Council officers will examine whether a new mass public transport system in Warrington will need to use a disused railway line over the Manchester Ship Canal.

A campaign group has raised the possibility of the former rail link between Harrogate and Ripon being reinstated.

The Scottish Government has announced that it will spend an estimated £70m bringing trains back to Levenmouth, in another reversal of the Beeching-era cuts that decimated much of the country's rail network.

Permission has been granted for track to be relayed and minor locomotive movements undertaken at the former Wensleydale Railway station at Aysgarth.

Businesses in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle have welcomed proposals that could see the reopening of St James Station, located in a cutting between Central and Brunswick stations.

A plan to convert a disused Cumbrian railway into a cycle route has been given a boost after it was raised in the Commons by the local MP.

Plans to reopen Bennerley Viaduct as a public walkway are set to be approved by Erewash Borough Council.

The campaign to turn Queensbury Tunnel into England’s longest cycle tunnel has received a boost in the form of a defiant landowner who refuses to let Highways England abandon it.

Members of West Devon Borough Council have been told that the costs of reinstating the Tavistock to Bere Alston rail link is now in the region of £70 million and adequate funding is not currently available.

Plans to revive a disused railway line between Cardiff and Llantrisant have been revealed as a next phase of the South Wales Metro project.

Some of Glasgow's famous disused railway arches could soon be given a makeover, transforming them into a thriving home for businesses.

Campaigners have welcomed the allocation of £10m for a study into the viability of extending the Borders Railway south-west to Carlisle as part of the Borderlands growth deal.

Efforts to create a foot and cycle connection between Bradford and Halifax - via Queensbury Tunnel - look set to shift up a gear with the publication of an ‘advocacy document’ to support funding bids.

Thirty years after Melton Halt railway station closed, the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership is looking at reopening it to serve a Business Park.

More than a decade after plans to reopen the railway to Portishead were taken up by Bristol and North Somerset councils, the scheme is now ready to be submitted to Government for formal approval.

Planners have given the go-ahead to demolish a historic railway bridge in order to provide access to a new housing estate in Ross-on-Wye.

Remains of an early Scottish waggonway have been unearthed near Meadowmill in a find which has been described as having 'huge significance'.

Ambitious plans for the future of public transport around Bristol - combining trains, buses and cycle/walkways - are set to take a huge leap forward.

A date has finally been set to remove a disused railway bridge in Nuneaton after years at the centre of frustrating traffic congestion when wagons have become wedged beneath it.

Manchester's Mayfield Depot could be transformed into a huge new music, theatre, film, food and arts venue, managed by some of the people behind Parklife and the Warehouse Project.

Work to transform the iconic Bennerley Viaduct into a public walkway could start this autumn.

Otley Town Council has approved funding for a bat survey in support of the Wharfedale Greenway which aims to transform a disused railway line into a walking and cycling route between Pool-in-Wharfedale and Menston.

The biggest upgrade of the East Coast Main Line in a generation will see signalling equipment removed from a disused tunnel at King's Cross prior to track being relaid through it.

The two final stages of the Wray Valley Trail that links Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead via on old branch line should be complete by the end of the year.

Campaigners fighting to save Queensbury Tunnel from abandonment have asked supporters to 'stand up and make our voices heard' after plans to infill the historic structure were officially lodged by Highways England.

A disused railway station could be restored as a centrepiece of the regeneration of Granton.

A campaign to reopen the former railway line between Skipton and Colne has received another boost after it was announced as a winning project in the Great British Transport Competition.

Plans have been submitted to lay a section of track on a former railway in North Devon which was closed back in 1970...but it would only be 10 metres long!

A campaign has been launched to reopen the former Horsham to Guildford railway line which has been shut since the 1960s.

Scrapping the controversial HS2 project would free-up enough cash to bankroll 28 critical transport projects across Britain, including the reopening of several disused railways.

UK Government ministers have confirmed their commitment to carrying out a study into the feasibility of extending the Borders Railway into England and are calling on their Scottish counterparts to do likewise.

Steeped in history, Bristol's Clifton Rocks Railway could become the city's newest visitor attraction after being bought by a new owner who has plans to reopen it as a museum.

Enthusiasts are hoping to breathe new life into the three-mile Maerdy branch line in Rhondda Cynon Taff, 55 years since passengers last trundled along it.

The span of a disused railway bridge, now forming part of the 17-mile High Peak Trail, has been destroyed after it was struck by a lorry.

A member of the Welsh Assembly believes that a railway bridge, damaged when a lorry got wedged underneath it, should be reinstated to help local enthusiasts revive the disused Anglesey Central Railway.

Cyclists and Council members have come together to celebrate the official opening of a new £250,000 greenway along a disused mineral railway which will improve access and boost wildlife at Cotgrave Country Park.

Two disused railway viaducts in Leeds - Holbeck and Monk Bridge - could become New York-style 'highline' routes within the next decade.

Plans have been submitted to turn Bennerley Viaduct into a public footpath for walkers and cyclists after £485,000 in funding was secured.

A disused Victorian viaduct in Hammersmith is being lined up as London’s answer to New York’s High Line linear park, with a competition launched to find ideas to restore the structure for public use.

Three of Bradford’s MPs have backed the campaign to preserve Queensbury Tunnel as a major cycle route.

A new cycle route along a disused Leicestershire railway - which was intended to serve as a memorial for a 13-year-old boy killed while cycling - has been blocked by local landowner.

A huge Victorian railway goods station in Hull has been revealed for the first time in decades as nearby buildings are demolished to make way for a redevelopment of the site.

The campaign to extend the Borders Railway to Hawick or Carlisle has received a major boost with the Government announcing its backing for a feasibility study.

Subject to planning and listed building consent, work to install a walkway across Bennerley Viaduct could begin by the end of the summer, with a funding target of £690,000.

Restoring the rail link between Lynn and Hunstanton could potentially save lives by reducing road congestion, local councillors have heard.

Thousands have signed a petition to protect a cycle path along a disused railway between Chippenham and Calne following the revelation that Wiltshire Council is considering its closure to cut costs.

Proposals to introduce a more direct rail link between Perth and Edinburgh - by reopening a line that closed in 1970 - are to be examined by Transport Scotland.

Reopening the disused line between Caernarfon and Bangor would cost £16m per mile but bring more than 7,000 people within walking distance of a main line station, according to a new report.

A prospective local Councillor in Leicester has suggested that the city’s disused Glenfield Tunnel could be brought back into use as a cycle and walking route.

Judith Cummins, the MP for Bradford South, has accused Highways England of trying to 'kill off by stealth' plans to reopen Queensbury Tunnel as a foot and cycle path.

After 45 years rebuilding the railway line between Llangollen and Corwen, volunteers say they only need £10,000 to finish the final stretch.

Plans to restore a hidden derelict platform beneath Glasgow Central are 'on the right track', Network Rail has revealed as Scotland’s busiest station prepares to star in a new BBC series.

The viability of plans to bring Bennerley Viaduct back into public use will be known in March when a decision is made on a funding application.

Long-awaited plans to create a 12-mile walk along the old railway line from Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland have been dropped from a flagship policy.

Highways England has announced a £17 million investment in walking and cycling projects in Cornwall, including a multi-use trail along a disused railway between Perranporth and Newquay.

Competing visions have been laid out about whether the disused railway line between Fleetwood and Poulton should be restored for use by trains or trams.

Shepton Mallet railway station could be restored after the local authority unveiled a new long-term vision for its rail route.

A new walking and cycling route is set to be built along a disused railway track between Green Row Bridge at Methley Junction and Castleford, following approval from Leeds City Council.

A new partnership has been set-up to extend the popular Great Northern Railway Trail to Keighley and Denholme via sections of disused trackbed.

Walkers and cyclists could soon be passing through the 1,188 yard long disused Tidenham Tunnel as part of a ‘Wander Wye’ path bid to link Tintern to Chepstow.

Turning Queensbury Tunnel into a cycling route would bring 'national and international' attention to Bradford, campaigners have told Council bosses.

A £5 billion rail network expansion programme to reach the most disconnected and disadvantaged communities by reopening closed lines and repurposing freight routes has been proposed by campaigners.

County officers are planning to create five public rights of way along the old railway line to Barnard Castle which, for the most part, will be three metres wide and stretch more than two kilometres.

Bradford Council will support plans to turn Queensbury Tunnel into an underground cycle way, but says it currently cannot commit to undertaking the project with its tightening budget.

Network Rail has announced that it will soon begin to clear the northern section of the disused Folkestone Harbour branch as talks continue with local stakeholders about potential uses for it within the community.

Ambitious plans for a four kilometre cycle track on the former trackbed of the Arthington to Burley railway have been submitted to Bradford Council.

East West Railway Company has announced it is seeking specialist partners to deliver the central section of its reinstated line between Cambridge and Bedford, after publishing a prior information notice.

The Environment Agency is investigating concerns that a stream could be polluted by an operation to pump around 6.6 million gallons of floodwater out of Queensbury Tunnel.

Campaigners seeking to restore the rail link to St Andrews in Fife have marked the 50th anniversary of its closure.

Friends of the Earth Scotland is calling for an evaluation of the costs, environmental and health benefits that could be gained from reopening disused railways in Angus.

The cost of abandoning Queensbury Tunnel has risen to more than £4 million as a result of logistical difficulties caused by flooding.

Millers Dale Station on the former London-Manchester main line through the Peak District will reopen as a cafe and visitor centre in the spring following a £230,000 project.

Plans to reopen a scenic path on the route of a disused railway line near Ulverston have won the support of councillors and the local MP.

The disused Goldsborough Station is set to be transformed into a new park and ride facility called Flaxby Parkway Station, 60 years after passengers last used it.

Planning chiefs have been urged to look to their consciences after they approved a controversial scheme to infill a disused railway cutting in Heckmondwike for a housing scheme.

Campaigners believe DfT funding is the key to unlocking a proposal to reopen the railway that ran from the Ironbridge Power Station to Telford.

Buckingham Town Council is investigating the possibility of making the path along an old railway track through the town into a formal right of way.

Three years after a study earmarked five disused railway tunnels in Wales for reopening as cycling and walking routes, one is now in use and work is underway to open two more by 2021.

A special service will run from Edinburgh to Tweedbank to mark the 50th anniversary of the Waverley line's closure, as the campaign to reopen more of it gains momentum.