Rails with trails

One of the railroad crossings along the Camp Chase Trail, a rails with trails in the United States. The trail has seven crossings, the most of any rails with trails in the U.S.A.[1]

Rails with trails (RWT) are a small subset of rail trails in which a railway right-of-way remains in use by trains yet also has a parallel recreational trail. Hundreds of kilometers of RWTs exist in Canada, Europe, the United States, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.[2][3]

  1. ^ America's Rails-with-Trails Report: A Resource for Planners, Agencies and Advocates on Trails Along Active Railroad Corridors by Kelly Pack, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 2013, page 25.
  2. ^ FRA 2021, p. 14.
  3. ^ "Rails-with-Trails: Lessons Learned: Literature Review, Current Practices, Conclusions". US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. August 2002. Archived from the original on September 17, 2005. FTA-MA-26-0052-04-1. 155 pages.

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