Campaigners have called on Dumfries & Galloway Council to take urgent action after a 'perverse decision' by planners has threatened to make the proposed reopening of a Scottish railway more difficult and costly.

In April last year, Highways England told the local authority of its intention to infill a disused bridge at Lochanhead, which spans the former Dumfries-Stranraer line.
(Permalink) Cultural vandalism Dumfries and Galloway Council Highways England Lochanhead Planning

The structures are part of the Historical Railways Estate managed by Highways England on behalf of the DfT and comprises 3,800 bridges, tunnels and
(Permalink) Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway) Cultural vandalism Dubton Highways England Keswick Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Lochanhead Neilston Port Road Queensbury Tunnel Stainmore Staward Uplawmoor

Hopes to reopen the Dumfries to Stranraer railway line could already have hit the buffers.
(Permalink) Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Lochanhead Port Road Portpatrick Railway