Construction work on the western side of Guildford Station.

[Fazaar1889]

What's going on in Guildford Station? There's a whole section cordoned off with fresh soils and sleepers(?) I think. I'm not sure what I actually saw. New sidings? Approximately here:

 

[Gloster]

How old is that view? The trains look as though they are in Stagecoach livery.

 

[swt_passenger]

How old is that view? The trains look as though they are in Stagecoach livery.

It’s maybe 4-5 years old I think, at least 3 years. Those are 450s in shot and they’d all have been repainted by early 2024. Just shows you cannot rely on Google’s dating of satellite views.

Network Rail announced the completion of major track renewals in the junction area just north of Guildford, (where all that clean ballast is), around the Easter of 2020, and also in 2021…

Then another indication is that the carpark area on the down side, just north of the station building and alongside platform 1, has been a construction site since about 2022.

 

[GooseWaffe]

As others have said, this is an older photo. No plans are currently going on around Guildford, atleast there isn't anything in the WON!

 

[Fazaar1889]

As others have said, this is an older photo. No plans are currently going on around Guildford, atleast there isn't anything in the WON!

So what on earth is happening over there? Stuff's cordoned off and allat.

 

[Bigfoot]

There was a lot of concrete trunking there for a while, guessing for the endless extra trunking and cabling for the Portsmouth direct resignalling.

 

[GooseWaffe]

There was a lot of concrete trunking there for a while, guessing for the endless extra trunking and cabling for the Portsmouth direct resignalling.

Could've also been for the ash line aswell

 

[chrisjo]

The OP is quite clear that what he's describing is happening now. The satellite picture is just showing where he's seeing it, not what he's seeing.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

It’s maybe 4-5 years old I think, at least 3 years. Those are 450s in shot and they’d all have been repainted by early summer of 2022. Just shows you cannot rely on Google’s dating of satellite views.

The last Desiros were painted in February/March 2024…

 

[swt_passenger]

The last Desiros were painted in February/March 2024…

Don’t know where I got that from then, but there’s still the other Streetview evidence that the downside carpark work site was hoarded off by 2022. I’ll correct my post.

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Could've also been for the ash line aswell

Is the site also possibly a lay down area for work on the Shalford line, such as the recent work on the Wey bridges?

 

[Bigfoot]

Could've also been for the ash line aswell

There's no major trunking relaying been occurring on the ash line recently. Definitely nothing compared to the volume that was stored at Guildford.

Is the site also possibly a lay down area for work on the Shalford line, such as the recent work on the Wey bridges?

This is another possibility.

 

[DelW]

Is the site also possibly a lay down area for work on the Shalford line, such as the recent work on the Wey bridges?

That's certainly possible as there's no road access to the River Wey bridge at Shalford. I walked under it while the first tranche of work was being carried out last year, and as far as I could see everything had been brought to the site along the railway. However I'd have thought it would be easier to bring it from the Chilworth direction as that line was shut throughout, coming from Guildford would mean interacting with traffic on the Direct.