WORK is underway on a £500,000 project to repair and repaint the railway bridge over Ferry Road in the Yorkhill area of Glasgow.
The Network Rail project will take place until April as part of an ongoing structural modernisation programme to protect and improve the rail network on an elevated section running alongside the Clydeside Expressway.
The section of railway being improved is around 150 years old and carries trains from both the Argyle line and North Clyde line towards Partick, with around 28 trains per hour running over it.
Scaffolding will be set up around the bridge, with engineers set to clean and prepare the metalwork to examine the condition of the structure, with repairs carried out where necessary. The steel will then be repainted and stonework repaired.
Further work will take place later in the year to two adjoining structures, including the bridge which carries the railway over the River Kelvin, Network Rail said.
Amanda Naughton, scheme project manager at Network Rail, commented, “The work we’re doing in Yorkhill will extend the lifespan of the bridges and viaduct.
“While we understand that a lane closure is inconvenient to road users, we need to have one on this occasion to allow our engineers to complete the work in the safest way possible.
“When complete, the improvements will mean we can continue to run a safe and reliable railway over one of the busiest sections of track in Scotland.”
