The Bermuda Railway ceased to operate as such when the only carrier to exist in Bermuda folded in 1948. Some of … See more

In a number of cities disused rail tracks have been converted into linear parks. One example is the High Line (also known as "High Line Park"), a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park created on an elevated section … See more

Railroads in North America were often built with a mix of purchased land, government land grants, and easements. The land deeds can be over a hundred years old, land grants might be conditional upon continuous … See more

Most original rail lines were surveyed for ease of transport and gentle (often less than 2%) grades. Therefore, the rail trails that succeeded them are often fairly straight and ideally suited to overcome steep or awkward te… See more

Rails with trails are a small subset of rail trails in which a railway right-of-way remains in use by trains yet also has a parallel recreational trail. Hundreds of kilometers of rails with trails exist in Canada, Europe, the United Stat… See more

• Bustitution – Substitution of rail traffic by buses
• Cycleway
• Greenway (landscape)
• Outline of cycling… See more

• FRA, USDOT (2021). Rails-with-Trails - Best Practices and Lessons Learned. Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, FHWA-HEP-21-017.
• Spencer, D. M. (2010). "Segmentin… See more