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Railway Tunnels handed over to Cycle Charity

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Old 18th July 2010, 21:03
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Railway Tunnels handed over to Cycle Charity

Two disused railway tunnels near Bath have been handed over to the cycling charity Sustrans. The tunnals were on the Somerset & Dorset Railway line.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-10673789


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Old 19th July 2010, 18:11
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I hope there was no thoughts on a reopening for this stretch of line.
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Nice to see some form of restoration of THE classic S & D route, like other parts, it is slowly reawakening. Personally speaking, any form of re use rather than left abandoned, is fine by me, as in walking/cycling, but most of all rail reinstatement of course!!!
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I fully agree with you ACE in that any leisure use is better than decay. I do remember, some 30 years or so ago, driving my car from the station at Midsomer Norton northwards along the remains of the track bed. It was only a few hundred yards but it felt good! Wish I had a Range Rover back then, I would have gone further!
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Good news

Good news for cyclists and the everyone else Syd.
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Will they have the sounds of trains passing like Ashbourne Tunnel?
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