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May 2022 – Minister asked to intervene as report exposes bridge infill failings

16 May 202219 May 2022 rradmin Leave a comment Post/Article

HRE Group press release regarding the infilling of legacy rail bridges

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May 2022 – Bridge emergency “deceit” exposed

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HRE Group press release regarding the infilling of legacy rail bridges

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May 2022 – Creating digital trails of former railway lines in the East Midlands

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Railway Ramblers is supporting Mine2Minds in its lottery bid for the project

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Apr 2022 – Engineers reject bridge infill “emergency”

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HRE Group press release regarding the infilling of Great Musgrave in Cumbria

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Apr 2022 – Walk Report; Pleasley East (GN) to South Kirkby Junction – 9/04/22

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Report by Walk Leader & Area Co-ordinator Bob Prigg on the walk from the colliery museum site along the old Leen Valley Extension, Great Northern route on what is now The Skegby Trail, a multi use path terminating at New Cross. 

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Apr 2022 – RR has lodged an objection to the infilling of the bridge at Musgrave

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RR Chairman Mark Jones has lodged an objection to the infilling of the bridge at Musgrave.

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Apr 2022 – Campaigners rally opposition to bridge infill “vandalism”

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Plans to link two Cumbrian heritage railways could be sunk unless objectors convince a local council to reject a planning application to make the infilling of a Victorian bridge permanent.

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Apr 2022 – Walk Report – Elan Valley walk 26/3/22

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Postponed from October because of a severe weather warning, the walk went ahead on a perfect spring day. It may have made a bit of club history as the majority of participants – 4 out of 7 – were Wales residents, a first for any RR walk to the best of my knowledge. The route […]

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March 2022 – Elan Valley Rockfall

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Elan Valley Railway. Powys (Radnorshire): The closure of the NCN 81 foot/cycle path through the Devil’s Gulch cutting because of rock falls is to be made permanent and a diversion constructed around the side.

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March 2022 – Yorkshire Dales National Park Announces Proposals for Garsdale to Hawes Bridleway

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The Upper Wensleydale railway trackbed being proposed for a footpath/cycleway/bridleway, as several attempts to reinstate the railway have failed

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Lines of Duty – Sat 19th March at 8pm Archive on BBC Radio 4

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Tim Dunn and Toby Jones present the extraordinary untold story of the man who saved Britain’s railways by leaking official secrets and putting his life and liberty at risk.

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Mar 2022 – Report reveals active travel potential of at-risk historic bridges

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HRE Group Press Release regarding a Sustrans report to the DfT

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RR Magazine Spring 2022 – out soon

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**UPDATED Mar 2022 – Plans to demolish Burghclere Signal Box 

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Latest updated after objections lodged to the planning application

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Feb 2022 – Bennerley Viaduct – World Monuments Watch Day

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This Sunday, a wet but wonderful World Monuments Watch Day was hosted by The Friends of Bennerley Viaduct to mark the end of the two year World Monuments Fund Watch cycle.

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Feb 2022 – Interested in walking the Cross Britain Way from Boston in Lincs to Barmouth in Gwynedd?

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An open invitation from RR Area Coordinator Bob Prigg to join a long distance walk project kicking off on Mon 28 Feb 2022 on the Cross Britain Way from Boston in Lincs to Barmouth in Gwynedd.

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Interested in 5 days Railway Rambling in Donegal in September?

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Plans are in place for a Railway Ramblers trip for walks along part of ‘The Swilly’ in the scenic County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland over 5 days in September.

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Jan 2022 – Campaigners condemn “crass” bridge request

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HRE Group Press Release regarding a stone arch bridge in Cumbria

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Jan 2022 – Anger as bridge fencing blocks wildlife corridor

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HRE Group Press Release on steel fencing around an historic railway bridge fencing blocking a wildlife corridor

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Jan 2022 – Petition; council refusing access to our railway history

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No-one can access Nottingham’s Thurland Street tunnel any more! BBC now also carrying story

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Jan 2022 – Barcombe bridge, petition on ecological considerations

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The campaigners for Barcombe bridge have set up a petition calling on the Government to commission independent ecological studies of the dismantled railways spanned by infill-threatened HRE bridges

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Jan 2022 – S&W Midlands Walk Report – Harborne Branch

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Walk along Harborne Branch now referred to as the Harborne Walkway and BCN

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Dec 2021 – Infill threat lifted from historic bridge

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Campaigners have welcomed National Highways’ commitment to reprieve a historic railway bridge in East Sussex following robust opposition from the community and local council.

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Dec 2021 – S&W Midlands Walk Report – GNR Breadsall – Handyside Bridge

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Walk into Derby

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Dec 2021 – Yorkshire Walk Report – Silverwood Colliery line

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Walk at Thrybergh, near Rotherham

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Dec 2021 – Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, Dorset.

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Recent News

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Dec 2021 – The Shepton Viaducts Project – template for re-use of disused lines

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A design template for similar schemes

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Free Ordnance Survey Route Planning Software for Walking Groups

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A route planning tool that might be of interest to anyone planning walks

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RR Magazine Winter 2021/22 – out soon

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Nov 2021 – Princetown to Dousland and Yelverton

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Dartmoor National Park’s project to improve the Princetown to Dousland railway path

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Oct 2021 – Locals furious as bridge scheme prompts unauthorised tree-felling

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HRE Group report on National Highways contractor who, according to a landowner, entered their property and cut down trees without permission to make way for a bridge demolition.

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Oct 2021 – Cornwall’s four new Saints Trails

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Cornwall’s four new Saints Trails have been dealt a blow: two have been scrapped and the others scaled back.

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Oct 2021 – RR Tour visit to Catesby Tunnel

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A private tour of Catesby Tunnel by RR took place on 9th October.

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Oct 2021 – Railway Ramblers AGM Weekend, Winchester

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A brief summary of the programme

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Oct 2021 – MP intervenes as bridge scheme descends into “farce”

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HRE Group highlighting concerns over plans to bury a historic bridge in a thousand tonnes of aggregate and concrete, blocking a wildlife corridor.

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Oct 2021 – Rob Bell – Walking Britain’s Lost Railways

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Another new series presented by Rob Bell, this time concentrating on Yorkshire lines

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Oct 2021 – Jeff Vinter; 38 years of service to RR

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RR Chairman Mark Jones makes presentation

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Oct 2021 – “Wrecking-ball act” threatens future of historic bridge

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HRE Group highlighting concerns over the infill of a historic railway bridge within a conservation area

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Oct 2021 – Queensbury Tunnel Update

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Link to BBC article with comments from Jeff Vinter and Mark Jones

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Sep 2021 – Are you aware of any plans for the 102 structures threatened with infilling?

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We quickly need to identify all proposed projects which are reliant on the retention of any of the 102 structures on the National Highways list which are ‘on pause’ but threatened with infilling.

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UPDATED Sep 2021 – Construction of Somerset Circle Section between Wells and Shepton Mallet now Under Way

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The post includes analysis by Jeff Vinter and Mark Jones

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RR Magazine Autumn 2021 – out soon

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Sep 2021 – National Highways: “existential threat” to legacy rail structures

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HRE Group highlighting concerns that infilling work is expected to resume in the autumn.

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Aug 2021 – Highways England suspension of bridge infilling

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A brief summary of the latest HE position and what it may mean

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August 2021 – RR Chairman, Mark Jones, in Limerick

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Mark’s visit to the west of Ireland is reported in the local paper!

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Final Details for AGM on 2nd October 2021

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Final details for RR Members of the AGM in Winchester

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Aug 2021 – Highways England acting like “cowboys and bullies” over bridge scheme

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A fortnight after the announcement that the infilling programme would be ‘paused’ (i.e. not stopped), The HRE Group identifies more imminent infillings

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UPDATED Sunday 1st August; Jonathan Dawson completes 10 day Charity bike ride to John O’Groats

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Read Jonathan’s Daily Blog of railway interest en route

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Jul 2021 – Government pauses bridge infilling schemes

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Encouraging news as the Government published a progress report, Gear Change: One Year On, which reviews efforts to encourage and facilitate safe walking and cycling.

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July 2021 – Highways England’s infilling in the national news

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It is being widely reported that Boris Johnson has intervened to halt the plans to fill in dozens of Victorian railway crossings with concrete

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HRE Group logoMay 2022 – Minister asked to intervene as report exposes bridge infill failings

HRE Group press release regarding the infilling of legacy rail bridges See full article»

HRE Group logoMay 2022 – Bridge emergency “deceit” exposed

HRE Group press release regarding the infilling of legacy rail bridges See full article»Bridge near Tadcaster

May 2022 – Creating digital trails of former railway lines in the East Midlands

Railway Ramblers is supporting Mine2Minds in its lottery bid for the project See full article»Railway Ramblers is a national club that organises walks and encourages interest in disused railway lines throughout the UK

HRE Group logoApr 2022 – Engineers reject bridge infill “emergency”

HRE Group press release regarding the infilling of Great Musgrave in Cumbria See full article»

Apr 2022 – Walk Report; Pleasley East (GN) to South Kirkby Junction – 9/04/22

Report by Walk Leader & Area Co-ordinator Bob Prigg on the walk from the colliery museum site along the old Leen Valley Extension, Great Northern route on what is now The Skegby Trail, a multi use path terminating at New Cross.  See full article»Bridge on Great Northern

Apr 2022 – RR has lodged an objection to the infilling of the bridge at Musgrave

RR Chairman Mark Jones has lodged an objection to the infilling of the bridge at Musgrave. See full article»Infilling of the bridge at Musgrave.

HRE Group logoApr 2022 – Campaigners rally opposition to bridge infill “vandalism”

Plans to link two Cumbrian heritage railways could be sunk unless objectors convince a local council to reject a planning application to make the infilling of a Victorian bridge permanent. See full article»Infilling Bridge at Musgrave

Apr 2022 – Walk Report – Elan Valley walk 26/3/22

Postponed from October because of a severe weather warning, the walk went ahead on a perfect spring day. It may have made a bit of club history as the majority of participants – 4 out of 7 – were Wales residents, a first for any RR walk to the best of my knowledge. The route […] See full article»Penygarreg reservoir from Devils Gulch

March 2022 – Elan Valley Rockfall

Elan Valley Railway. Powys (Radnorshire): The closure of the NCN 81 foot/cycle path through the Devil’s Gulch cutting because of rock falls is to be made permanent and a diversion constructed around the side. See full article»Devil’s Gulch looking south with path closed due to rock falls

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