Old Oak Common Christmas Work

[whole diary]

[lbraine]

Does anyone know if the planned work at OOC^▸ (Old Oak Common (depot)) over the Christmas shutdown was completed?

I ask because prior to the shutdown I thought I had read that the work being undertaken was to slew lines (and presumably related infrastructure) into new positions for what will become the new OOC station.

But I’ve just seen a YouTube video post New Year and the line look like they are in the same place.

So did events unfold that meant the planned work could not be completed ? Or am I mis-remembering what was actually going to occur?

I’m left wondering what was actually undertaken during the extended shutdown?

[stuving]

The first major blockade for moving the existing railway sideways is next year. It will be longer than this year's three days. I think this year was preparatory work by NR^» (Network Rail - home page), such as moving cabinets and other equipment out of the way of the HS2^▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) construction teams. They will then start building the northern part of the station on land that does not have any operational railway on it.

[Electric train]

There is also a replacement bridge sections to go in over Old Oak Common Lane and Central Line which will is likely to be phases