victoria to East Croydon | |
| Walsall Routes | |
| Wareham to Swanage 50 years | |
| War on the Line | |
| Waterloo to Windsor | |
| Waterloo to Woking | |
| Watford to Leighton Buzzard | |
| Wellingborough to Leicester | |
| Welshpool to Llanfair | |
| Wenford Bridge to Fowey | |
| Westbury to Bath | |
| Westbury to Taunton | |
| West Cornwall Mineral Railways | |
| West Croydon to Epsom | |
| West London Line | Redrose64 |
| West Sussex Railways in the 1980s | Hassocks5489 |
| Willesden Junction to Richmond | |
| Wimbledon to Beckenham | Hassocks5489 |
| Wimbledon to Epsom | |
| Woking to Alton | |
| Woking to Portsmouth | |
| Woking to Southampton | |
| Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury | |
| Wolverhampton to Stafford | |
| Worcester to Birmingham | Redrose64 |
| Worcester to Hereford | |
| Worthing to Chichester | |
| Wrexham to New Brighton | |
| Yeovil to Dorchester | |
| Yeovil to Exeter | |
| Yeovil 50 Years of Change | |
| York to Scarborough |
- Certain local authorities maintain lists of locally listed buildings. Their written assessments of the historical and architectural significance can be substantial and in-depth. Two examples of reports for locally listed railway stations: Falmer; London Road (Brighton).