What is the reason for moving the original cycle path?
After the Airdrie-Bathgate line was closed to rail in 1982 the railway solum became a public footpath and cycle path, known as National Cycle Route 75. To ensure the best and least disruptive solution for reinstating the railway the new route will once again follow the line of the old solum. Network Rail will therefore be investing £7.3 million to relocate the cycle path adjacent to the new railway. The new cycle path will be open to coincide with the end of the railway project.
After the Airdrie-Bathgate line was closed to rail in 1982 the railway solum became a public footpath and cycle path, known as National Cycle Route 75. To ensure the best and least disruptive solution for reinstating the railway the new route will once again follow the line of the old solum. Network Rail will therefore be investing £7.3 million to relocate the cycle path adjacent to the new railway. The new cycle path is scheduled to open in Spring 2011.
