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Title: Warning signs for low out of use railway bridges Post by: BerkshireBugsy on May 29, 2015, 09:16:08 All, this question came up because of a post in a Facebook group about railway lines which are no longer in use
Where there is a low railway bridge which crosses a roadway who is responsible for the traffic warning signs such as "maximum height" etc? Is it the highways agency ? In this case my understanding is that the rail track is no longer present so when I say "no longer in use" I really mean it :) Title: Re: Warning signs for low out of use railway bridges Post by: grahame on May 29, 2015, 10:24:04 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/350114/network-rail-bridge-strike-protocol.pdf
Good luck ;D Title: Re: Warning signs for low out of use railway bridges Post by: paul7575 on May 29, 2015, 10:52:54 The Highways Agency is in general only responsible for the motorway and trunk road network, I think the general responsibility for the actual signage lies with the local 'Highways Authority', so the local county, district or unitary authority as applicable.
What has changed in recent years is that the structural safety of some road overbridges that carried unused rail formations would have been the responsibility of the British Railways Board (Residuary) - i.e. the part of the BR estate that was not transferred to Railtrack, subsequently Network Rail. When BRBR was wound up in 2013 a new separate Highways Agency offshoot was established to deal with what is known as the 'burdensome estate' defined as "This includes legacy bridges, abutments, tunnels, cuttings, viaducts and similar properties associated with closed railway lines..." They are known as Highways Agency Historical Railways Estate; and based in York AIUI they are effectively the maintainer of such infrastructure, but the local highways authority would be responsible for the bridge havignthe appropriate traffic signs in place. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brb-residuary-ltd-has-been-abolished Paul Title: Re: Warning signs for low out of use railway bridges Post by: BerkshireBugsy on May 29, 2015, 11:09:56 Many thanks for your answers guys (as always)
Title: Re: Warning signs for low out of use railway bridges Post by: ellendune on May 29, 2015, 11:34:12 From 1st April the Highways Agency is now a Government owned company called Highways England.
Since neither they, nor the Highways Agency were responsible for motorways and trunk roads in Scotland or Wales - do they do the historic railways stuff only in England? Title: Re: Warning signs for low out of use railway bridges Post by: Tim on June 22, 2015, 16:53:53 From 1st April the Highways Agency is now a Government owned company called Highways England. my understanding is that they have the Welsh and Scottish stuff previously owned by BRB(R). Their name is therefore a slight misnomer. Since neither they, nor the Highways Agency were responsible for motorways and trunk roads in Scotland or Wales - do they do the historic railways stuff only in England? This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |