Freight will be moved on trucks to keep the Invercargill to Christchurch rail link open after a bridge failure cut the South Island main trunk line this afternoon.
Category: bridge collapse
Bridge in Russia collapses onto rail tracks: Traffic restored in a day
A road bridge in Russia has collapsed onto rail tracks. The debris of the bridge blocked the main rail line between Russia and Belarus. While the consequences for train traffic were initially unclear, traffic on the rail line resumed in about a day. The Paninsky bridge in the Russian town of Vyazma collapsed onto rail…