News 2023

October 2023. Great Musgrave, Westmorland. Surprise, surprise. The now-notorious bridge at Great Musgrave in Westmorland which was infilled by National Highways amidst claims it was weak, is set to re-open without a weight restriction or any form of strengthening being needed. The masonry arch structure at Great Musgrave, engineered by Sir Thomas Bouch in the […]

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News 2022

December 2022. Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The humble, yet vital, siding hit the Huddersfield headlines when engineers working on the Transpennine Route Upgrade unearthed a set at Hillhouse, near Alder Street. The sidings are thought to date from 1850, while the wider site also encompassed train sheds and two turntables. It was used to store trains […]

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Nov 2022 – Lias Line Greenway: Leamington Spa – Rugby (plus a section of the Weedon – Leamington line)

As reported in RR 175, the Sustrans cycle and footpath opened earlier this year, but only used three short sections of disused railway: the Offchurch section at the southern end, a little piece of trackbed near Long Itchington, and a section between Birdingbury and Draycote. On the outskirts of Rugby, a non-Sustrans path called the […]

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