On this day
| 1845 | Bristol and Exeter Junction Railway Great Western Railway | Great Westerns offer refused |
| 1854 | Vale of Neath Railway | Dare Branch opened. The line originally ran from Gelli Tarw to Dare Junction where trains reversed to run to Nantmelyn Colliery in the Dare Valley. |
| 1859 | Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway | Line opened. Operated by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The line was later doubled throughout. |
| 1898 | #West Somerset Mineral Railway# | Line closed |
| 1949 | Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway | West Wemyss closed |
| 1955 | Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway | Millerhill station closed. |
| 1960 | St Combs Light Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) | St Combs to Fraserburgh closed to freight. |
| 1966 | Alford Valley Railway | Paradise Siding to Kintore closed to freight |
| 1966 | Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway (Caledonian Railway) | Coatbridge Central to Rutherglen Junction closed to passengers |
| 1966 | Berwickshire Railway | Duns to Reston closed to freight. |
| 1966 | Buchanan Street Extension (Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway) | Glasgow Buchanan Street to Sighthill East Junction closed. |
| 1966 | Buchanan Street Extension (Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway) | Buchanan Street closed |