List of closed railway lines in the United Kingdom

Columns: Name of line | Builder ( s ) | Route ( From/To ) | Closure date | Notes
Alcester-Hatton branch line | Great Western Railway | Alcester to Hatton , via Great Alne | 1947 ( to passengers ) 1951 ( to all traffic ) | Aldeburgh branch line | Great Eastern Railway ( LNER ) | Saxmundham to Aldeburgh via Leiston and Thorpeness | 12 September 1966 | Part of the branch still open ( freight only ) | Aldridge-Brownhills branch line | Midland Railway ( LMS ) | Aldridge to Chasewater , via Brownhills | 1930 ( to passengers ) 1962 ( to all traffic ) | Part of the Line , ( north of Brownhills ) now preserved as the Chasewater Railway | Allhallows-on-Sea to Stoke Junction | SR | Stoke Junction to Allhallows | 4 December 1961 | Southern branch off the Hoo branch line ( off the North Kent Line ) ( opened 14 May 1932 ) | Alnmouth-Alnwick branch line | North Eastern Railway ( LNER ) | Alnmouth to Alnwick | 30 January 1968 ( to all traffic ) | Most of the former branch now being restored , as the Aln Valley Railway | Ambergate-Pye Bridge line | Midland Railway ( LMS ) | Pye Bridge to Ambergate , ( via Butterley ) | 1968 | A 3½ Mile section of the line , now preserved forming the Midland Railway - Butterley | Ardsley to Laisterdyke line | Great Northern Railway ( LNER ) | Laisterdyke to Ardsley , via Dudley Hill and Morley | 3 July 1966 ( to passengers ) 13 March 1968 ( to freight ) 1981 ( to all traffic ) | Opened by the Leeds , Bradford & Halifax Joint Rly before taken over by the GNR in 1865

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