Orangeville-Brampton Railway (OBRY)

[dowlingm]

If Brampton really wanted to ensure it didn’t come back, putting new sewer/stormwater infra under the alignment might be a more firm way to say “stop dreaming, it’s over”

 

[lenaitch]

If Brampton really wanted to ensure it didn’t come back, putting new sewer/stormwater infra under the alignment might be a more firm way to say “stop dreaming, it’s over”

Not necessarily. A portion of the BCR ROW has a major water trunkline. Many rail rights-of-way are protected by utility easements.

 

[History fan]

So long as they don't build any structures over top the land where the track used to be, then the rail can always return.

In today's day and age, once the tracks are ripped up, they never come back. I am not aware of any railways that were ripped up and then brought back.

 

[ShonTron]

In today's day and age, once the tracks are ripped up, they never come back. I am not aware of any railways that were ripped up and then brought back.

Occasionally as transit lines (Los Angeles’ E/Expo Line is an example), but not as general traffic railways. The one that might return is the Lackawanna Cutoff in New Jersey if the NYC-Scranton train gets built, but that’s only a proposal.

 

[Allandale25]

Video from 2010 in case folks haven't seen it.

 

[Northern Light]

In today's day and age, once the tracks are ripped up, they never come back. I am not aware of any railways that were ripped up and then brought back.

Occasionally as transit lines (Los Angeles’ E/Expo Line is an example), but not as general traffic railways. The one that might return is the Lackawanna Cutoff in New Jersey if the NYC-Scranton train gets built, but that’s only a proposal.

IF it happens.......HFR/HSR will reinstate a chunk of railway between Havelock and Smiths Falls; though a bunch of it will likely be realigned.