Lattice bridge

Stirling Station's recently refurbished lattice bridge, linking platforms six and nine, is to benefit from more lighting.

Further ahead we pass an iron lattice bridge across the River Nidd, which leads to a large Victorian house named Castlestead and soon reach a large pond, right, which supplied water to Glasshouses Mill.

That included building the wrought iron lattice bridge in 1876-78 designed to take into account mining subsidence.

Tim Bowtell, the borough's highways engineer, said: "It is a steel lattice bridge with a concrete deck and it was closed because a portion of it gave rise to concerns about safety.

Officially named the John Whitton Bridge, it was opened in the 1980s, I think, and replaced an old steel lattice bridge (still in place as a walking and cycle path).

While the lattice bridge has been out of service, a temporary scaffolding structure has been in place linking platforms six and nine.

The exposed diagonally braced ironwork was likened by Saulnier to the girders of a lattice bridge.

The lattice bridge, which connects platforms six and nine, was removed last August to allow it to be refurbished, and a temporary footbridge put in place to allow passengers to access the platforms .

In August, Network Rail removed the lattice bridge linking platforms six and nine to prepare for access enhancements.