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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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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.

Four years on, this shows the fate of the 125 structures intended for infilling as part of <a href="/NationalHways/">National Highways</a> 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.
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Campaigners say that the Neilston-Uplawmoor community link in East Renfrewshire - which would have repurposed three unusual disused railway bridges - will not go ahead due to funding issues. This reflects very poorly on Sustrans and East Renfrewshire. news.stv.tv/west-central/c…

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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

Massive thanks to the work of <a href="/theHREgroup/">The HRE Group</a> 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! <a href="/greensignallers/">Green Signals</a> <a href="/Railnatter/">#Railnatter podcast</a>
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Great to see this fabulous masonry arch saved from emergency infilling to fulfil a positive new role. We've no doubt the route will be valued by the community. Hopefully an agreement can soon be reached to allow an extension of the path under a similar bridge further north.

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We look forward to seeing this structure repurposed very soon as part of a greenway through a stunning part of Northumberland.

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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/…

It says much about <a href="/NationalHways/">National Highways</a> that it was unwilling to allow <a href="/AlnValleyRail/">Aln Valley Railway</a> to extend its heritage line under a legacy railway bridge near Alnmouth, so <a href="/N_landCouncil/">Northumberland County Council</a> has had to take on the structure, partly funding waterproofing work and repointing.
northumberland.gov.uk/News/2025/Apr/…
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An obvious and easy win would be for Govt to transfer the estate to an organisation with a duty to work with other organisations to enable reuse, not try to permanently disable it.

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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.

On the day a verdict has been reached in the #SycamoreGap case, it's worth noting that <a href="/NationalHways/">National Highways</a> 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.
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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.

Great to finally see Manchester's #CastlefieldViaduct after its transformation into a green, urban space - the result of a collaboration between <a href="/nationaltrust/">National Trust</a> and <a href="/NationalHways/">National Highways</a>.
More legacy structures should be similarly repurposed to get value from our maintenance investment.
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It looks very much as though the weekend opening of Chelfham Viaduct was a roaring success, with around 2,000 turning up to take a stroll across its deck. Let's hope there's more to come. northdevongazette.co.uk/gallery/home/1…

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There needs to be a complete overhaul of the way National Highways operates, with closer scrutiny of its figures during planning consent applications, and publicly available data after opening. transportactionnetwork.org.uk/true-cost-of-t…

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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.

We've finally been to visit this exceptional masonry arch bridge near Brechin which <a href="/NationalHways/">National Highways</a> 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.