I asked my colleague Christopher Maag what might be next for the Rockaway Beach line. This abandoned rail line through southern and central Queens is an overgrown industrial ruin. Can it be the ...

It was once a busy branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Now, coyotes prowl one of New York City’s last wild places. What will it become next?

While some people see the benefits the trail could bring through tourism, others along that abandoned rail line are concerned ...

The Oneida Line was abandoned in 2024. Now, a plan to turn that old railroad into a recreational trail is being met with some opposition.

Opened in 1855, the forgotten stretch of railway ran from Oldham to Delph and was part of the London North West Railway, connecting the town with Manchester and Huddersfield.  It closed to ...

Apr. 16—The former Union Pacific Railroad line being turned into a shared user trail between Albert Lea and Hartland will now be known as the Songbird Trail. The Freeborn County Board of ...

A model maker and train enthusiast has recreated an abandoned railway line 100 years after it first opened. The Ashover Light Railway was built to take limestone and flour spar to Clay Cross Iron ...

KURAYOSHI, Tottori Prefecture--Nearly 40 years after its closure, the Kurayoshi Line here is drawing tourists and winning praise on social media as Japan’s “most beautiful abandoned railway ...

The project is a federal program that converts abandoned railways to recreational ... In the late 1800s, when the rail line was being built, railroad companies could either take the land for ...

helping preserve the abandoned rail route between Hammond and Dyer for future passenger rail service and helping build the coalition that ultimately led to the rail line being built there.

Discussions have intensified between the Abia State Government and the new leadership of the Nigerian Railway Corporation ...