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Sustrans' first route follows a disused railway through a green corridor in Bristol. Sustrans (/ ˈ s u s t r æ n s / SUS-trans) is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network.
Plans were mooted in the late 1990s for a modern tram system to serve Cardiff's urban areas, but these were shelved due to the costs of building and maintaining such a system. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The world's first passenger tram service was the Mumbles Railway in Swansea, initially horse-drawn but later operated by steam and electric trams.
The Fallowfield Loop is an off-road cycle path, pedestrian and horse riding route in the south of Manchester, England, which is one of the National Cycle Network routes and paths; it was developed and built by Sustrans, forming part of routes 6 and 60. [1] The Loop follows the route of the former Fallowfield Loop railway line, which closed in 1988.
The route uses several railway paths including the Midland Railway route to Morecambe and the Great Northern Railway's Queensbury lines. According to the year 2000 Official Guide to the National Cycle Network, the designation 69 was slated to be used for a route from Derby to Berwick upon Tweed, however that route has been given the number 68.
From Selby to York the route [5] uses the trackbed of the old East Coast Mainline railway, which was bought by Sustrans for £1 and turned into one of its first traffic-free paths. [6] On a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) section of this path is a scale model of the Solar System. [7] NCN Route 66 provides an alternative route between Hull and York.
Connect2 was a five-year project run by Sustrans. It involves the creation of new cycle and walking routes, bridges and other facilities in 79 locations around the UK. It aims to create new networks of local paths, improve cycling and walking access and to connect local areas.
This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries. "Region" refers to the metropolitan area based around the city listed, where applicable. Operating Region State System Authority Type (FTA) Albuquerque New Mexico Rail Runner Express ...
The following is a list of all heavy rail rapid transit systems in the United States. It does not include statistics for bus or light rail systems; see: List of United States light rail systems by ridership for light rail systems. All ridership figures represent unlinked passenger trips, so line transfers on multi-line systems register as ...