List of closed railway lines in the United Kingdom

Columns: Name of line | Builder ( s ) | Route ( From/To ) | Closure date | Notes
Ashbourne line | London & North Western Railway ( LMS ) | Uttoxeter to Buxton , via Ashbourne | 1964 ( to passengers ) 1967 ( to freight ) | Most of the line now survives as a walk/cycle path called the Tissington Trail | Askern branch line | Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway ( LMS ) | Shaftholme Junction ( near Doncaster ) to Knottingley , via Askern ( itself ) , Norton and Womersley | still open | Mostly a freight only line , but now also a diversionary passenger route | Axminster-Lyme Regis branch line | London and South Western Railway ( Southern Railway ) | Axminster to Lyme Regis via Combpyne | 29 November 1965 ( to all traffic ) | Bacup branch line | Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway ( LMS ) | Stubbins Junction to Bacup , via Rawtenstall , Clough Fold and Stacksteads | 1966 ( to regular traffic ) 1972 ( to all traffic ) | Part of the former branch ( through Stubbins Junction to Rawtenstall , via Irwell Vale ) , now preserved as part of the East Lancashire Railway | Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway | Great Western Railway | Cheltenham to Banbury | Banbury to Verney Junction branch line | Buckinghamshire Railway ( GWR ) | Banbury to Verney Junction ( Where it joined the Varsity Line ) | January 1961 | Freight services lasted till June 1966 | Bank Top Colliery Line | North Staffordshire Railway ( LMS ) | Blythe Bridge to Bank Top | 1965 | Portion of the Line , now preserved as the Foxfield Railway . Mostly a Colliery Line , throughout its heyday

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