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RailMapOnline.com contains interactive maps showing past and present UK, Irish and US railways. Now with historic canals, trams, trolleybus and military airfields too.
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Various railway updates, including Gravesend, Maidstone, Tunbridge, Immingham and Walsall. Don't forget to turn on the extra layers.
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Map of historic railways around Gravesend, Kent, including industrial tramways and street trams.
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Updates for Cornwall, including Redruth, Truro, Newquay and Falmouth. Remember to switch on the Industry layer for more detail.
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Map of historic railways in Falmouth, Cornwall with detail showing the docks
October 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Blaenau Ffestiniog is redrawn, with lots of detail for the slate quarries. Make sure to select Layers at top-left and display all the tracks, as most are on the Narrow and Industry layers.
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Map showing historic railways and tramways around Blaenau Ffestiniog, with lots of detail for the various slate quarries. Also shown are the LNWR and GWR lines, plus the Ffestiniog Railway.
October 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Updates for North Yorkshire, including Whitby, Northallerton, Thirsk and many of the industrial areas around the moors. On the main UK railway map.
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The NE Timeline map shows how these railways developed, but without the detail.
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Map of historic railways around Skinningrove and Loftus, including the steel works and Skinningrove Zig-Zag.
October 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Lots of redraws to East Anglia, including Norwich, Felixstowe, Harwich, Lowestoft, Bury St Edmonds and Newmarket.
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Map showing historic railways and stations in Norwich, with modern railways overlaid in red.
October 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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North East Timeline map expanded to cover lines as far south as York, and west to the Settle & Carlisle.
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Map of railways and stations covering a large part of North Yorkshire, and shown for the year 1900.
September 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The NE Timeline now has a Legend which adapts with the displayed time, and station labels. Use the buttons below the map to tailor the display.
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Map showing railways around Stockton in 1841, with stations labelled. A legend is shown to the left of the map. The buttons above the map control the displayed year, and buttons below the map select the legend, closed tracks, open and closed stations, and station labels.
September 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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New North East Timeline map.
Clicking on a station or track displays a history of that feature. Dates are sometimes annotated with "c" (circa), "e" (estimate) or "u" (unknown). Many tracks also include links to other sites.
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Timeline map of the North East's railways, showing a popup for Middleton & Dinsdale station with the station's timeline (changes in name and date of closure).
September 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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North East timeline released for Railway200. Scroll through time to see how railways in the region developed, from 1621 to 1825 to the present day. It's a bit rough round the edges, so I hope to add more updates and features in the future.
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Map of north east railways, showing the railways in 1825. Buttons at the top of the map let you step through the years, from the first tracks in 1621 to the present day.
September 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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With a lot of HS2 infrastructure now visible on satellite imagery, I've refreshed the HS2 layer to better align with the actual route.
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Map showing the High Speed 2 route from London to Birmingham
September 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Ronan emailed a pic of a mystery line at Rastrick, W.Yorks. Nice to find the route on old OS maps and be able to add it to the Huddersfield tram network.
You can see tram lines and more by selecting Layers on the UK railway and the UK trolleybus maps.
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Map showing historic tram line around Huddersfield.
August 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Mountain Quarry Railroad added near Auburn, California. Check out the US railroad map.
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Map of historic railroads around Auburn, California. The Central Pacific is shown in orange, climbing up towards Donner Pass. The Mountain Quarry RR is in light blue, descending to the American River.
July 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The 'Modern Rlys' layer on the UK & Ireland railway map has been updated. This is a copy of the latest OpenStreetMap railway data and shows in-service railway tracks.
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Map of modern railways north of London, including the newly re-opened Bicester to Bletchley line.
June 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Hull redrawn on the railway map.
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Map of historic railways in Hull
May 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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US railroad map now covers most of the western USA. Don't forget to explore Hawaii and Alaska.
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Map showing historic railroads across the western USA. Coverage includes Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Texas, plus a few lines in Mexico and Canada.
February 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Nebraska completed. Had hoped to finish this before the end of 2024, but Omaha and Council Bluffs were very difficult to decipher - let me know if you spot any errors.
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Map of historic railroads around Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa, including the eastern end of the Union Pacific Railroad.
January 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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A big thank you to everyone for your support in 2024. Your amazingly generous donations have kept the website running, and your emails with suggestions and corrections have made all the maps richer and more accurate. Here's to 2025!!
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Images of the maps available on RailMapOnline; UK & Irish railways, UK & Irish canals, UK trolleybus routes, UK military airfields, and western US railroads.
December 31, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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Southwest Nebraska added to the map.
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Map of historic railroads around Hastings, Nebraska, overlaid onto a satellite image background
November 24, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Nebraska gets more branches north of the River Platte and completion of the UP across the state.
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Map of historic railroads in central Nebraska showing the UP main line and various branches north of the River Platte.
November 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Nebraska - northern part of the state added to the map, plus Sioux City (Iowa).
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Map of historic railroads in northeast Nebraska and the Iowa border.
November 10, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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Have a break from politics, and explore South Dakota's railroads instead.
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Map of historic railroads in South Dakota, overlaid onto a modern satellite image.
November 4, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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South Dakota added to the US railroad map, plus a nibble out of Minnesota and Iowa.
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Map of historic railroads across North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
November 2, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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The Black Hills of western South Dakota are added to the map. Plenty of mountain railroads serving the gold rush.
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Map of historic railroads in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
October 12, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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South Dakota (northern part) added to the US railroad map, including some bonus bits of Minnesota.
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Map of historic railroads in northern South Dakota, as far south as Pierre, Huron and Brookings. The map is dominated by the Milwaukee Road (shown in tan colour) and Chicago & North Western (shown in pinks). Also shown is a large part of North Dakota and the Northern Pacific (in dark red).
October 5, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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North Dakota completed, including the Legend.
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Map of historic railroads in North Dakota, displayed on a plain background. Railroads are coloured for the original operating companies, with similar colours for the major groupings; blues for Great Northern, reds for North Pacific, yellows for Soo Line, and tan for the Milwaukee Road.
September 26, 2024 at 7:20 PM