Footbridge at Doncaster

[HOOVER29]

During a quiet spell at Doncaster yesterday I was looking at the footbridge. I noticed that in a fair few areas it was looking, how shall I put it, fairly ropey. Are there any plans to replace it. I imagine that as trains thunder through non stop over the points there is a fair bit of vibration going on. Also noticed a sign saying weak bridge only so many persons per span.

 

[civ-eng-jim]

I can't picture where it is as I'm standing up waiting to get off when coming into Doncaster.

Is it for passenger use? I've only ever used a subway to cross the lines and the new link bridge to platform 0.

Presumably it's a rail staff crossing and the likelihood of overloading by large crowds is limited.

 

[DarloRich]

I suspect this is the bridge into Wabtec that goes over the top of the station and comes out near the car park. I thought this was a private footpath. And yes, it dpoes look a bit dodgy!

 

[HOOVER29]

It’s the one that goes over platforms 3 & 4 to Wabtec.

 

[Tracked]

Can remember going over it when I was young, from the car park outside the station to platform 4 iirc, there was some sort of event on - not sure if it was the Finningley Airshow or Doncaster Works in the mid-80's. Someone told me a couple of years ago that it was going to be taken down over the Xmas break, which didn't happen.

 

[dazzler]

We used to use it on a Friday teatime when I worked for the Area Signals & Telecommunications Engineer's Telecoms Minor Works in Donny in the (very) late 80s, as it was handy to get back to the station for the train home to York after a post work pint (or two!) in The Leopard on West Street.

It was also useful for nipping across to sort out the telephones in Dennison House when they inevitably went wrong (again!)

I seem to remember it was a bit rickety back then as well!