Alex. Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thinking of having a single line crossing over a double as a unique feature but not finding many useful images in Google. Any pictures would be a great help to see the different designs that have been used. Thanks, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted January 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2014 Try Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway. There is a double (NCB) line crossing a single track main line. However, the single track was built to double, in case the traffic increased. Standard cut & dressed stone abutments, with a steel plate girder span. Wooden deck, with lining membrane, with ballast on top. The bridge was rebuilt about 4 years ago, to the original standards. Or, try Tonteg Junction. The Taff vale crossed over the Barry railway, on, ISTR, a girder bridge. Single over double. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkins Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Here's a few examples to look for. M&GNJR crossing the Midland and East Coast Mainline in Peterborough. The line that links Peterborough North with Peterborough East crossing under the East Coast Mainline. M&GNJR crossing the GER at Fakenham, Norfolk M&GNJR crossing the GNR and GN&GE joint both just south of Spalding Station Tamworth station. Lichfield Trent Valley station. Shotton in Cheshire. There have been quite a few examples, and the ones I've given are all that I can think of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 9, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2014 If you can find pictures of Stewarts Lane depot, Battersea, the South London Line passes over it on a viaduct, beneath which the Ludgate Lines also cross the depot on a bridge, so there are three layers of railway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Double track over double: Kent: Strood, Maidstone. S Yorks: Potteric Carr area S of Doncaster To be built soon: Loughborough. And surely the London area must have a few. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 How new do you want? The Hitchin flyover (single line over 4 track ECML) only opened last year. Google finds it. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 A couple of London examples for you. Willesden Junction http://goo.gl/maps/vX5AB Woodgrange flyover http://goo.gl/maps/Q2ejE Brixton http://goo.gl/maps/ke6PU Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 The GCR passed over both the Midland and Great Northern Lean Valley lines at Linby in the space of a quarter of a mile. Both double track over double track. A picture of the Midland crossing is at: http://imageleicestershire.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&i=8137&WINID=1389266775115 ROB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 And a model one to try to match on "Black Country Blues" ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 The overbridge where the S&DJR crossed over the GWR in Bath is still there, just west of Oldfield Park station. Flying junctions give a few examples: Cogload Jn on the GWR, or Bentley Jn on the Great Central. A more unusual example is the Lothian Lines, a single track network of freight avoiding lines built by the NBR around Portobello, which crossed over the other routes in the area a few times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Skipton, where the Rylstone branch crosses the main line south of the station Northallerton, where the direct route to Teesside cuts under the ECML north of the station, and again south of the station where the Up line from from Teesside cuts under the main line, so that the lines are paired by direction. Aynho Jct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex. Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks for all the suggestions. Thinking of trying the Pontypool bridge, Nice simple design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdseyecircus Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hull Docks branch over the Hull - Bridlington line. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 We have several already built on our Trent Lane Junction layout, pictures here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/74756-nottinghams-new-layout/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted January 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2014 Here's the former Glasgow & South Western Main line passing over the Cathcart Circle http://www.flickr.com/photos/52554553@N06/9203077114/in/set-72157634461910099 And here's the Cathcart Circle passing over the Glasgow & South Western line http://www.flickr.com/photos/52554553@N06/9203078316/in/set-72157634461910099 However, these are both double-over-double, so it's not quite what you're after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 9, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2014 Shotton in Cheshire. . it was in flintshire when i lived there, pretty sure it still is!! as it happened my house looked out onto both the north wales line and the wrexham-bidston line intersection Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 How new do you want? The Hitchin flyover (single line over 4 track ECML) only opened last year. Google finds it. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corax67 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Here is a nice pic of the P&BR bridge 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted January 10, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2014 Here is a nice pic of the P&BR bridge 12 image.jpg And here is a picture of the same location in former days: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52554553@N06/10421373946/in/set-72157636831266016 Note the bridge on the far left which also once passed over a railway line, giving tracks on three levels. It would be nice to think that the bridge on the far right also once carried rails (giving four levels of track) but I can't really see how that would have worked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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