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I believe the stone is currently sorted and stored away from the working area. Although the photo below is not too clear, you can see the stone piled up. I was told that the original coping stones would be reused and possibly some of the stone for the new retaining wall. 1680288239 Just add...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Retaining wall almost cut to the design height- cutting equipment set up to complete the Final Cut on the right hand corner. As a comparison below: Early indications of the footpath alignment starting to be marked out on the former...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. A couple of afternoon photos showing the changes to the embankment. I also managed to get a photo of the retaining wall mounted cutting equipment after another completed cut of the wall. Re Signal foundations - a quick snap of one...

Thank you for the reply- I assume they are for the new crossover as and when this is commissioned. I had noticed these large concrete cubes and some smaller ones in and around Batley station on pallets. I couldn’t quite work there use until now.

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Still making progress here with the original embankment slowly taking on its new design height and form. The embankment behind the Howley Street retaining wall has largely been excavated and awaits the Final Cut of the retaining wall...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. Not much in the way change over the weekend. The cutting of the abutment wall hasn’t progressed since my previous posts - not sure as to why. Some plastic red/white interlocking bases for fencing have been delivered to this end of the...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. I took a few photos of the pulley system employed to cut the retaining wall. It appears to be in the process of being set up for the next cut. From what I’ve seen, two holes are drilled through the wall and the cutting rope is feed through...

Yes, it could be described as a cheese-wire. I’ll try and get some better pictures today. As for the updates - not a problem as I live local and this area is on my daily walking route. I’ve always been impressed by the scale of civil engineering around this area. If you walk Lady Anne...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. The work continues to unpick the work of the navvies who built the structure 160yrs ago and to reveal their tricks of building such structures layer by layer. It’s been and still is a fascinating work area and a look back at the past methods...

I believe May this year and the signal box will be taken out of use. A shame as this little white box has been around a long time and shared many a conversation with passers-by! Same for the bridge and abutments - built and dominated the landscape since 1864 until now. I suppose it’s all about...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. The abutment walls have decreased in height and the interior has been fully excavated. Earlier today (Sat 18th) a specialist team are currently cutting the main abutment face. When completed I assume only a third of the original width will...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne Crossing. From Friday to Sunday the abutment walls have basically halved in height. Quite a bit of stone piled on top waiting to be moved. For comparison, the below taken earlier this year:

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. Still chipping away at the former Adwalton abutment. The retaining walls are largely in tact, with the excavation of the interior of the abutment and the trackside wall the main focus. Within the below photo if you look carefully you will see...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. Looks like my theory of a possible closure in order to take down the bridge abutment is dead in the water! They appear to be working nightly and removing an equal mass from each side of the abutment. I would think that by Monday morning...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. A lot of activity in this area now. The former Adwalton bridge abutment is slowly disappearing. Track side, the wooden matting has been moved from Soothill bridge to this area. Assume a night closure to do the trackside abutment work? Rutland...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing. The bridge abutment is currently being excavated leaving the retaining walls in place. (Hard to photograph the progress) Rutland Road - Piling has started for the new bridge here. Nothing started on the former Adwalton route opposite except...

Batley - Former Adwalton line at Lady Anne crossing: Looks like the core drilling and grouting has now finished with clean up in progress. I suppose the next step will be to take the former bridge abutment down to its new design level. It will be interesting to see the process develop over the...

Re Batley Cross-Over A couple of early bird photos taken from Soothill road bridge this morning. And some pictures taken from the same spot this afternoon. Down line to Huddersfield severed and preparation work underway. Up Leeds line still in use. (Not in shot but as I crossed Lady Anne...

Your correct about the subway and new link bridge. As I understand it, platform 2 will also be demolished and rebuilt to modern standards. I assume platform 1 will follow afterwards. I’ve been to a couple of drop in events last year but nothing concrete on the scope of works and/or any...

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