North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

How long would works on the scale of Bridge 42 usually take? Less than 3 months (if they plan to reopen fully in time for easter) sounds quick.

 

I doubt the bridge will be tackled. I thought work would be late 2027 for completion in 2028.
It may be work on platform 4 at Grosmont and signalling for the NR connection will be this winter.

 

I assume the line is shut now north of Goathland until Easter, so that gives them over 5 months to carry out the work. It's not going to be a quick job, especially not in the middle of potentially a very cold, snowy winter.

Whether they can afford it is another matter...

 

I've been told they are waiting for the result of a grant application, and if it comes through fairly soon the work will at least be started this winter - that could save another year of having to hire the props. A lot of the pway work needed is ballasting and tamping, which ought to be reasonably inexpensive cost of ballast mostly, and not starting from scratch, and the paid pway staff are at a minimum and being paid anyway.

 

Going from my admittedly now-dim memories of what was outlined in the planning application for the work, it would to some degree depend on how big a crew was put onto the job; i.e. how much money they wanted to spend. I don't know enough about that kind of work to have a reliable sense of how to go from what was outlined in the planning application, to 'how long it would take'. Putting the propping up took, IIRC, several weeks; going from that, my guess for the repairs would be a month or two (depending on crew size).

Noel

 

For one of the biggest heritage railways relying on grants to complete the works rings alarm bells. We are all maintaining ageing infrastructure and should be putting money aside.