Stonea railway bridge underpass is once again closed after being hit this morning

Engineers are currently on site at Stonea railway bridge after it was hit for the second time in a week this morning (Monday).

The underpass is closed and traffic is being sent over the top crossing, while trains are still using the bridge but are travelling at greatly reduced speeds.

The incident happened earlier today at around 8am and involved a piece of farm machinery which got wedged under the bridge, which is on the Sixteen Foot near the Golden Lion pub having caused some damage as it went through.

Engineers are assessing the damage prompting a temporary road block set up by police.

Last week a white van was sliced in half after it hit the bridge.

The van, which had two military personnel on board became wedged and once again forced the underpass to be closed.

Tuesday's incident also saw police and Network Rail engineers attend.

In May a Morrison's supermarket delivery van hit the bridge leaving its contents strewn across the road. At that time Louise Stephenson who lives close to the bridge called for better signage.

She said: "I really think something needs to be done to stop these crashes. There are not enough warning signs, if you go to the bridge at Ely which used to get hit all the time there are loads of signs warning about the low height.

"There are no signs warning of the low bridge until drivers start to go down the underpass and then it's too late. The landlord of the Golden Lion pub says he sees people backing up and turning around in his car park all the time.

"There needs to be some better warning signs leading up to the bridge. There is not one day goes by without some sort of incident."

Last October Stonea railway bridge was labelled the country's second most bashed bridge by Network Rail when it launched a campaign urging drivers to 'Size up, Wise up' to prevent crashes. At that time the bridge on the Peterborough to Cambridge line had been hit 15 times in 10 months.