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Thursday 7 April 2011

World's smallest Railway


The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 1 ft 3 in (381 mm) gauge light railway in Kent, England. The 131⁄2 miles (22 km) line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe by Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness, close to Dungeness nuclear power station and Dungeness lighthouse. From 1926 to 1978, the RH&DR held the title of the "Smallest public railway in the world". The title was lost to the 12 1⁄4 in (311 mm) gauge Réseau Guerlédan in France in 1978[2] and regain from 1979, when the Réseau Guerlédan closed, awaiting 1982, when the 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway open. The railway was featured in an episode of the BBC series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 





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