Work has started to relay part of a tiny narrow gauge railway to Scotland's highest village, Wanlockhead, in a bid to boost tourism.

The construction of a new walking and cycling route which will connect Shawfair to Gilmerton via a disused railway trackbed will get underway this month.

Experts can’t yet tell whether it would be good value-for-money to turn a disused railway tunnel into a new cycle route, according to a new study.

Work is set to begin on a new pathway for walkers and cyclists along a disused railway line in Rhondda Cynon Taff.

Work to transform the former Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland railway into a walking route has been stopped in its tracks following a dispute over a small piece of land.

A railway books author has promised to submit an application to get Catesby Tunnel listed, just days after the Government awarded developers £4.2million to convert it into an aerodynamic testing facility.

Campaigners fighting to save Queensbury Tunnel have released a computer-generated film of what the historic structure could look like if it was transformed to host a cycle path.

A pioneering proposal to develop a 28km stretch of disused railway between Armagh and Newry - including the mile-long Lissummon Tunnel - has been put forward by NI Greenways.

Initial plans have been revealed for a multi-million-pound redevelopment of the original Highbury and Islington tube station.

A new trail could be set up to link Cotgrave Country Park to Radcliffe-on-Trent and Holme Pierrepont via a disused colliery railway.

Ambitious plans have been submitted to create a cycle route across the former railway swing bridge in Bowling, including a linear park with elevated viewports and seating areas.

Campaigners fear their bid to extend Nottingham's tram network along the A610 corridor, using a disused railway, has been sidelined despite a previous feasibility study.

A 'pre-feasibility' report has been published into the transformation of Holbeck Viaduct into a community park, akin to high-level walkways in New York and Paris.

Any plan to reopen Ditton Station in Widnes could hinge on the success of the Halton Curve reinstatement, work on which has just got underway.

Shaft investigation work has started at the western end of Rhondda Tunnel as the campaign to reopen it as a cycle path enters a new phase.

Work to transform the disused Catesby Tunnel and the site of Charwelton Station into a state-of-the-art vehicle testing facility is likely to start before the end of the year.

HS2 has been given the green light to restore Birmingham’s crumbling Curzon Street station into a cafe, exhibition space and offices.

A controversial plan to infill part Greenside Tunnel's eastern approach cutting has been approved by councillors despite local opposition.

A 1.75-mile section of the former Carmarthen-Aberystwyth line has been officially reopened following a £350,000 project that sees the Gwili steam railway doubled in length.

Residents across two counties have formed a pressure group with the aim of reopening a former railway bridge over the River Wye which was closed on safety grounds in February 2016.

Volunteers are planning to resurrect part of the defunct Cheadle Railway into a public footpath, cycle route and bridleway.

Fermanagh could see a tourist bonanza in the coming years with the building of a 21-mile trail from Clones to Enniskillen along the route of an old railway.

The £200 million Midland Metro extension to Brierley Hill - using a section of disused railway - is on the verge of getting the green light after final plans were unveiled to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.

A disused railway could be reopened and turned into a tourist attraction if a campaign group's plan comes to fruition.

The £150m vision to transform Lord’s cricket ground would see two disused railway tunnels converted for car parking and a large outside broadcast compound.

Volunteers and contractors have re-engineered a disused railway embankment to accommodate a new terminus for the Llangollen Railway.

A Parliamentary candidate is calling for a feasibility study into reopening the Market Drayton branch, providing a connection between Newcastle-under-Lyme with Stoke.

Transport links on the south-west side of Bristol are set to be improved by the reopening of a historic railway swing bridge across the River Avon.

A former signal box at Torre near Torquay has been put up for sale with planning permission to transform it into a holiday home.

Transport experts have put forward plans to reopen as many as 20 stations across Ayrshire whilst a disused line would see passenger traffic for the first time in 50 years.

Proposals have been revealed to create a half-mile-long park on a disused stretch of elevated railway between Camden Town and King’s Cross.

Otley Town Council has agreed to explore taking responsibility for the memorial that commemorates the 23 men killed during the construction of Bramhope Tunnel, allowing it to be repaired.

Ambitious plans to transform the deck of an old railway viaduct into a park with shops, cafes and bars – based on elevated public space in Manhattan – are set to be approved by councillors.

HS2 has submitted planning permission to convert the disused Curzon Street station entrance building into a visitor space when the high-speed terminal comes into service.

Tourists will soon be able to ride on London's underground postal railway thanks to a Scot who has played a key role in keeping the long-forgotten system in working order.

Developers are progressing their plans to create a vibrant four-storey events space - including a food and drink market, craft beer bar and gig venue - inside Manchester's forgotten Mayfield Depot.

Llanelli's derelict goods shed, built in 1875, is being saved from ruin by a group of volunteers hoping to transform it into an arts centre and community hub.

Planning permission has been granted for a building company to use Gedney's now-derelict railway station as its offices and yard.

A project to improve access to the Martholme Greenway and disused railway viaduct has received a ‘significant’ cash boost from the Lancashire Environmental Fund.

Ambitious plans are being unveiled to create a six-mile heritage railway and cycle path along the disused line between Irlam and Timperley, crossing Partington Viaduct.

A piece of railway history has been torn from the map with the dismantling of Banbury North Signal Box.

The old railway station in Market Rasen is to be brought back from its state of dereliction thanks to a £463,900 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Built in 1878, Connaught Tunnel has been widened and deepened to accommodate London's new Elizabeth Line.

Councillors on the Greater London Assembly have claimed that the extension of London Underground's Metropolitan line to Watford Junction over the former Croxley Green branch is running out of money and could fall victim to a £50 million shortfall.

The Blaenau Ffestiniog and Trawsfynydd Railway Society is looking for more volunteers to continue its 'amazing project' to restore a seven-mile section of the former Great Western Railway line to Bala.

Work to restore the disused Tregarth Tunnel so it can become part of a path lining the north Wales coast to Snowdonia is nearing completion.

Spiralling costs are threatening to derail the proposed reopening of the Portishead branch which closed in 1964 and was scheduled to carry passengers again in 2020.

Plans to build 50 new homes on the site of Plymouth's disused Tothill Sidings look set to be approved.

Sustainable transport alliance Transform Scotland wants all former railway alignments to be safeguarded until a thorough assessment can be carried out on the possibility of bringing them back into operation.

An old railway structure under Dunure Road in Ayr could have its rubble infill removed to accommodate a cycle path which runs along the Ayrshire coast.

A lobby group says that reopening disused stations and expanding the rail network in the Greater Cambridge area is gaining support as a means of combating congestion.

Repair work is continuing on Tregarth Tunnel in order to complete a path between Bangor to Llyn Ogwen which will bring to an end 20 years of campaigning.

Worcestershire County Council is leading a £10,000 study that will look at the economic impact of reopening the line between Honeybourne and Stratford-upon-Avon, creating a direct link between the Cotswolds and Birmingham.

A Colyton man has put his passion for the railways to good use by attempting to clean-up Seaton Junction Station in Shute which has become a popular site for fly-tipping.

Guided tours of the tunnels below Glasgow Central Station have attracted thousands of people over the past couple of years but plans are now afoot to restore part of a platform to how it looked in its heyday.

Work to repair Donyatt Halt after it was damaged in an arson attack will begin soon as the fundraising committee have almost reached their goal of raising £10,250.

The Great Central Railway's disused tunnel at Catesby is set to be transformed into a vehicle testing facility with Daventry District Council expected to approve a planning application.

The frontrunner to become the first mayor of the West Midlands has pledged to reopen a number of the region's railways if he is elected.

Reopening railways closed under the controversial Beeching cuts could become more viable thanks to the development of cheap, lightweight trains.

A ceremony has been held to mark the start of restoration work on the historic Ballater Station which was destroyed by fire in 2015.

A new study has claimed that it would be cheaper to drive a new Queensbury Tunnel rather than repair the existing one in line with the £35.4M repair cost established by its owner.

A historic swing bridge, built for the Bristol Harbour Railway, is nearing the end of a £3.2 million refurbishment as part of its conversion to host a new busway scheme.

Disused railway stations in Willenhall and Darlaston could be brought back to life as part of a major revamp of the train network in the Black Country, transport chiefs have revealed.

Work has begun to clear part of the former South Staffordshire Railway which is intended to host a new Midland Metro tram extension between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill.

Work has begun to refurbish the old railway through Deepdale ahead of its role as test track for Preston's Trampower project which was approved late last year.

A £58m project to bring Portishead's disused railway line back into use will cost 'considerably' more than originally planned, a report has found.

Multi-million pound plans to redevelop Londonderry's disused Waterside railway station have been boosted after the site was bought by Translink.

A project to restore Rhondda Tunnel for walkers and cyclists has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Welsh Government to carry out an initial 'tapping survey' on the structure.

After 30 years of campaigning to bring back the city’s railway, Ripon City Council has agreed to underwrite the £18,000 cost of a study investigating its feasibility.

Views are being sought on how one of Cumbria's most popular walking and cycling paths should be repaired after Storm Desmond damaged three disused railway bridges in 2015.

Usk Tunnel has emerged as one of several disused railway tunnels that charity Sustrans are looking to develop into walking and cycling routes.

Disused railway tunnels lie dormant across the Welsh landscape, but there are some who want to breathe new life into them for tourism and commuting purposes.