(14 Nov 2013, 3:38 pm)fozzovmurton wrote There was also the problem of landslips and vegetation made parts of it look like a forest, I walked the line from Sulgrave to Penshaw a few years ago with my dog and it was in a very sorry state indeed...
I can certainly see the need for it, even if it is only for freight and the ocassional diversion for the ECML and Durham Coast Services, it would free up paths between Newcastle and Northallerton and Newcastle and Hartlepool by using the Leamside and the Stillington Branch
The track is the clearest it has been for years these days.
A lot of trees and vegetation were cleared when the lines were removed.