{"id":84933,"date":"2020-11-05T09:55:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T09:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=84933"},"modified":"2020-11-05T09:55:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T09:55:56","slug":"barmouth-viaduct-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/barmouth-viaduct-restoration\/84933\/","title":{"rendered":"Network rail completes first stage of Barmouth Viaduct restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Rail<\/a> has finished the first stage of a \u00a325m upgrade to Barmouth Viaduct, a vital transport link for North West Wales<\/h2>\n<p>The viaduct had the first phase of its work extended by 48 hours to allow more work to be carried out while passenger numbers are lower because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-second-lockdown\/84681\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">firebreak lockdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The entire restoration involves replacing more than 1,000 timber and metal elements of the viaduct, which are rotting or decaying, as well as the entire 820m length of track.<\/p>\n<h3>Safeguarding Barmouth Viaduct for future generations<\/h3>\n<p>James Price, Transport for Wales CEO, said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted that Network Rail is making great progress in its work to safeguard the future of this iconic structure and the Cambrian Coast Line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This investment sits alongside our own investment in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/recovery-plan-build-back-better\/78825\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transforming services throughout the Wales<\/a> and Borders network, including brand new trains for the Cambrian Coast Line in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working collaboratively to ensure minimal disruption for our passengers while work is ongoing. As our services will be affected, it\u2019s important for anyone travelling on the Cambrian Line to check before you travel, in case of any changes to our timetables. You can do this on the TfW Rail website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfwrail.wales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.tfwrail.wales<\/a>\u00a0or the TfW app.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Kelly, Network Rail\u2019s route director for Wales and Borders, added: \u201cThe restoration of Barmouth Viaduct will help us protect our industrial heritage and make sure this vital transport link can continue to serve local people and visitors in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been planning this work for years and I am delighted that the first stage of the upgrade has now been completed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A project of this scale is never without challenges, but more so this year and I am proud of our team for getting the work done safely, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/covid-19-secure\/76048\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government guidelines<\/a>, during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to our partners and the local community who have been really supportive of this project from the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is more work to do of course and we will be back next year to continue the \u00a325m upgrade.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network Rail has finished the first stage of a \u00a325m upgrade to Barmouth Viaduct, a vital transport link for North West Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,276,579,952,928,669,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-government","9":"tag-infrastructure","10":"tag-planning","11":"tag-rail-network","12":"tag-regeneration","13":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Network rail completes first stage of Barmouth Viaduct restoration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Network Rail has finished the first stage of a \u00a325m upgrade to Barmouth Viaduct, a vital transport link for North West Wales\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/barmouth-viaduct-restoration\/84933\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Network rail completes first stage of Barmouth Viaduct restoration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Network Rail has finished the first stage of a \u00a325m upgrade to Barmouth Viaduct, a vital transport link for North West Wales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/barmouth-viaduct-restoration\/84933\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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