List of closed railway lines in the United Kingdom

Columns: Name of line | Builder ( s ) | Route ( From/To ) | Closure date | Notes
Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway | London and South Western Railway ( SR ) | Basingstoke to Alton | 1932 ( to passengers ) 19 ? ? ( to freight ) | Batley-Beeston Line | Great Northern Railway ( LNER ) | Beeston to Batley , via Tingley and Woodkirk | 1939 ( to passengers ) 195 ? ( to freight ) 1964 ( to all traffic ) | Bedford-Northampton line | Midland Railway ( LMS ) | Northampton to Bedford | 1962 ( to passengers ) 1981 ( to all traffic ) | Benwick Goods Railway | Great Eastern Railway ( LNER ) | 1966 ( to all traffic ) | Birkenhead Dock Branch | LMS | Rock Ferry to Bidston Dock , via Mollington Street and Canning Street | 16 February 1985 ( to passenger traffic ) 1987 ( to regular goods ) 2008 ( to all traffic ) | Entire branch line still extant , but disused | Blythe and Tyne Railway | B & TR ( North Eastern Railway ) | A network of various lines , criss-cross the North-East | 1971 -83 ( in stages , to all traffic ) Re-opened in 1980 ( as part of the T & WM network ) | Most of the former B & TR , now forms the present-day Tyne & Wear Metro System , While a section of one of the other lines , is now preserved ( in-between Percy Main and Middle Engine Lane ) as the North Tyneside Steam Railway

Example questions:
What was closure date of the railway in England , United Kingdom that passes by the Site of Special Scientific Interest ? | What is the name of the closed railway route in England , United Kingdom whose builder doubled the route in 1880 ? | What is the name of the builder of the closed railway in England , United Kingdom that was never commercially successful ? | What is the name of the closed railway route in England , United Kingdom of the railway whose builder is the third-largest railway system based in northern England ?

Answers:
1930 ( to passengers ) 1962 ( to all traffic ) | Bacup branch line | Great Western Railway | Varsity Line