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« on: July 18, 2013, 00:57:19 »
I've just discovered the following excellent resource for anyone interested in tracing the route of a long closed railway line. It also maps current lines.

http://www.railmaponline.com/

The lines are overlaid onto Google Maps so you can get a fairly good impression of how development has happened on existing alignments. It gives a good overview of the problems faced by campaigns to re-open some lines.

According to the designer of the website, it is still a work in progress, but it looks very good so far.
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2013, 04:44:09 »
Many thanks for posting that link, bignosemac!  Cheesy

It's fascinating to follow the route of, just for example, the long-gone Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway.
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2013, 08:59:57 »
I'll add my thanks - this'll save me hours when I'm playing 'Fantasy Reopenings'
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2013, 09:01:26 »
What an excellent find.  I think I will be making a lot of use of that.
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2013, 20:44:02 »
A very interesting website.

I also came across this site for London Underground (and some mainline services): http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/index.php
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2024, 14:09:55 »
While I am continuing to review our 'wider picture' board, I found this particular topic.

The site is still there, the link works.

It is indeed a really brilliant website - I recommend that you look at it!
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