Petteril Bridge Junction
Railway engineers have been inspecting the damage caused after a freight train carrying cement derailed in Carlisle.
Network Rail is working with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to determine how several wagons left the track and came to rest on an embankment and in the river Petteril just after 8pm last night (Wednesday 19 October 2022).
Railway engineers have carried out an initial scope of damage to tracks, a railway bridge and line side equipment like signalling.
Making those repairs combined with the challenge of recovering the train's wagons is estimated to take weeks rather than days.
No one was injured in the incident, but the railway will remain closed in both directions for some time.
This will cause major disruption for all rail services between Carlisle, Newcastle and Appleby and Skipton.
Location: Petteril Bridge Junction
Original line: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
Photographer: Network Rail
Contact photographer: Network Rail
Date: 10/2022
Image number: 82963
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