NEW FOR OLD AT BRIGG RAILWAY STATION

Network Rail intends to remove the cast-iron footbridge at Brigg station and replace it with a new steel structure.

Brigg Town Council's Planning & Environment Committee is not making an official objection to Network Rail's intended replacement of the old cast-iron footbridge at the railway station with a new steel structure which will have steps.
Councillors expressed concerns about access problems that steps present to disabled people and parents with pushchairs. However, they were also keen to see investment in the station - and more passenger trains.
North Lincolnshire Council, the local planning authority, is also considering Network Rail's proposal.
N.F. ADDS: Demolition of the footbridge will see the removal of the final link with the Victorian era. Brigg station opened in the 1840s  on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway mainline. It once boasted a roof, a booking office, a station master's house, waiting rooms on both platforms and even a bookstall. The footbridge is said to date back to the 1890s, although some think it's older than that. Soon it will become a pile of scrap. However, it is considered to be beyond economic repair by Network Rail, having failed an inspection.