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RR Facebook Post – Monsal Trail
Controversial plans to turn the Monsal Trail and the Viaduct back into a railway See FB post » For non-FB users, click here for link to BBC article
Aug 2020 – Tidenham, Gloucestershire
Aug 2020 – Bennerley Viaduct, Notts/Derbyshire
Aug 2020 – Weymouth, Dorset
Jul 2020 – Keswick, Cumbria
£8 million project to rebuild the Keswick – Threlkeld railway path in Cumbria remains on target for completion by the end of the year.
Jul 2020 – Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Jun 2020 – St. Margaret’s Loop, East Grinstead, East Sussex
May 2020 – Bennerley Viaduct, Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire
The restoration of Bennerley Viaduct on the Notts/Derbs border was suspended on 24th March, just as the coronavirus lockdown was introduced. However, Bill Tomson, who oversees this project on behalf of the charity Railway Paths Ltd., has informed the club that the contractors re-started their work on Monday 18th May. The intention is to develop the […]
May 2020 – Newquay to Perranporth, Cornwall
The former Newquay to Chacewater railway between Newquay and Perranporth is due for a new lease of life as a rail trail thanks to a Cornwall Council project to create four new walking and cycling routes under the name ‘The Saints Trails’. Outline details and a high quality map can be found at the first […]
May 2020 – Weymouth to Portland, Dorset
Work continues in Rodwell, Weymouth, at the Buxton Road overbridge (grid reference SY 675779) on eponymous The Rodwell Trail, which re-uses the northern part of the former joint LSWR and GWR branch line from Melcombe Regis to Easton. The work, which should be finished in June, is an ‘inspection on steroids’, in which any faults […]