Trains will not cross Sydney Harbour Bridge for first 10 days of January

Trains will not be able to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the first 10 days of next year, with the structure’s 88-year-year old rail corridor to be completely replaced.

The timber deck will be traded for a concrete structure; the replacement of which will see no trains run across the bridge for the first 10 days of January.

The acting chief executive of Sydney Trains, Suzanne Holden, said the mammoth project had been five years in the making.

“This is a very innovative approach to dealing with our iconic bridge and making sure…