Barmouth Viaduct restoration completes

🙌 We've completed our four-year £30m restoration of Barmouth Viaduct.
The 156-year-old, grade II* listed bridge is back to its former glory and protected for generations to come:
➡️ www.networkrailmediacentre.co...

[@StephenWalker42]

A fantastic achievement in a difficult place to work, and a amazing engineering solution. Thanks for this time-lapse video that shows a great job. Well done to all involved....👍👍👍.....

[@martyn6792]

Really good to see that viaduct renovated

[@abergwynantfarmvideos]

An incredible feat of engineering. Its been a pleasure to host many of the Griffiths Construction team that have worked on this bridge over the past 4 years. This bridge is part of our landscape and its great to see its now been given a long term future.

[@johnlatchford9425]

Obviously a major engineering achievement, & congratulations to the design and construction teams. BUT the video really could do with a few subtitles in places, I assume the original viaduct was also a swing bridge as I think I saw the turning bearing being removed. Not every viewer is a railway engineer

[@mikeuk4130]

Yes, it was a swing-bridge and I couldn't see whether or not the turntable was replaced by a new one. I suppose there may not have been a requirement for Network Rail to maintain the navigation for sailing vessels, as an example.

[@johnrimmer7426]

The old bridge has not opened for many years and the new spans have no mechanism to be able do do so.@@mikeuk4130

[@532bluepeter1]

It was a swing bridge but has not opened in decades.

[@mikeuk4130]

@@532bluepeter1 Thanks.

[@johncamp2567]

A spectacular engineering achievement!

[@howardjones6752]

This is British engineering at its best ~ absolutely amazing. If I had the money I’d buy everyone concerned a pint 🍺 or two 🍻

[@martinvaughan7000]

Congrats lads great job well done

[@letrainavapeur]

An impressive piece of engineering

[@roboftherock]

This is a marvellous piece of engineering. It really deserves more than 3.6mins (incl titles). I'm hoping that a proper documentary on the whole restoration will be forthcoming, but reluctantly knowing that it is probably not going to happen. Come on Network Rail, give us rail enthusiasts a decent video.

[@Umski]

Wow, amazing bit of in-situ engineering - almost went to Barmouth over the summer from Machynlleth but took the shorter journey to Aber instead - walking over that section is always fascinating albeit haven’t been for over a decade!

[@ACELog]

Many thanks - I really enjoy these amazing engineering processes! However, the edited speed is far too fast! I had to slow down the video 10 times, before I could see at 0:27 the new span being lifted from the temporary trackside rails onto the actual bridge! It's especially too fast on your "Week on the Network" videos. I can barely read the subtitles before they dissapear. KZbin has plenty of bandwith these days. Why don't you slow down the videos? Take as a good example: "Coast Cams". There, they let you take in what's happening.

[@peebee143]

And to think Torpedo Beetle nearly sounded the death knell for that bridge (and the rail line) not so long back.

[@532bluepeter1]

Torredo beetle

[@stephenpetermay1721]

Teredo Worm

[@NckBrktt]

Must be experts in rusty old bolt removal. Good job I wasn't there while this was going on. It's a long way around by foot.

[@AndrewG1989]

Very nice work Network Rail. 🧡

[@chairmakerPete]

Marvellous! 👍👍

[@arthurroberts1216]

Excellent achievement

[@user-rb2ke2wp4v]

Magnifique reportage. J'admire nos collègues britanniques pour leur prouesse technique et la beauté de leur film sur les projets. Merci de nous les faire partager.

[@archieharris5011]

I'm sure, given the opportunity, any enterprising entrepreneur would have bought some of the steel from the sections of the Bridge that were cut up and produced souvenirs for rail enthusiasts, Arthur Daley would have!

[@granddadmark7639]

Brilliant time lapse on a major upgrade but a little disappointed not to see the bridge swing open

[@philipalldred333]

Bloody well done all concerned for a grand job well completed

[@adamsfamily4060]

Looks a good job. There are miles of disused sidings on the network as well as sections rail and other scrap. On my line sections of rail, rail chairs have been laying covered in vegetation for ten years. When the railways were real private companies all waist was sold off to support the bottom line.

[@archieharris5011]

Excellent work, where do the workers go following a job like this! So glad the project has been recorded, wonder if there is a TV program in the offing ?

[@Bristoltwingo]

Now rebuild the Severn Rail Bridge.

[@Tuckaway]

I am puzzled by the view at 1.27 because not since the last Ice Age would anyone have been able to walk from Fairbourne Point to Barmouth without taking the ferry? Did they build a temporary coffer dam at the river mouth?

[@Cartoonman154]

And there's me thinking that National Rail had a hard on for knocking down bridges that actually last.

[@simonwass6315]

Interesting but I watched this exact same video 8 days ago uploaded by Griffiths.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Can this new bridge swing open for a ship if required?

[@geoffaustin1304]

No

[@nigelkthomas9501]

@@geoffaustin1304 Shame!

[@geoffaustin1304]

I guess the cost above the present £30million refurb just would not be viable . Very few yachts would need to venture up river beyond the bridge ,@@nigelkthomas9501

[@xr6lad]

Am I missing something. Why were those bridge pieces just not railed to the assemble location?

[@mattlander9119]

You mean delivered straight to the bridge site? Many reasons but probably most likely because it would have closed the line for too long or the bits were too big and wouldn't fit the loading gauge of the railway from fabrication site to the bridge.

[@robertbate5790]

Because the railway is no longer. Very little is produced by itself any more. Everything is contracted from outside.

[@trevortaylor8088]

Build a wall across the channel

[@mikeryan3701]

Barmouth Viaduct restoration completes .......completes what? Try 'Barmouth Viaduct restoration is completed'. People's knowledge and understanding of English grammar is rapidly going down the tubes, especially in relation to tenses.

[@mikeuk4130]

Good point, well made. At least they didn't call it an instal(l).

[@roboftherock]

Could be the typist mis-keyed and hit the 's' instead of the 'd'. I confess that I read it as 'completed' - because that's what I was expecting.

[@davidrobert2007]

Barmouth Viaduct restoration completes the London Marathon 😊 (Sorry, I couldn't help it)

[@roboftherock]

@@davidrobert2007 Hmm, i wonder what can of worms (or bad jokes) your offering has opened. As a starter for 10 I'd give it 8.

[@davidrobert2007]

@@roboftherock Only time will tell 😊

[@andrewtaylor9634]

Well to me it just looks a cheap job british engineering. That brige is ment to b an opening brige . What ever happened to Made in Grate Britain . Looks like the workings of the brige been left to rot and rust and then all we do is rip it out chop it up into the skip and then cover it over

[@TheNightOwl-ef7ih]

Why would they replace the workings when the bridge hasn't been opened for decades? There's no point in spending money on something that isn't going to be used in the future. Try being positive instead of knocking something for the sake of negativity!