Techniquest
Veteran Member
This is sure turning into a monster of a challenge! Hopefully it'll be worth the wait!
I would expect that track work was part of this summer’s blockade https://www.networkrail.co.uk/runni...re/oxfordshire-signalling-and-track-upgrades/Took a look at south of the station yesterday. A set of points has been installed already, and a few yards off track. I don't know when that was done.
On the north side of the station, not much to see yet but the former buildings of the signal box are demolished.View attachment 149311View attachment 149312
During our nine-day upgrade in Summer 2023 (29 July – 6 August), we installed high speed crossovers, updated signals and made changes to Osney Lane footbridge. We demolished the old brick pillar to make space for installation of track that will later serve the new platform 5.
Piles for the new platform 5 are now going in, and the long (very, very long) process of sorting out the utilities under the Botley Road bridge continues - video from the last weekly update email here https://network-rail.wistia.com/medias/92mzr6zxzm - there are also updates on a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/oxfordshireconnectThis thread hasn't seen a post this year, but it's been stated in the MML thread that remodelling at Oxford is currently happening.