The Edge Hill Light Railway, one of Colonel Stephens' railways, was in Warwickshire, England. It was designed to carry iron ore from Edge Hill Quarries to Burton Dassett where a junction was made with the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway. It was never officially opened, but began operating in 1922. In the middle of the line, there was a cable-worked Inclined Plane at 1 in 6 (16%). Within three years it was found that the iron ore deposits were uneconomic, and the line closed: it was not dismantled until 1946.
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