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Metropolitan Water Board Railway
Overview
HeadquartersLondon
LocaleEngland
Dates of operation1916–1946 (short section of track now re-opened, possibility of restoring the remainder)
Successorabandoned
Technical
Track gauge2 ft (610 mm)
Length3 miles (4.8 km)

The Metropolitan Water Board Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway built to serve the Metropolitan Water Board's pumping station at Kempton Park near London. The line was opened in 1916 to deliver coal to the pumping engines and closed shortly after the Second World War. A short part is operating once again to give rides to the public, under a new name, the Kempton Steam Railway

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