Bridges No.32 - Kingston Railway Bridge

Kingston Railway Bridge won't win any awards for its looks looking dull even on a bright sunny day. The Thames Path passes along a service road under one of the main spans, which is also shared by a car park. The bridge is used by South West Train services on the 'Kingston Loop' leading trains towards Shepperton and Richmond. It forms part of the line bewteen Kingston and Hampton Wick stations. The bridge is gunmetal grey and is now bedecked by pipes transporting some unknown commodity over the Thames.

The bridge was built by the London & South Western Railway and was designed by J E Errington, however, he died just before work on the bridge commenced. W R Galbraith took Errington's place to oversea the construction of the bridge. It was built by Thomas Brassey and opened in July 1863.