Big engineering at Clifton, Cumbria, just south of Penrith. A mainline railway bridge over the M6 motorway was taken out last weekend. Motorway and railway both closed. Despite heavy frosts and technical hitches the M6 reopened on schedule after the weekend. As expected, the railway line has a big gap of about 130 m. ready for the new bridge: this will be moved in to place next weekend when the M6 will be again closed all weekend.
Lots of other engineering work going on the West Coast Main Line during this period of closure, also the Cumbria Coast Line. I much prefer railway travel so I’ll be happy to go back to the trains for my trips to the Lake District once services resume and stabilise.
