Hi folks - I’ve just been through Whittlesford Parkway for the first time in ages and was surprised to see new-looking sidings on the east side of the station. They look as if they’re designed to allow a road vehicle to be loaded or unloaded from between the two sidings. Does anyone know what they’re intended for?
EDIT - a bit more detail in case this helps jog anyone's memory:
From Google Maps/Street View, and this helpful photo there used to be an animal feed factory alongside the station, and there were sidings and a silo/loader for loading the product onto trains. From my brief glimpse from the train window as we passed, it appeared that all of this has been swept away, and two sidings have been laid with new-looking track and bright red modern bufferstops. The sidings splay apart and there's a rough vehicle track between them. It's within a fenced compound with a Network Rail logo on it, and has easy road access, which makes me wonder if it's intended to be some kind of Network Rail civil engineers' facility?
EDIT - a bit more detail in case this helps jog anyone's memory:
From Google Maps/Street View, and this helpful photo there used to be an animal feed factory alongside the station, and there were sidings and a silo/loader for loading the product onto trains. From my brief glimpse from the train window as we passed, it appeared that all of this has been swept away, and two sidings have been laid with new-looking track and bright red modern bufferstops. The sidings splay apart and there's a rough vehicle track between them. It's within a fenced compound with a Network Rail logo on it, and has easy road access, which makes me wonder if it's intended to be some kind of Network Rail civil engineers' facility?
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