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A project has started to replace the wooden deck of Woodend Bridge on the multi-use path between Cardrona and Innerleithen.
It is a decade since the Tweed Valley Railway Path opened. And the suspension bridge was constructed before the route opened. The work is expected to take two weeks and cost in the region of £100,000. It will be completed by workers from Berwick-upon-Tweed firm Tweed Formwork. [This bridge replaces, on a different alignment, a missing railway bridge.] (Permalink) Cardrona Cardrona Viaduct Cyclepath Eshiels Tunnel Footpath Innerleithen Peebles Railway River Tweed Tweed Valley Railway Path  Cardrona Viaduct: A goods train going east crossing the River Tweed near Cardrona House heading for Innerleithen, thought to have been taken around 1960. The Peebles Loop closed completely in 1962.  Cardrona Viaduct: The footbridge that now spans the Tweed between Cardrona and Innerleithen, seen from the trackbed of the Peebles Railway looking towards Galashiels in June 2014. The long demolished railway bridge sto ...  Eshiels Tunnel: The 70 yard long former railway tunnel under the A72 Innerleithen Road at Eshiels, just east of Peebles, photographed in July 2010. Sealed in 1962, the tunnel was reopened as part of a cycle route ear ... |
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One trainspotter said extending the railway line would be 'the creme de la creme' for tourists and rail enthusiasts alike.
(Permalink) Brechin Cyclepath Footpath Montrose  Montrose: An Aberdeen to Glasgow service pulls into Montrose on 13 February 2019. '3 carriages - apologies' announces the departures screen, a familiar message on this and the Highland Main Line in the absence ...  Brechin: D5314 prepares to run round the stock of the 12.20 for Bridge of Dun at Brechin on 1st September 2018.
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A station for Parkhead and a nearby old railway line being transformed into a cycle path are new plans emerging to improve East End areas. [A replacement station at Parkhead North, closed 1955, has been proposed many times along with a footpath utilising the former Switchback. The first proposal to re-open the station was in 1964 when Parkhead Stadium station and the GCR closed. See map for 2008 proposal. -RS]
(Permalink) Cyclepath Footpath Hogarth Park New station Parkhead Parkhead North Re-opening The Switchback  Parkhead Junction [CR]: Looking up to Switchback Line...notice the plyon and flats in background.  Parkhead North: N2 0-6-2T 69507 passing the site of Parkhead North station in May 1958 with a Hyndland - Shettleston train. The bridge in the background carried the Switchback over the formation, while that to the le ...  Parkhead Junction [CR]: Extract from Glasgow City Council plans for the East End Regeneration showing the proposed route over the former Switchback (Caledonian Railway) and the planned new Station at Parkhead Forge. |
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Plans have been lodged with Perth and Kinross Council showing how new bridges will be installed along a former railway line to make a multi-purpose route connecting Comrie and Crieff.
(Permalink) Comrie Crieff Cyclepath Footpath  Strowan Tunnel: The east end of Strowan Tunnel, between [[Crieff [2nd] ]] and [[Comrie]].  Crieff [2nd]: An unidentified Park Royal railbus, on the Crieff-Gleneagles run, seen at Crieff station in the early 1960s. The view looks west. Some cutting back of the station has taken place. Note the demolished ...  Comrie: Easter 1966, just two years after closure, with the track not long lifted, but the former Comrie station is already showing signs of decay. Originally part of the Caledonian Railway route from Perth t ... |
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More than £2 million of funding has been secured for the creation of an 'active' travel path between Peebles and Eddleston.
(Permalink) Cyclepath Eddleston Footpath Greenway Peebles  Peebles [2nd]: The former goods office and weighbridge at Peebles, currently standing at the north end of Edinburgh Road car park - still referred to as East Station car park in some quarters see image [[29054]]. Th ...  Eddleston: Modified TV aerial mast alongside a former crossing keeper's cottage on the Peebles Railway just north of Eddleston in March 2008. |
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Carlton Reid rode along theBowes and the Tanfield railway paths close to Newcastle, the latter running along a waggonway route that dates back to the 1620s.
(Permalink) Bowes Railway Causey Arch Cyclepath Footpath Pontop and Jarrow Railway Tanfield Railway  Causey Arch: The historic Causey Arch on the Tanfield Railway in March 2013. Dating from 1725, it is the world's oldest surviving single arch railway bridge. See image [[41776]]  Causey Arch: The historic Causey Arch in May 2006, seen from alongside the trackbed of the Tanfield Railway. See image [[41776]] |
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Lothian MSP Miles Briggs says he is disappointed that the project to transform the Powderhall Railway path into a green corridor has been delayed due to the Spaces for People initiative. In a letter to Mr Briggs, from The City of Edinburgh Council, the Active Travel Department said that 'Progress on this has been delayed by the need to re-allocate staff resources to develop and deliver temporary Spaces for People (SfP) schemes'.
(Permalink) Cyclepath Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) Footpath Greenway Miles Briggs Powderhall |
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The potential conversion of old railway lines into cycle and walking routes is being blocked by plans to infill more than 100 bridges, including more than 20 in Scotland, campaigners have claimed.
(Permalink) At risk Footpath Highways England cyclepath  Uplawmoor [1st]: A view of the concrete southbound platform at Uplawmoor taken from the remains of the northbound platform. To the north/east of here the trackbed remained in a remarkable state of preservation for sev ... |
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