Lamington Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Lamington Viaduct (1848-)

Opened on the Caledonian Railway.

Description

This double track four span viaduct crosses the River Clyde south of the former Lamington station. The bridge is 303ft long. The piers and abutments, of red sandstone, have been repaired with concrete following damage in 2016.

The bridge has been rebuilt or repaired several times. It possibly originally had eight spans.

Tags

Viaduct River Clyde




News items

23/11/2020Network Rail fined after allowing trains over damaged Lamington Viaduct [BBC News]
23/11/2020£10,000 fine following ORR investigation after train ran across storm damaged viaduct [ORR]
14/11/2016Lamington Viaduct probe uncovers lapsed safety system [BBC News]
15/02/2016West Coast Mainline to reopen after viaduct repair [BBC News]
27/01/2016Call for Borders Railway extension to Carlisle renewed during Lamington work [BBC News]
25/01/2016Dangerous occurrence at Lamington Viaduct [RAIB]
18/01/2016West Coast Main Line closed to Carlisle until March [BBC News]
08/01/2016Further delay possible on West Coast Main Line repair [BBC News]
06/01/2016Virgin to by-pass West Coast Rail Line blockage [BBC News]
04/01/2016West Coast Main Line closed between Glasgow and Carlisle until February [STV News]

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Caledonian Dunalastairs and Associated Classes (Locomotive Monograph)

Caledonian in LMS Days (Railways in Retrospect)

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway Carriages

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

Caledonian Railway Wagons & Non-Passenger Coaching Stock

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Signalling the Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway 'jumbos' the 18in. X 26in. 0-6-0s

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway

Vanished Railways of West Lothian