Selling land for railway.

[TripleSix]

The Wensleydale railway comes past our land and they have struggled to make it viable, many a time the train goes past with no one on it and thats without having to buy land. I was told it costs a million pounds a mile to reinstate the track to be useable this was from Redmire up to Hawes but there are a few bridges to put back in. So I wouldn't think they will want to spend a lot unless you are a very touristy spot which I suppose we are here.

We always joke that they are just blokes that were deprived of trainsets as kids.
The track is in terrible condition for the most part, I don't know how they dare run the big steamers up it

 

[Exfarmer]

Apparently the new Bicester to Bletchley link will cost £750M for 20 miles would think there is quite a nice bit in there for compensating landowners

 

[Hampton]

Railway line is by the hedge, bottom of this grass field.
Field below line has flooded, not real river channel is between the blue pipes on the bridge.
We are fairly fast flowing here, so as long as it goes off soon, it wont hurt the wheat too much.

 

[Fish]

Theses groups are dreamers had the same here, until they realise the cost.

Apart from having the buy all the ex rail back from farmers and build a new track bed it needed two bridges over local rivers.
Most of these closed branch lines never made any money, from the day they opened to the day they closed, and reopening them will result in the same.

 

[Barleycorn]

A local group near here want to reinstate approx. 10 miles of disused rail line that was closed in the sixties their problem is that the old line has been taken back by the farms it crossed. The old corridor is still there and used by walkers cyclists and horse riders, their plan is for a much wider corridor with a rail line and cycle path and trees and pretty flowers. My question is if this was your land would you consider selling or leasing land for this purpose and more importantly what sort of value would you put on it ?

Is that the Swanage railway?

 

[Daddy Pig]

I know farmers who use the old lines as farm tracks. You'd need a fair amount of compensation just to replace the access with something usable.

that's exactly what's happened here

 

[Daddy Pig]

Is that the Swanage railway?

No the old Bridport Branch line , used to run from Maiden Newton where it joined the main line through Bridport to West Bay where the old station is now a café, they even have an old railway carriage outside with extra seating in.