I think it’s referred to as a ‘crash deck’. Strong enough to have a worksite with all its heavy equipment working safely but above the normal passenger traffic below. It’s how they did the previous sections of the main roof.
They have been given authorisation by the ORR: https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/defaul...-w1w2a-manchester-victoria-to-stalybridge.pdf
Just hope that the users of Huddersfield station don’t have to put up with it as long as Bristolians did - the best part of five years.
The two end sections already completed here seemed to take about a year. Approx April 2024 to April 2025, that’s with a quick scan through the search results.
I rode it Wednesday from Piccadilly Platform 1 to Huddersfield but it was on a 185 and I was wondering the same thing, so thanks for asking the question.
I think they plan on extending the eastern end of the Euston canopy, so it could be a base for one of the support pillars.
That seems a good shout, I did think footbridge originally but it looks as if that’s a bit further along - and of course as you’ve noted the canopy gets longer at the Leeds end too.
It's actually a distance from the footbridge towers (and the steps or at least their roof which are already in place on the Manchester bound platform). OLE perhaps.
There’s also the extension to the main P2/3 canopy mentioned in the linked design statement, it supports the possibility raised in post #10269.
I believe this footbridge is designed for use by horses and their riders.
For a moment I thought this was in reference to the new footbridge on Huddersfield station and I was very confused!
Yup, also possible. It might not have been so easy to see in the picture, but it is a pretty sizeable base.. there are reinforcing bars bent over and sticking out suggesting more concrete to come. I would guess that a substantial canopy has far more stresses from nature than a gantry..
Yes, the existing crossings are next to stables and riding schools and is a bridleway.
More reinstating than extending, the roof at that end was removed around 1983. 1 Bay of the Euston roof has been removed at the manchester end of the station.
It's the top of one of the HD bolt boxes for the columns of the Canopy A extension:
Ah that explains it - it didn't look like a typical arrangement for OLE holding down bolts!
It was up quite a long time at Carlisle too.
I think thats not the river but the canal which was spanned several months ago. The river is awaiting the completion of the east bank pier and columns.
Accellerated idioventricular rhythm?
Automated Intelligent Video Review (https://onebigcircle.co.uk/aivr/), a system which logs forward-facing video from trains around the network (including, AIUI, service trains so not just the test train fleet).
Thank you.
I’ve just seen another video with various overhead views of Huddersfield station and you can now see 3 sets of fittings in line with the existing canopy supports, exactly where you’d need them for when the canopy is extended to the foot of the new footbridge (as expected). The view is at about 0m 53s:
I know there's probably still much work to do, but I really can't get my head round how it will be another 4 years before the Leeds to Church Fenton bit is ready, given the recent progress and there are seemingly masts etc up over much of the route already. 4 years!
