AN EVOCATIVE photo of a train crossing the majestic Barmouth Bridge has won a national award and will be displayed throughour the UK.

A free exhibition displaying top entries from the 2017 Landscape Photographer of the Year competition is travelling around Britain’s biggest cities and features a picture of the Mawddach Estuary as its centre piece.

The 2017 winner of the Network Rail ‘Lines in the Landscape’ award, a category which challenges entrants to best encapsulate how Britain’s railway relates to its surrounding landscape, was photographed by Jon Martin.

The winning image is a stunning shot of the first train crossing Barmouth bridge after sunrise.

As winner of the Lines in the Landscape award, Jon will receive an exclusive visit to Britain’s favourite railway landmark, the Forth Bridge in Scotland where, weather permitting, he will have the chance to photograph the 127-year old railway bridge from areas not accessible to the general public.

Network Rail will arrange for Jon to take the engineers’ lift to the top of this iconic structure to capture some amazing views of the River Forth and see the bridge from a completely different perspective.

Commenting on his win, Jon Martin, said: “I was thrilled and stunned in equal measure on discovering that I had won the Network Rail Award.

“The bridge across the challenging terrain of the Mawddach Estuary at Barmouth is extraordinary. My favourite viewpoint was on a hill above the estuary looking down on the curves and lines in the landscape.

“I just had to wait for the next train to pass to get the shot I wanted.”