Watch Skanska giant rail bridge demolition

Video footage has been released of Skanska’s successful demolition this weekend of a major West Coast Main Line railway bridge near Penrith in Cumbria.
The demolition is part of a £60m renewal scheme which will see a 130-metre-long bridge being removed and a new one installed over the first two weekends of 2026.
Network Rail and its principal contractor Skanska achieved the first phase removing Clifton Bridge in the early hours of this morning.It required a full motorway closure of t