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Against the odds, the UK’s network of disused railway lines continues to make the news as the 21st Century throws up a host of transport, environmental and health challenges.This news page will provide links to relevant stories.
An old railway bridge carrying the Marriott's Way over the River Wensum in Hellesdon will remain closed for six weeks longer than expected because of its poor condition.
Work on the controversial Gosport-Fareham bus route, to be build on a disused railway trackbed, has been halted after a Gosport woman won the right to appeal against the scheme.
The rocketing cost of reopening Durham's spectacular Belmont Viaduct as a cycleway and footpath has led council chiefs to consider dropping the scheme.
Restoration work to save the Hockley Viaduct - the longest brick structure in Hampshire - has been delayed whilst the local council awaits the results of ecological surveys.
The Lake District National Park Authority is asking for public opinion on a suggested traffic-free route to link Coniston and Foxfield via an old railway, but farming families are against the idea.
Calls for a disused railway line in Northumberland to be protected from housing development because of its potential as a future transport link have been rejected by a planning inspector.
Plans to restore the Skipton-Colne rail link are realistic according to politicians from all parties who joined industry experts at the reopening campaign group's third annual conference.
Four old railway tunnels could be reopened as part of a £3.785m new cycle trail across the Peak District National Park, linking the stations in Matlock and Buxton.
A railway cycle path project between Ilminster and Chard - which was heavily defended during the Second World War to try and stop any German invasion - has won a high-profile award.
A disused railway line which once took coal from pit to port has been given a new lease of life as a community expressway, giving cyclists and pedestrians a fast track across Newcastle.
Cambrian Railway bosses have criticised proposals to build a supermarket and cinema in Oswestry, claiming it will destroy part of the town's railway heritage.
Shoppers in Bath are being given the chance to learn about the history and heritage of the city's former Green Park Station which served the Somerset & Dorset Railway.
The dismantling of a disused but listed bowstring bridge in Leicester's West End will get underway in October following a delay caused by engineering works.
Plans to reopen a long-disused freight line between Walsall and Stourbridge could become a reality within 10 years, taking huge numbers of lorries off the roads.
Work on the controversial Fareham-Gosport bus scheme, running along an old railway, has been halted after environmentalists claimed badgers and bats may be at risk from the plans.
Another link in Tweeddale's proposed cycle network is set to be added in October as work gets underway to reopen the old railway tunnel beneath the A72 at Eshiels.
Work to reopen a historic tunnel in the heart of Edinburgh is set to get under way before the end of the year, 150 years after it was closed to the public.
Concerned residents are being given the chance to meet the contractor that will build a £20m high-speed bus route along an old railway formation between Gosport and Fareham.
A project to improve Scarborough's most popular walking and cycling route - along the former line northwards to Whitby - could create 24 jobs, according to an environmental charity.
Hard-working volunteers have completed a project to revitalise the site of Thornton's former station revealing a pleasant cobbled area where people can sit and relax.
Plans to resurrect the Maidenhead-High Wycombe line with a modern ultra-light railway have been dealt a blow after transport chiefs said it was not financially viable at present.
Furious parishioners have accused a rail authority of penny pinching after they rebuilt half of a historic traditional stone railway bridge using modern red brick.
A new rail service in the mould of the Docklands Light Railway could reconnect Maidenhead and High Wycombe nearly four decades after the line between them was closed.
A couple has spent the last two years renovating and upgrading Tavistock's old railway station, transforming the site into five-star self-catering cottages.
An eye-catching new bridge over Leith Walk - following the path of a disused railway - is on the drawing board as a way to improve cycle links in the city.
A campaign group in North Wales is fighting for a direct rail link from Holyhead to Cardiff via Bangor, Rhyl, Ruthin, Llangollen, Welshpool, Newtown, Llanidloes and Brecon.
A builder had a lucky escape after part of a disused railway bridge collapsed onto the Old Station house at Castleside, County Durham during heavy rain.
Rail enthusiasts, walkers and charity workers have entered Combe Down Tunnel which will form part of a new 'shared path' in Bath, due to open in the spring of 2012.
Walking and cycling experts at Lancashire County Council are keen to launch a new friends group for a greenway being created along the former Rosegrove-Padiham railway.
With passenger numbers up by half since privatisation, train companies are proposing to reopen at least 14 lines closed by Dr Beeching more than 40 years ago.
Train lovers are to recreate the moment regular passenger services stopped on the old branch line linking Wallingford to the national railway network, 50 years ago to the day and minute.
East Riding Council has gave the green light to the region's first In Vessel Composting (IVC) plant in the Hull & Barnsley's former cutting at Eppleworth near Willerby.
Politicians meet soon to decide whether to give planning permission to the Bus Rapid Transit scheme which would create a new dedicated route along an old railway line through Newbridge.
The owners of Stockton-on-the-Forest's disused signal box have applied to convert it into a house and create an extension which gives a nod to its one-time role on the railways.
The reinstatement of the Bere Alston-Tavistock line has moved a step closer after councillors agreed to support the principle of entering a joint venture partnership with a property developer.
Four planning applications making up the Bath Transportation Package -including use of a disused railway line - will be debated by a meeting of the council development control committee.
Plans to create a new rail route between Oxford and London Marylebone have taken another step forward with the advertisement of a tender for a design and build contract.
A Grade-II listed crossing keeper's cottage, which has stood empty alongside the West Coast Main Line for 10 years, is to be moved brick-by-brick to the Churnet Valley Railway.
A scheme to reopen the disused line to Tavistock in West Devon has moved a step forward after members of the area's district council provisionally gave it their approval.
Pressure is mounting for Norfolk County Council to help fund a £136,000 scheme to link the Bittern Line and North Norfolk Railway at Sherringham, boosting local tourism.
A Sheffield MP has called on the government to make a speedy decision on whether to reopen a railway through Woodhead Tunnel or risk losing the route forever.
Sustainable transport charity Sustrans wants to resurface ten miles of disused railway between Bridport and Maiden Newton for cyclists, walkers and wheelchair users.
Work to clear the old line through Gosport and Fareham has now finished, with Hampshire County Council hoping it can secure millions of pounds from the government to build a bus route.
A production company wants your old video footage of the Cuckoo Line which ran from Polegate-Eridge until it was axed in the 1960s and is now a popular cycle route and footpath.
A petition signed by 3,000 people and nearly 400 letters have been handed to council officials by campaigners fighting a controversial bus route along a disused railway line.
A £350,000 grant has been secured from the East Midlands Development Agency for a feasibility study into Great Central Railway's 'Bridging the Gap' scheme.
A historic disused railway in Dorset, which could be used to take spectators to the 2012 Olympic sailing events, may be lost before the games get under way.
A council which won a battle to stop homes being built on a disused railway track says it is 'disappointed' the plan was not thrown out on the issue of the line.
A new £20m bus rapid transit scheme, linking Fareham and Gosport via a disused railway line, comes before Hampshire County Council for approval on Thursday.
At Easter, passenger trains will run between Tunbridge Wells and Eridge for the first time in many years, thanks to the pioneering efforts of the Spa Valley Railway Society.
