BRIGG RESCUE PERIOD COMING TO THE END OF THE LINE

We gather that the Brigg railway line's use as an important but temporary diversionary route is coming to the end of the line.
For more than a week our tracks have been used to carry thousands of tonnes of important freight, including power station biomass, following a landslip in Scunthorpe that closed the normal route used by these trains.
The steel town problem has now been resolved, meaning that normal service can be resumed.
More than 40 trains were scheduled to run along the Brigg line between Sunday and yesterday (Wednesday) following many others which used the Brigg line last week.
The emergency has again demonstrated the Brigg line's vital importance as a back up for other routes in times of need.
It has also shown that the decision to invest in the new barrier crossing on Bigby Road, to replace the old wooden gates, was a wise one with the replacement being carried out in March.
Pictured: Empty biomass wagons from Drax power station running through Brigg during the diversionary period when our line came to the rescue.