Jonathan1990
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After the beeching a lot of disused railways became walking and cycling paths (aka cinder tracks). Some even reopened as heritage railways but there were other railways that went completely with very few remains. One I can mention to start with is the line that went from Scarborough to Pickering, then onto Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley which my Grandfather use to ride on into Scarborough when he was 10 around 1940 as his family had to temporary relocate to a place along there during world war 2. I wish that would have become a cycle path like the Scarborough to Whitby one. Been a riding school there the Snainton to Brompton bit would have become extremely popular with horse riders. Now most of the route has been turned into open fields with just the old station buildings remaining and a banking with a bridge near Wykeham that I know.