Middleton Railway

Middleton Railway
Main station building on Moor Road.
Locale	Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Terminus	Moor Road
Coordinates	53°46′30″N 1°32′19″W / 53.775070°N 1.538600°W / 53.775070; -1.538600
Commercial operations
Name	Middleton Railway
Built by	Charles Brandling
Original gauge	until 1881 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm) From 1881 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Owned by	The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd.
Operated by	The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd.
Stations	2
Length	0.96 miles (1.54 km)
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
1758	Construction of first waggonway
1799	Wooden tracks replaced with iron edge rails
1812	Introduction of steam locomotives
c. 1835	Line reverts to horse drawn trains
1866	Return of steam locomotives
1881	Line converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
1947	Rationalisation of the Line
1960	Line taken over by preservation society
Preservation history
June 1960	One week passenger service
1960	Start of freight service
1969	Start of regular passenger service
1983	End of freight service
Headquarters	Moor Road station
Website
middletonrailway.org.uk/

The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway,^[1] situated in the English city of Leeds. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway, run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd. since 1960.

The railway operates passenger services at weekends and on public holidays over approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) of track between its headquarters at Moor Road, in Hunslet, and Park Halt, on the outskirts of Middleton Park.