On Sat, 7 May 2016 19:07:58 +0100, "D A Stocks"
wrote:

"Robin9" wrote in message
...

In the '60 and '70s some extremists, including
The Economist magazine, suggested that railways were
obsolete and that all the railway lines should be so converted.
This idea was repudiated by most sensible people and some
motoring organisations pointed out that railway routes were
not wide enough to be suitable for main roads.


Here are some examples that I know of:

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The road from the village of Advie, Morayshire to the burial ground at
Advie Kirk runs along the trackbed of the Grantown to Keith line for
about half a mile.