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This morning another scam telephone caller (with an Asian voice) called to confirm my address but I said I had now moved to 24, Leinster Gardens, London W2. She accepted it and I put the phone down. Obviously not aware that it is one of the famous false fronted houses.

The Rother Valley Railway is a heritage railway and not Network Rail property

As far as know railways use red diesel which is cheaper.

Foxfield Railway has a section with a gradient of 1 in 19 to the colliery

There were many lines that were refused closure by the Minister for Transport. Settle- Carlisle (and Blackburn to Hellifield) were refused by Micheal Portillo in the 1980s. The whole Isle of Wight rail system was proposed for closure in the 1960s but Ryde Pier Head- Shanklin survived. More...

I agree with bramling. The route through the town centre, closed in 1969, has been lost to shops and housing development. The route between Uckfield and Lewes is protected from development using the route of the former Hamsey Loop which closed in the 1860s. The present single line track layout...

Complete lising of all "fords" - https://www.wetroads.co.uk/

If we are going back into history then I suggest ..Bala Junction.. closed in 1965.

High Rocks station on the Spa Valley Railway is only accessible through the adjacent pub garden. The station is closed when the pub is closed or when the pub has restricted access for special events (for example weddings or corporate functions)

29 December 1962- last two trains on the Launceston- Tavistock- Plymouth line were delayed over 6 hours- stuck in snow drifts.

Many, many years ago I travelled over the Weymouth Quay line where the railman walked in front of the train on the section through the town. The speed restriction must have been walking pace!

Both closed several years ago. Area controlled from Three Bridges ROC Bopeep Junction and Robertsbridge SB still in operation

The Spa Valley Railway have rostered Caledonian Railway no. 828 for the next two weekends.

Dungeness is legally private property owned by EDF Energy (according to Wikipedia) When I have travelled by car to Dungeness I have seen roadside signs stating it is a private property but the public are welcome..! There are several bus routes that serve the area. Experts on here can research that.

A mention for the limited days bus service between Warminster to Imber that travels over MOD property to the abandoned village.

The Bournemouth to Swanage bus service travels on the Sandbanks ferry.

If closed stations count then I suggest New Holland Town and New Holland Pier as the stations were joined...!

I agree on Blackfriars to City Thameslink for National Rail lines the stations are 958 feet approx 320 yards (0.2km) apart Canary Wharf to West India Quay on Docklands Light Railway are.775 feet apart or approx 258 yards apart.

Mileages on the line from Birchden Jn to Uckfield were originally measured from Brighton via Lewes. After closure of the Uckfield to Lewes line in 1969 they remained until changed in the 1980s when the mileposts to Uckfield were changed and remeasured from London. For those travelling on the 5...

My longest day trip journeys are 1.Tonbridge-Charing Cross-tube to Euston then WCML to Glasgow Central walk to Queen Street then train to Edinburgh Waverley ECML to Kings Cross tube to Charing Cross back to Tonbridge 2. Tonbridge- Waterloo East, Waterloo Eurostar Terminal - Paris Gare du Nord...