Iconic ‘Hornby’ Station footbridge restored

[John Ashworth]

‘Hornby’ Station footbridge restored

14/04/12
Breaking Travel News

Network Rail has restored an iconic structure that was used by world famous railway model maker Hornby as the basis for one of its construction kits.

The station footbridge in the Worcestershire village of Hagley is Grade 2 listed and was built in 1884 by the Great Western Railway, 32 years after the station opened on Saturday 1 May 1852.

Patrick Cawley, Network Rail’s route buildings engineer, said: “It’s amazing to think that people the world over ‘own’ a little piece of Hagley in the form of a footbridge on their railway layout.

“Having given the original footbridge a thorough overhaul, it will serve the people of Hagley for many years to come.”

Simon Kohler at Hornby said: “We at Hornby are absolutely thrilled to see the Hagley footbridge restored to its former glory. As a model it was one of our star items and with the actual footbridge being restored, perhaps it is time that a suitable model once more became part of the Hornby range.”