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[[File:Station Footbridge - geograph.org.uk - 1374249.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bridgnorth Station Footbridge (Wikimedia Commons)]] | [[File:Station Footbridge - geograph.org.uk - 1374249.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bridgnorth Station Footbridge (Wikimedia Commons)]] | ||
+ | [[File:Plaque_20150528.jpg|300px|right|2004 plaque]] | ||
− | This footbridge (Bridge 37) connects Bridgnorth Station's Platforms 1 and 2. | + | This footbridge (Bridge 37) connects [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station's]] Platforms 1 and 2. Although both platforms were present at opening on 1 February 1862, the footbridge was added later, its construction being authorised by the GWR on 12 May 1887.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 104.</ref> |
+ | The footbridge last underwent a major refurbishment in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2004 | 2004]], when it was taken down on 12 February using the [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087|30-ton steam Crane]] and taken away to Dudley for renovation<ref>SVR News 146, pp 4, 51</ref> including shot blasting and powder coating, supported by funds from the SVR's arrangement with the [[West Bromwich Building Society]]. A plaque on Platform 2 celebrates the re-opening on 18 May 2004. | ||
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+ | In February 2017 the station master appealed for volunteers to repaint the bridge. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
[[Engine Shed Underpass | Towards Kidderminster]]<br> | [[Engine Shed Underpass | Towards Kidderminster]]<br> | ||
[[List of infrastructure]]<br> | [[List of infrastructure]]<br> | ||
− | [[Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth Station]] | + | [[Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth Station]]<br> |
+ | [[West Bromwich Building Society]] | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 5 March 2021
This footbridge (Bridge 37) connects Bridgnorth Station's Platforms 1 and 2. Although both platforms were present at opening on 1 February 1862, the footbridge was added later, its construction being authorised by the GWR on 12 May 1887.[1]
The footbridge last underwent a major refurbishment in 2004, when it was taken down on 12 February using the 30-ton steam Crane and taken away to Dudley for renovation[2] including shot blasting and powder coating, supported by funds from the SVR's arrangement with the West Bromwich Building Society. A plaque on Platform 2 celebrates the re-opening on 18 May 2004.
In February 2017 the station master appealed for volunteers to repaint the bridge.
See also
References
- ↑ Marshall (1989) p. 104.
- ↑ SVR News 146, pp 4, 51