England-Scotland rail still struggling after bridge damage near Newcastle
An engineering train in attendance on Plessey Viaduct in Northumberland, England, showing the damaged retaining wall which was discovered during routing maintenance on the nineteenth-century structure. Image: © Network Rail.: Network Rail
The East Coast Main Line, the route of the famous Flying Scotsman, which suffered the effects of the weekend storms that hit the north of the UK, has a new challenge. The line, which also carries hundreds of mixed traffic movements every day between England and Scotland, remains severely disrupted due a structural failure on a historic bridge.
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