• The Tay Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid-rèile na Tatha) carries rail traffic across the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife.
  • Few, if any, rail accidents have lived as long in the collective memory as that of the Tay Bridge disaster of 28th December 1879.
  • In addition, it examines the question of how many lives were lost. The first Tay rail bridge was completed in February 1878 to the design of Thomas Bouch.
  • The 1887 Tay rail bridge had a new double-track design and was intended to be more robust than the original 1878 Tay bridge.
  • 1989: the Tay Bridge is listed a Grade I structure. 2000-2006: Network Rail undertakes a 6 year, £38m project to strengthen and refurbish the bridge.
  • Interesting and unusual stone bridge built on the river Tay. On the way from Aberfeldy to Weem this 300 years old bridge is still working very well to go across the...
  • The viaduct replaced the Tay Bridge [1st], 59 ft downstream. It is 89 spans long. 118 girders from the original bridge were reused in the new bridge.
  • ...slowly along the Bridge of Tay, Until it was about midway, Then the central girders with a crash gave way, And down went the train and passengers into the Tay!
  • You can cross the Tay Road Bridge as a pedestrian. This one carries the railway and was opened in 1887 after the previous bridge collapsed.