9 percent of farm land to be turned over to woodland or nature by 2050. The railways have turned the majority of railway cuttings and embankments to woodlands over the years.
The embankment that I used to play on when I was young is too overgrown now. You can hardly see the trains. To us it was a place to play. Long grass, ant hills. He used to toboggan down it in the summer or winter. Once the grass was flattened it became very slippery. You used to get good views from on top, looking over the fields and houses. From the other side we used to sit and watch show jumping. We were sensible in those days and knew how to look out and listen for trains before crossing the tracks.