Again not a lot to report. There was a considerable amount of activity along the former Bedford line embankment all week with machinery and construction workers moving back and forwards from the the former goods yard in Nightingale Road and the new Hitchin North Junction. The work site and the west side of the main line has been scaled down considerably. The site offices have gone and with them the generator that was always running. There does not appear to be any access to the viaduct at this side now. There still remain some guardrails to be installed here and on the link from the main line to the embankment.
Site offices gone. Guard rail still not installed along the walkway at this point.
This is where the offices were located. No guard rail at all here where the signalling equipment will be located.
Looking down from the higher ground. Site is being tidied up. I guess as soon as the weather permits they will landscape this area.
This shot was taken from the end of Wilbury Way. Couple of new additions to the viaduct. Not sure what they are for, Apologies for the quality but the light was fading.
This shot shows the netting that has be added to the embankment this week along the whole length.
Netting not quite reached the end.
Permanent access staircase with security camera keeping an eye on the viaduct.
I took this from the corner of the Centre Three car park. This is the closest point to the new new embankment as it skirts around the end of the Wilbury Way industrial area. There is a drainage ditch running along the edge of the car park. The new culvert is just a bit too high at the moment to take the water from it.
Looking to the right from the same spot, the embankment with its recently added netting heads towards the Cambridge branch.
Finally a couple of closer shots of the quarry where the material for the embankment was taken
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