WORK is underway on the repair, refurbish, and repaint of a 140-year-old railway bridge over Eglinton Street near Glasgow Central station.
Network Rail engineers will replace rivets, repair steelwork, and repaint the crossing, with work due to be completed by April 2025. The project forms part of a wider £1.5 million investment in railway bridges near Glasgow Central station.
Christina Thomson, scheme project manager at Network Rail, said, “Our project at Eglinton Street is part of Network Rail’s wider bridge improvement programme, extending the structure’s life by at least 20-years.
“We know Eglinton Street is a key route from the southside of Glasgow into the city centre and we’ll have traffic management in place to allow our team to safely deliver the work whilst keeping traffic moving.
“We’re grateful to the community and road users for their patience over the next 11 weeks. The work is part of a wide-ranging bridge modernisation programme aimed at protecting and improving Scotland’s Railway, with nearly £2 billion being invested to increase reliability and improve performance over the next five years.”
