Blackfriars Bridge Slide - Christmas 2009

. Before the bridge slide could take place, Network Rail engineers needed to conduct important enabling work. This involved disconnecting the signalling, temporarily shifting communications cables running under the rail bridge from the west to the east, and removing track and ballast. All these elements were then reinstated and reconnected when the bridge slide was completed. Lindsay Vamplew, Network Rail project director for Blackfriars, comments: Sliding this 350-tonne bridge into place ...
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