Kew railway bridge track works completed to help reduce London Overground and District line delays

Network Rail says that it has completed track repairs works on a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames between Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury stations.
Kew railway bridge (c) Network Rail
Over four weekends in September and October, engineers replaced all of the bridge’s 577 wheel timbers, which are used to hold the rails in place over the bridge on both lines. Engineers also replaced worn-out rail at either end of the structure.
The old wheel timbers were over 25 years old and in poor