{"id":129573,"date":"2024-09-19T18:18:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T08:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=56265"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T08:18:07","slug":"manchester-bridge-replacement-goes-ahead-despite-denton-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=129573","title":{"rendered":"Manchester bridge replacement goes ahead despite Denton derailment"},"content":{"rendered":"

A planned bridge reconstruction in Manchester goes ahead this weekend despite the unplanned bridge deconstruction on the other side of the city. Castleton Bridge, which carries a busy freight route over an even busier motorway, is set for the second phase of its reconstruction. However, in an unconnected incident, a bridge in the south of the city, carrying another freight route over a somewhat more sedate suburban lane, remains closed following an aggregates train derailment earlier this month.<\/strong>
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Manchester, already straining for freight capacity, is dealing with two bridge reinstatement operations at once. The Castleton Bridge, in the borough of Rochdale, is undergoing a planned replacement. The project has entailed the nationally-publicised closure of the M62 motorway, one of the busiest roads in Britain.<\/p>\n

The bridge carries a freight route, which carries several flows, including biomass trains destined for the massive Drax power station complex, Britain\u2019s biggest conventional generating station. However, the totally unplanned failure of a smaller bridge in the southern borough of Tameside – better known as the community of Audenshaw – has left another freight route closed and posed a headache for train planners.<\/p>\n