A group of Pendle councillors is urging county council bosses to buy the disused trackbed between Colne and New Hague "before it is too late".

Supporters of the bid to re-open the line from March to Wisbech as a community heritage railway are planning a major fundraising campaign for 2009 to raise the final £10,000 needed to ensure they have sufficient funds to gain the lease and legal powers.

A multi-billion pound Scottish transport scheme should see the Levenmouth railway reopened.

Plans to create a 12-mile long park along the banks of the River Wear - which will cross Belmont Viaduct - have moved forward with the appointment of a project manager.

Councillor wants disused line used for foot/cycle route instead of Bus Rapid Transit scheme.

Christmas shoppers have made an epic 100-mile journey by train from Skipton to Colne - two towns separated by an 11½-mile missing rail link.

The Two Tunnels Greenway in Bath is nearing its fundraising target thanks to 101 painted pigs.

Enthusiasts who want to see trains running again through the Torridge Valley have laid two track panels at Torrington Station.

The old Scarborough-Whitby line could become a tourist attraction if sufficient funding is found.

The fate of the disused line between High Wycombe and Bourne End rests is in the government's hands following a three day planning inquiry to decide if 29 homes can be built on the trackbed.

A new traffic-free section of the National Cycle Network has opened through the Clydach Gorge.

The possibility of reopening the Bourne End-High Wycombe line has been argued during a public enquiry into a controversial planning application.

Work to widen Blackfriars bridge has begun as part of the Thameslink scheme, involving the use of redundant piers which formerly supported an adjacent railway structure.

Architecture students are studying the old Scarborough-Whitby line, looking at ways of improving it and increasing levels of public use and enjoyment.

Work should begin early next year on a new path through two old tunnels to the south of Bath.

A meeting is being held to discuss a proposed cycleway over a disused railway viaduct.

Seventy pig scultures have been auctioned to raise cash for Bath's Two Tunnels Greenway.

The reinstatement of the Kings Lynn-Hunstanton line is to be discussed by West Norfolk Council.

A new route is being sought for the A56 Villages Bypass in case the Colne-Skipton line reopens.

A man underwent nine hours of surgery after losing a finger as he climbed into Toft Tunnel.

The extension to the Welsh Highland Railway looks set to open as planned next Easter.

Leicester City Council has won its battle to demolish a bowstring bridge in the city's West End.

Enthusiasts are meeting to persue their dream of reopening a line across the Yorkshire Wolds.

Diggers have moved in to clear a former line through Chorlton, to make way for trams.

Top transport experts agree that Whitehill and Bordon should have its old railway reinstated.

Archaeologists hope to unearth the remains of Sheep Pasture Incline's old engine house.

An academic's view of Beeching's Scottish legacy.

Promoters of a reinstated Oxford-Cambridge line have secured £2m for development work.

A plan to reopen the old 15-mile line between Plymouth and Tavistock has taken a step forward.

Locals are being asked for their views on renovations to the Scarborough-Whitby railway path.

Plans to spend nearly £200,000 on safety improvements to an old bridge have been criticised.

A local council has objected to the compulsory purchase of an embankment for a tram extension.

Services on the new Alloa line have proved so popular that an extension is being examined.

The Welsh Highland Railway is on-track to fully reopen by next Easter.

Locals have vowed to fight plans to build a large housing estate on the old Bolton-Bury trackbed.

The BBC will screen several shows this autumn, looking at Beeching's legacy and railway walks.

Workers maintaining Harecastle Tunnel became ill after breathing in fumes.

Music mogul Pete Waterman backs restoration of the Fleetwood-Thornton line.

Phase 3 of the Great Northern Trail will soon reveal spectacular views from Thornton Viaduct.

Plans to reopen East Linton's mothballed railway station has made positive tracks.

Plans to extend the Llangollen Railway into Corwen move ahead with a public meeting in the town.

Trains could return to the Torridge Valley if a rail group's plans come to fruition.

Enthusiasts have laid track on the old Belfast & County Down Railway, closed nearly 60 years ago.

A disused railway linking Banchory and Crathes is to be reopened to rail enthusiasts.

The first of Sustrans' Connect2 schemes has been opened to pedestrians and cyclists in Dumfries.

Residents of St Cyrus have been working to transform an old cutting into a community garden.

Three footplate men will be reunited with the Mallard to celebrate the loco's record speed run.

Study finds Portishead to Bristol rail link would be "feasible".

Dozens of people serving time in the community have cleared up a disused railway line.

Councillors are preparing to fight plans to build homes on a disused railway line in Wooburn Green.

Pier Head Station will be recreated in the Museum of Liverpool, opening in 2010.

A progress report on the proposed reopening of the Skipton-Colne line.

Campaigners have urged councillors to "reunite the city" by reopening Ashton Gate station.

A rapid bus link over Gosport's old railway line has come in for criticism.

A decision not to make the old Boosbeck-Slapewath line into a right-of-way has been overturned.

Ashington's first passenger train in 40 years will run on 7th June to promote the line's reopening.

A feasibility study looks at turning Scarborough station's former parcels office into an art studio.

Work could start soon on a new spur for Manchester's Metrolink along a disused trackbed.

Masham station yard and Richmond station have been shortlisted for restoration prizes.

A railway fanatic hopes to open a museum at the disused station he's just bought for £300,000.

Gangs of teenagers are putting lives at risk by throwing missiles from a disused railway bridge.

Glasgow City Council has blocked plans to reopen a disused subterranean station as a nightclub.

An old route into Plymouth may be revived if the Dawlish line keeps being swamped by the sea.

Sustrans intends to transform the old line from Millerhill to Loanhead into a cycle route.

Work to lay a cycle path over West Vale viaduct has ended following protests from locals.

A covered, moving walkway over an old viaduct could soon link an arena with Newcastle station.

Trams could run along a disused Black Country freight line as part of a £388million project.

Two stretches of disused line could be secured for use as part of Edinburgh's rail network.

The curtain has come down on an old railway wagon converted into a tiny cinema.

Campaigners hoping to have Alrewas station reopened have received backing from landowners.

Hopes have been raised that two of Liverpool's commuter hubs could be linked via a disused line.

The biggest airline operating out of Belfast Airport want a disused railway line back in action.

Plans to develop part of Luton and Dunstable's guided busway could soon get the green light.

The need for more housing in Tavistock could justify reopening a line which closed 40 years ago.

Police were forced to close a road after a man jumped from Darcy Lever viaduct.

Transport bosses hope to reopen the Leamside line to create a new Tyne-Tees rail link.

A multi-million pound freight link between the Port of Liverpool and the WCML gets a green light.