
The HRE Group
@thehregroup
An alliance of walking, cycling and heritage campaigners, engineers and greenway developers who see the Historical Railways Estate as an asset for future good.
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http://thehregroup.org/ 02-12-2020 11:00:55
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Four years on, this shows the fate of the 125 structures intended for infilling as part of National Highways Major Works programme. 🟩 24 have been repaired or are expected to be repaired 🟥12 have been infilled or are expected to be infilled We have no insight on the remaining 89.



Massive thanks to the work of The HRE Group for saving the #RugleyBridge near #Alnwick from infilling, now opened up as the first phase of the #BorderlineGreenway on the Alnwick and Cornhill Railway trackbed. Easy to imagine this being lost for good! Green Signals #Railnatter podcast




It says much about National Highways that it was unwilling to allow Aln Valley Railway to extend its heritage line under a legacy railway bridge near Alnmouth, so Northumberland County Council has had to take on the structure, partly funding waterproofing work and repointing. northumberland.gov.uk/News/2025/Apr/…



Disgraceful from National Highways - they should hand all remaining rail assets to GreatBritishRailways

On the day a verdict has been reached in the #SycamoreGap case, it's worth noting that National Highways has awarded a £29K contract to AmcoGiffen for the planting of trees, in compensation for those it felled unlawfully during the 'emergency' infilling of #RudgateBridge, Tadcaster.


Great to finally see Manchester's #CastlefieldViaduct after its transformation into a green, urban space - the result of a collaboration between National Trust and National Highways. More legacy structures should be similarly repurposed to get value from our maintenance investment.


The HRE Group National Trust National Highways Absolutely! It is a wonderful transformation and a lovely space in a busy city centre.



We've finally been to visit this exceptional masonry arch bridge near Brechin which National Highways intended to infill despite it being needed for an extension to a nearby heritage railway. It's also protected by a Category B listing. What were they thinking? It's magnificent.
