Tay Bridge (North British Railway)
Introduction
This was the second Tay Bridge which replaced the collapsed bridge. Modifications were required to the approach lines to the former bridge. The current bridge is double track whereas the Tay Bridge [1st] was single.
Dates
| /03/2000 | Tay Bridge (North British Railway) Railtrack commits £15M to refurbish the Tay Bridge. This will lift a speed restriction and allow freight to pass over the bridge (instead of via Perth). |
| /09/2000 | Tay Bridge (North British Railway) John Mowlem wins a £16m contract to strengthen the Tay Bridge with work due for completion in May 2003. In addition to allowing heavier trains the improvement will also allow Sprinters to travel at over 25mph in the curved sections. |
| /03/2003 | Tay Bridge (North British Railway) Work on the Tay Bridge to clean and paint piers, replace strengthening cross-girders and replace rivets over 18 months is completed at a cost of £16M. Following this work the bridge will re-open to freight. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Dundee to Wormit
This was a two platform station at the north end of the Tay Bridge. The station remains largely intact and the southbound station building is used by engineers for maintenance of the bridge. The platforms are timber. The station extends out over Riverside Drive, which was originally known as the Esplanade. The station dates from the second bridge, the original had no station here.
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See also
Tay Bridge and Associated Lines (North British Railway)
Bill Roberton //1990
John Furnevel 20/09/2007
Colin Miller 26/06/2019
John Furnevel 20/9/2007
This double track girder viaduct is the longest viaduct in the United Kingdom at 10,711 ft. It crosses the River Tay between Wormit and Dundee.
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Mark Bartlett 24/08/2018
Brian Haslehust 04/09/1965
Iain Teaz 11/07/2019
Brian Haslehust //1963
This junction opened shortly after the new Tay Bridge opened in 1887. The junction was between the main line to the south and the local line to Newport.
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Brian Forbes /07/2006
Ewan Crawford /12/1989
Mark Bartlett 24/08/2018
Wormit Station
This junction opened shortly after the new Tay Bridge opened in 1887. The junction was between the main line to the south and the local line to Newport.
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Brian Forbes /07/2006
Ewan Crawford /12/1989
Mark Bartlett 24/08/2018
This was a two platform station at the south end of the Tay Bridge and start of the Newport Railway. The line became single track as it ran east to Tayport.
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Ewan Crawford //1996
Mark Bartlett 24/08/2018
Bill Roberton //1994
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