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Restoration project at Ribblehead gets underway
A £2.1MILLION programme of brickwork restoration and drainage improvements is underway at Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire.
Vegetation will be removed from the 144-yearold, Grade II-listed viaduct and brickwork repaired to reverse damage caused by weeds.
Metalwork and pipes will also be repainted, with work expected to be complete in February 2021.
‘Iron Giant’ gets £165k for repairs
FRIENDS of Bennerley Viaduct has won a £165,000 grant from Historic England towards urgent repairs on the former Great Northern Railway viaduct in Nottinghamshire.
The money is in addition to £280,000 awarded by the Railway Heritage Trust for the restoration of the listed structure and its opening to the public as a footpath and cycleway.
Renewal work to close key London junctions
TWO key junctions at St Johns and Lewisham in south-east London will be closed for engineering work over the Christmas holidays.
From December 25-29 and January 1-3, 2,500 metres of life-expired track, 7,500 tonnes of ballast and 1,460 sleepers will be replaced.
The work will also see the renewal of 1970s switches, crossings and points in the area with more reliable equipment.
Alcohol ban at ScotRail stations
THE consumption of alcohol has been banned on all ScotRail stations and trains since November 16.