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« on: January 05, 2024, 16:42:42 »
...and the report seems to have jumped the gun regarding the signal box...

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/new-railway-footbridge-lostwithiel-hold-9008019

Has anyone attempted to build a bridge over a railway before?  Seems a tricky thing to do....
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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2024, 18:58:08 »
Quote from: old original on January 05, 2024, 16:42:42
...and the report seems to have jumped the gun regarding the signal box...

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/new-railway-footbridge-lostwithiel-hold-9008019

Has anyone attempted to build a bridge over a railway before?  Seems a tricky thing to do....


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However the cost is now £1.845m, forcing Cornwall Council to seek funding from the Department for Transport. Work on the bridge had been due to start at the beginning of 2023.
or has 2024 not come to Cornwall yet?

Railway Bridges HAVE been built before, but the experience will come in handy for places like Pilning.
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2024, 19:49:08 »
 If they do change their mind, the 'old' footbridge is still at Totnes.
 Rusting away in the old Dairy site.
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2024, 22:11:39 »
Quote from: Henry on January 10, 2024, 19:49:08
If they do change their mind, the 'old' footbridge is still at Totnes.
 Rusting away in the old Dairy site.

Blimey, I go to Totnes a fair bit and never noticed it, unless they've dragged it out of sight of the station.... it's a big dairy site.
I'm wondering why it's still there though.  If it hadn't been earmarked for something else I would have imagined that it would have be sold for scrap by now.... makes me wonder if a heritage line has first dibs on it.
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2024, 12:23:11 »
Question raised at PMQs today by SE Cornwall MP▸ (Member of Parliament) asking for the PMs help to push this through.
Reply was along the lines of "Network Rail looking for a funding solution in the next financial year"

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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2024, 08:28:50 »
Todays Cornish Times...

https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/lostwithiel-footbridge-plan-hits-the-buffers-664410
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