The Branch Lines of Britain series

NOW on DVD with 2 programmes on each DVD


Each volume features between 30 and 40 of Britain’s railway branch lines, many lost forever. Filmed from the late 1980s through to the 1990s, motive power ranges from Class 03 & 08 shunters right up to type 5 diesels such as Class 56 & 58.


Routes Featured – Vol 5

Millerhill Lichfield Birmingham Snow Hill

Niddrie West Jn Chapel En Le Frith Methil

Clipstone Elmton & Cresswell Brentford

Kew Coleshill Llanwern Ayr Harbour

Hensall Jn Eggborough Grangemouth

Longannet Stourbridge Jn Kirkby Muxloe

Stud Farm Bagworth Oxley Chord

Aberbeeg Ruthven

Warrington Crosfield Crossing

Wroxham Skinningrove

Southampton Docks Machen

Salford Carterhouse Widnes

Northwich Lydd Appledore

Sheerness Lostwithiel Par


Routes Featured – Vol 6

Tinsley Boulby Folly Lane Branch

Ordsall Lane Heart Of Wales Line

Aberdeen-Inverness Wigston Avoider

Addiscombe Felixstowe Branch

Sutton Park Mostyn Docks Berkely

Colnbrook Carnforth E Jct

Greenford Triangle Kincardine Ps

Didcot W Curve Bredbury

Quainton Rd Dee Marsh-Wrexham

Drongan Stanton Gate Boston Docks

Longbridge Rawdon Ironbridge

Gedling Branch Sizewell Branch Islip

Thoresby Coll Cottam Ps Winfrith

East Lancs Railway Monk Bretton


Running time approx 110 minutes