The incredibly famous 123-year-old viaduct getting a £3.4m facelift

The celebrated viaduct featured successful a Harry Potter movie (Image: Getty)

Glenfinnan Viaduct is located connected the West Highland Line successful Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, and was opened successful 1901 aft 4 years of construction.

Spanning crossed 1000ft with 21 arches, it is the longest wide factual obstruction span successful Scotland, carrying the regular ScotRail work and Jacobite Steam Train services from Fort William to Mallaig.

Network Rail is presently doing enactment connected the viaduct, costing a large £3.4 cardinal to amended its operation and the crushed nether the way arsenic good arsenic the stones successful the way bed.

Laura Craig, a strategy task manager astatine Network Rail, said earlier this year: "The viaduct is an iconic landmark which attracts visitors from crossed the world, truthful we’ve worked hard to make a solution which volition assistance sphere the structure, respect its historical value portion minimising the ocular interaction of our work."

Network Rail accidental enactment volition not alteration its quality (Image: Getty)

She besides shared that the enactment would not alteration the quality of the beloved operation that appeared successful the 2002’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets film.

She said: "Years of readying person gone into this project. The enactment volition not person a monolithic ocular interaction connected the mode the viaduct looks, and that’s precise deliberate, with it being people A listed."

The obstruction institution is moving with the section landowner, Highland Council, to marque definite enactment is being carried retired arsenic sensitively arsenic possible.

The viaduct is Scotland's longest wide factual operation (Image: Getty)

To guarantee minimal disruption, the squad is utilizing a enactment entree system, meaning they tin enactment connected the viaduct portion it remains successful afloat presumption for those visiting. 

Highland Council's system and infrastructure chairman, Ken Gowans, said: “The scenic obstruction travel has go a hugely fashionable way betwixt Fort William and Mallaig. 

"It is precise fashionable with Harry Potter fans and attracts visitors from crossed the world. 

"In addition, it besides provides a valued work to those surviving and moving successful the communities it passes through, truthful it is indispensable that repair works and works to safeguard the route's aboriginal are carried out.”