Heritage route
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Keighley → Oxenhope · England
The branch that starred in the 1970 film “The Railway Children”, steaming up the Brontë moors past Haworth to the mill village of Oxenhope.
- Distance
- 8 km
- Fastest time
- 25 min
- Average speed
- 19 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmKeighley +1
- 2 kmIngrow (West)
- 3 kmDamems
- 4 kmOakworth
- 6 kmHaworth
- 8 kmOxenhope
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway?
The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway runs 8 km from Keighley to Oxenhope.
How long does the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 25 min for the 8 km. That is an average of 19 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway?
K&WVR, with Victorian steam & vintage coaches.
How old is the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway?
The line has been in service since 1867. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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