143-year-old Bridge Gets a New Lease of Life

Network Rail has given a 143-year-old bridge in the North York Moors a new lease of life to improve reliability for rail passengers travelling on the Esk Valley line for the next 120 years. Engineers removed the centuries-old bridge near Commondale station and installed a brand-new concrete bridge deck, along with 160 metres of renewed track and supporting ballast and sleepers.

Colin Freeburn, Asset Engineer for Network Rail said: ‘This bridge has reliably served passengers travelling between Whitby and Middlesbrough for the past 143 years, but it’s time for its next chapter. Replacing the bridge and the tracks will allow people to enjoy on time, reliable journeys along the picturesque Esk Valley line well into the future and help to maintain this route which is so wellloved by the community.’

The new bridge will help to offer more reliable, on time journeys for passengers travelling along the Esk Valley line between Whitby and Middlesbrough for the next 120 years and mean that less maintenance work is needed.

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