Carries Railway No. of spans 28 Total length 659 m | Heritage status Grade I listed Opened 1850 | |
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Crossing the royal border bridge
Royal Border Bridge spans the River Tweed between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed railway viaduct built between 1847 and 1850, when it was opened by Queen Victoria. The engineer who designed it was Robert Stephenson (son of George Stephenson). It was built for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway and is still in regular use today, as part of the East Coast Main Line. Despite its name, the bridge does not in fact span the border between England and Scotland, which is approximately three miles further north.
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- Crossing the royal border bridge
- The flying scotsman train crossing the royal border bridge berwick upon tweed 14th may 2016
- Repairs and modifications
- References
The bridge is 659 metres (2,162 ft) long and constructed in stone except for brick soffits to the arches. It has 28 arches, each spanning 60 feet (18 m). The railway is carried 37 metres (121 ft) above the river level.
The flying scotsman train crossing the royal border bridge berwick upon tweed 14th may 2016
Repairs and modifications
It was electrified in 1989, and between 1993 and 1996 it underwent significant repair work for the first time in a Railtrack project with some funding from English Heritage. In 2010, the bridge was fitted with colour-changing lights for its 160th anniversary.