Bad weather prevented me from visiting the site this weekend. Six inches of snow didn't seem worth the risk! I have created a Google map that shows the general work site area. The pin pointers have location information and the photo pointers are locations where I have taken some of the pictures. Despite spending some time I couldn't embed it so it opens in a new window. Hope it helps give an overview of the various locations. You can zoom in and see how it was before work started. The Bedford branch is to the left of the main line embankment. You can follow this back to the station and see how it accessed the former Midland Railway goods yard. This would be the reason the line was double track all the way to Hitchin station so the Midland could access their own yard with needing to go onto Great Northern metals. To the left of the goods yard you can see the row of cottages still known as Midland Cottages to this day, obviously built for Midland Railway workers.
Click here for a map of general work site area
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