Buses will replace trains between Machynlleth and Pwllheli for 13 weeks, as contractor Alun Griffiths will undertake the final phase of restoration work on the Barmouth Viaduct for Network Rail in North Wales.
The 154 year old, 820m long single track railway viaduct is the UK’s oldest and longest timber viaduct.…
Network Rail will close the historic Barmouth Viaduct in Wales for 13 weeks this autumn for the final phase of its £30M like-for-like restoration scheme.
This final phase will see Network Rail and contractor Alun Griffiths carefully reconstruct the metal sections of the Grade II* listed structure, as well as renewing…
The Barmouth Viaduct has reopened to passengers and pedestrians with the second stage of major refurbishment work now completed.
The 154-year-old Barmouth Viaduct reopened on Saturday 10 December after engineers replaced track as part of the refurbishment of the Grade II listed structure. Network Rail planned to reopen the viaduct in…
Network Rail is giving its 154 year old Barmouth Viaduct a much needed new lease of life, while ensuring its iconic heritage is preserved.
Network Rail looks after 30,000 structures. Only nine are timber bridges. Arguably the most iconic of those nine is the Barmouth Viaduct, but at 154 years old…
Network Rail has said that the final phase of work to upgrade the iconic Barmouth Viaduct in Wales is to be divided into several stages across the next two years to minimise the impact on train services and tourism in the region.
The final stage of the repair work on the…
Network Rail’s £30M project to restore Wales’ grade II listed Barmouth Viaduct is nearing completion, with rail services expected to resume before the end of the year.
Engineers on the project recently revealed that structural damage on the timber bridge – which has been in operation since 1867 – was much…
Network Rail’s Barmouth viaduct restoration is being extended after engineers discovered the structure was more extensively damaged than previously thought.
During work to repair the structure, Network Rail engineers found damage to the timber structure was worse than anticipated. The work to refurbish the Grade II-listed viaduct is the biggest and…
Work to restore the Barmouth Viaduct in Wales restarted this weekend, after a pause over the summer.
In its biggest ever upgrade, Network Rail is replacing more than 1,000 timber and metal elements of the viaduct as part of a £30M restoration. With the peak summer season over, the viaduct will…
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