Kingston Railway Bridge Inspection 2025: river restriction notice
Published 18 August 2025
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When
Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 September 2025, 6am to 6pm.
Where
Teddington reach, Kingston Railway Bridge.
Details
Contractors working on behalf of Network Rail will be carrying out an inspection of Kingston Railway Bridge on Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 September 2025.
Two of the three spans will remain open for navigation at any one time.
A red disc will be displayed above any span closed to navigation.
The centre span will only be closed to navigation between 6am and 12pm.
Those in charge of boats should be aware that they are responsible for avoiding collision and should use all available means appropriate to the circumstances and conditions to decide if there is a risk of immediate danger and avoid it.
Byelaws
Nothing contained in these directions shall supersede those parts of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 and the UK Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996 as may be relevant. Particular attention should be paid to byelaws 24-42 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993, Steering Sailing and Speed.
And Notice is hereby given, that it is provided by Byelaw 52 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 that:
The master of any vessel shall except in an emergency not pass any boat-race regatta public procession or gathering for the launch of a vessel or any other event or function which may cause a crowd to assemble on or by the river nor station his vessel thereon in such a manner as would risk obstructing impeding or interfering with such boat-race regatta procession launching event or function or endangering the safety of persons assembling on the river or preventing or interfering with the maintenance of order thereon.
The maximum penalty for breach of the Byelaws is £1,000.
Read our Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993.