£3.5 million upgrade to 150-year-old Cynghordy Railway Viaduct finished

The viaduct carries the line between Llanelli and Craven Arms Credit: Network Rail

Remediation work on Cynghordy Railway Viaduct, a grade II listed structure on the Heart of Wales railway line, began in March last year to strengthen the structure and to reduce the long-term maintenance costs. Refurbishment work was undertaken on the pillars and arches, maintaining the original features of the 150 year-old iconic structure.

The 100ft high viaduct needed a huge amount of scaffolding to finish the works including 86,000 meters of tube and 62,010 meters of scaffold board to cover the 850ft long viaduct.

End to end, the scaffolding was 92miles long.