On this day in 1987, 37 years ago, the last scheduled train passed over Farnley Viaduct, the tight curvature rendering it unsuitable for the overhead electrification equipment being installed between King's Cross and Leeds.
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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.
The Castle Hill Corker, a multi-terrain race over approximately 10km, will be staged on 23rd February, passing through the estate's disused railway tunnel.
Council licensing bosses have accepted plans which could ultimately see Manchester's derelict Mayfield Station become one of the biggest nightclubs in the country.
Campaigners fighting to save Folkestone's historic harbour railway say they will not be deterred after Network Rail announced its intention to officially close the line and station.
The Woodhead tunnels, part of the old Sheffield Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway, are to be permanently sealed after the government opted not to buy them from owners the National Grid.
It is the only gap in a 90-mile circular route around Snowdonia but the reopening of the line linking Caernarfon to the rest of the network is back on the cards.
A redundant railway in Northampton has been bought by West Northamptonshire Development Corporation with a view to it becoming a new walking or cycle path.
Following a review of public bodies, BRB (Residuary) has ceased to exist, with the Highways Agency becoming custodian of the Board's 'Burdensome Estate'.
Residents in Leeds are hoping to rescue the redundant Farnley Viaduct through a £10,000 community-led project to turn it into a park and sky walkway into the city centre.
A share offer is being launched to raise £500,000 towards the cost of repairing five bridges as the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway prepares to construct two miles of line.
Disused railways connecting Conlig, Newtownards and Donaghadee have been signalled out by a local campaigner as a possible new greenway for pedestrians and cyclists.
It has been disused, locked up and largely forgotten for decades, but now the mile-long Glenfield Tunnel - deep beneath the streets of Leicester - has been temporarily reopened for visitors.
Campaigners are hoping to draw on the lessons of the Comber Greenway to transform more of Northern Ireland's old railway network into a walking and cycling routes.
Tourism in Derbyshire has been given a multi-million pound boost as a project to enhance cycle trails in the Peak District - some involving disused railway line - gets the green light.
Clearly unaware of Sustrans, London mayor Boris Johnson has called on the prime minister to resurrect disused railway lines as traffic-free cycle paths all over the UK.
The Old Vic Tunnels " the cult performance space owned by BRB(R) " could be turned into a skateboard park after the theatre from which it took its name withdrew funding.
The official reopening of Rugby's 173-year-old viaduct took place on Wednesday, more than five years after the idea was first mooted and almost 60 years after it last carried trains.
The urgent appeal to save Maesbury Station has got off to a modest start, with £10,000 already pledged on the way to the £500,000 they need to hit by the end of the summer.
Nearly half a century after its closure another section of the former Somerset & Dorset Railway has been rejuvenated as a new trail connecting Blandford and Stourpaine.
A new three-mile-long cycle path, partially running along a stretch of old railway, will connect Edinburgh with Midlothian from the spring of next year.
The Transport Secretary has asked Network Rail to undertake a study into rail capacity between London and the south coast, with a view to reopening the Uckfield-Lewes line.
Scotland's Transport Minister has hailed a "new golden age of the train" as he launched the official start of construction work on the delayed £350 million Borders Railway.
Plans are under way to rebuild the demolished railway bridge at Glen Tarken, overlooking St Fillans, and restore the footpath between the picturesque village and Lochearnhead along the old trackbed.
A disused railway line in Cheltenham could be reconnected by 2023 if proposed upgrades to Prestbury Park are approved, racecourse planners have confirmed.
The proposed reopening of a former railway station has taken another step forwards after the government named it as one of three bids to which it is likely to give millions in funding.
Developers have outlined a £6 million plan to regenerate an area of Leicester's West End following the purchase of a disused Great Central Railway viaduct.
Plans to extend the Tyne & Wear Metro to Washington along the disused Leamside line could finally be on track after councillors unveiled an ambitious blueprint for the region's development.
An influential community group has thrown its support behind a potential £2million project to turn a disused railway line into a haven for walkers, cyclists and other outdoor enthusiasts.
The demolition of an old railway bridge the same week a consultation about using former train tracks as cycle paths is being carried out has been branded "crazy".
The search has started for a company to carry out repairs to Dingle Tunnel - formerly part of the Liverpool Overhead Railway - which collapsed damaging several homes.
Workers have painstakingly excavated part of Worcester's St Martin's Quarter to reach old railway tracks that were once a feature of the site's old vinegar works.
Winscombe Hill Tunnel (aka Shuteshelf) on the Strawberry Line cycle path has reopened following the completion of safety work, including the removal of loose rock.
The Waverley railway project is no longer economically viable due to the failure of a local property boom and steep drop in projected passenger numbers, the Government has been warned.
The final sleeper has been laid by a team of volunteers in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, who have dedicated their Saturdays to rebuilding the old line between Swithland Sidings and Bond Lane.
The possibility of reopening the Radstock to Frome rail link has not been ruled out, but consultants have deemed the £40million needed as not cost effective.
People affected by the Dingle tunnel collapse have been given fresh hope they could return to their homes following an agreement between the Council and six insurers.
Campaigners behind a plan to reopen the Keswick-Penrith railway fear that their efforts could be jeopardised by a proposal to locate National Park Authority offices close to the old trackbed.
Shepton Mallet Town Council has agreed to release a £10,000 grant to kick start a project that could convert the old Strawberry Line into a local network of safe paths.
As part of its ongoing refurbishment, the Friends of Hockley Viaduct have found and had restored an old signal post, similar to one that originally stood on the structure before closure in the 1960s.
