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An abandoned railroad is a railway line which is no longer used for that purpose. Such lines may be disused railways, closed railways, former railway lines, or derelict railway lines. Some have had all their track and sleepers removed, and others have material remaining from their former usage. There are many hundreds of these throughout the world.
A few ceased to exist because they went out of business and were abandoned and dismantled. For simplicity on this list, Canadian National Railways (CNR) (pre-1960), Canadian National Railway (CN) (post-1960), Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), and Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) will be abbreviated for notations.
East Gippsland Rail Trail signage in Victoria, Australia, indicating the shared trail usage. A rail trail is a shared-use path on a railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed but may also share the right of way with active railways, light rail, or streetcars (rails with trails), or with disused track.
Hundreds of landowners along a 41-mile stretch of abandoned Metro-North Railroad track in the Hudson Valley could be in for a major payday. Homeowners in Dutchess and Putnam counties sued the ...
Rail trails in the United States (4 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Closed railway lines in the United States" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total.
The body of a deceased man found Dec. 3 along an abandoned railroad track in Athens has been identified, Athens-Clarke police said Thursday. Police said 42-year-old Jarrard Pittard was found near ...
In 2013, some local residents obtained a lease from the MTA to use a part of the abandoned right-of-way as a community garden known as the Smiling Hogshead Ranch. [3] [12] [17] The garden was first conceived in 2011 as a guerrilla garden on the Degnon Terminal tracks, which split from the Montauk Cutoff. [18] As of 2024, it is still operative.
Took over the abandoned Pithole Valley Railroad, and graded from Enterprise to Pithole. Laid track between Titusville and Tannery, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) [210] Tuscarora Railroad - in 1898 this subsidiary of the Tuscarora Valley Railroad did substantial grading on an extension from Blairs Mills to McConnellsburg.