Rails to trails has occasionally happened on an ad hoc basis in the U.K. too. When Beeching's axe fell [1] at least some were converted. I used to cycle from Fa

Rails to trails has occasionally happened on an ad hoc basis in the U.K. too. When Beeching's axe fell [1] at least some were converted. I used to cycle from Fareham to Gosport largely along one, the main challenge being that the other path users included a significant population of enthusiastic bottle smashers, so changing tubes became a fine art. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts