Not a lot of change this week. The two cranes have moved to the other side of the main line and are now located by the scrap yard. I can see now that one is a drilling machine doing some test drilling I am guessing.
Walked out along side the existing Cambridge branch and took this shot looking north towards the route of the new line. The haul road runs alongside the orange fence in the middle of the picture. This will eventually be an embankment. You can just make out the access gate shown in last week's report centre left.
A new fence blocking this public footpath has been erected since my last visit. No signs explaining why! Picture taken over the fence towards the new office block. The new line crosses the field in the foreground prior to joining the existing embankment. I visited the site compound on another matter this week and the office block is actually a quite substantial two story affair. The access from the road still hasn't been completed and there are temporary traffic lights in operation.
Here we can see the relocated drilling machine and crane. I didn't go any further this week as there didn't appear to be much change.
Surface of the site seemed to have been further levelled and rolled. The new concrete seen last week had been covered with hardcore.
On my way there I saw that the hole in the bridge had still not been repaired. Maybe they were struggling to find some imperial blue bricks! They should take advice from my friends at Broadway Station who seem to expert at locating and cleaning up blue bricks. They are doing an amazing job re-constructing the station and platforms all with volunteer labour and the generous donations of local people and visitors. You can follow their progress here at the Steaming to Broadway Blog.
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