Talk:Saltcoats North railway station

Just a note, the 'large bridge over Canal street' that exists today is a totally different structure from the one used by the railway. The railway bridge itself existed for a number of years prior to replacement in the 1990's. Douglasnicol 22:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd have to disagree, it's easy to tell from looking at the bridge that approximately half of the bridge's foundations (the north side) was part the original railway bridge, with it's massive brickwork (exactly like the other bridges still on the route, like the one in the picture) and also the 'pillars' near the top that show the original bridge width before it was given the now narrower footbridge top. It's clear that part is not something that was built recently. The other, newer half (south side, and also most of the top of the bridge) is just the usual bog-standard brickwork seen in any structure built in the last 15 years. The result of two different periods of building and design gives the bridge a rather unusual look. Dreamer84 14:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant that the metal span of the bridge itself itsn't the original, I wholly agree on the foundations, I thought at first the way the article was worded that you were implying that the span across the road was original, my mistake. :) Douglasnicol 17:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah my apologies for the confusion in that case, I'll alter the wording to make it more clear. :) Dreamer84 13:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)