One of my favourite things about Fife Circle is being able to cross over the amazing Forth Rail Bridge. It would be amazing if more routes had this. There’s just something pleasant about driving across a massive bridge. It’s like you’re going into new mysterious land or something can’t quite describe it haha. There aren’t that many more routes in the UK that have trains going over long bridges I don’t think. There’s the Tay Bridge also but again that’s in Scotland. Doesn’t even have to be UK. Can be anywhere worldwide. . Think I’ve seen one or 2 in China now that I think about it. List: Forth Rail Bridge over the Firth of Forth Tay Bridge over the River Tay to Dundee Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands One in Plymouth called the “Saltash Bridge”
Norfolk Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge, not really "Big" but very long, at almost 6 miles (9.3km)
That’s awesome. Very Narrow looking bridge. Not for the faint hearted I bet !!!. 6 miles is insane !!!.
Kassel-Wurzburg has some fairly long bridges, I think London Commuter's Ouse Valley Viaduct also counts. Also Spirit of Steam. How long is long?
Yeah that’s true. Doesn’t feel like it but that’s because you’re going at very high speed but that still counts. Just any decent bridge that stands out. Suspension bridge. Long Viaducts etc. anything with a nice design to them.
Arosalinie have also a bridge whit stunning wiew, between Langwies and Litziruti, i always put the external camera when crossing it
Purely in TSW: As above, BML has the Ouse Valley Viaduct which is a good one. The upcoming Manchester Commuter from ATS will also have the Stockport viaduct. With the signal setup at Stockport, good chance we’ll be sat atop the viaduct on a few runs. The old NEC NY has Hell Gate bridge, but of course you’d need to go back to TSW2020 for it.
although those are not long, if Vienna Stammstrecke ever got made + some regional line connected to it, then there is a super cool section between Handelskai and Floridsdorf, mostly on steel bridges over Danube and its branches, with glorious views ... also the Ostbahn section between Praterkai up to Stadlau is mostly elevated or on bridges, with equally cool views
The Seto-Ohashi Line connects Okayama Prefecture to Kagawa Prefecture, spanning across the Seto Inland Sea in Western Japan via the Great Seto Bridge. It runs on the lower deck of the longest multi-span suspension bridge to carry both road and rail traffic in the world. Flying high over the waters of the Seto Nai Kai, the bridge is made up of 3 distinct suspension bridge spans and is the only rail link between the Japanese main island, Honshu, to Shikoku. It spans 13.1 kilometers, 8.1 miles, with the tracks being somewhere between 80-90 meters above the water (the roadway on the upper deck is 93 meters over the water). This bridge's opening is what finally killed the transport of trains via ferry and ship between the islands. A good line with a variety of passenger and freight service, and a dynamic variation of scenery from city to farmland to sea and back, I'd love to see this route maybe one day make it into TSW.
Pamban Bridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamban_Bridge Bogibeel Bridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogibeel_Bridge Chenab Rail Bridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenab_Rail_Bridge Dudhsagar Falls - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudhsagar_Falls
Now that would make for some magnificent TSW routes! Didn’t the line over the Pamban Bridge at one time extend down a sandy peninsula to a port where the ferries sailed to Sri Lanka? I seem to remember reading somewhere about a terrible disaster when a train got washed away in a monsoon.
Yes, the line goes over this bridge to a town called Rameswaram, a place of great cultural significance to India. A branch line on this route used to go to a village called Dhanushkodi ( Station with the same name ) which was swept away in a cyclone in 1964. The entire branch is disused & the village is uninhabited since then ( although open to tourists ). Plan for restoration of the line has recently been approved by the government.
Ah yes I recall reading a trip report on IRCFA from a guy who made the trip and went off exploring the course of the old line, some of which is now a narrow road I believe.
Yep ! Although, it's a paved road all the way to the tip of the peninsula ( as of 2025 ) due to it's proximity to Ram Setu; except the alignment between Pamban Town & Natarajapuram which is just the remains of the old trackbed ( the narrow road ).
