📋 Tender Overview
Transpennine Route Upgrade (Tru) Engineers Have This Week Begun Initial Preparation Work For The Raising And Renovation Of Crawshaw Woods Bridge, The Earliest Cast-Iron Railway Bridge To Still Be In Place Over An Operational Railway Anywhere In The World. Constructed Between 1830 And 1834, The Grade Ii Listed Bridge Has Spanned The Reign Of Eight Monarchs And Is Recognised By Historic England As One Of The Most Significant Structures On The Transpennine Route. It Has Overlooked Trains Steaming Into Leeds During The CityS Textile Production Boom During The Industrial Revolution, And Served As A Main Access Bridge To The Nearby Barnbow Munitions Factory During The First World War. Now, After Two Previous Renovations In 1943 And 1999, The Cast-Iron Girders, Bridge Deck, Parapets And Original Iron Railings Will Be Carefully Removed For Off-Site Repair And Renovation. When Reinstated, The Historic Bridge Will Be Raised By Approximately 1.5M To Create Enough Room For The Installation Of Overhead Line Equipment (Ole), Which Will Power Electric Trains Through The Area And Beyond As Part Of The Multi-Billion-Pound Transpennine Route Upgrade. Adam Sellers, Senior Sponsor For Tru, Said: The Work Now Underway At Crawshaw Woods Bridge Is Part Of A Transport And Works Act Order (Twao) Approved Last Year, Which Also Includes A Number Of Other Major Tru Works Between Leeds And Micklefield. Tru Quick Facts: Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Ewan Bayliss Communications Executive Network Rail We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: Visit Our Online Newsroom:
