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« Reply #585 on: January 25, 2025, 00:26:06 »
They have been doing the sort of things that usually take up the first half of any station building programme, like moving stuff that would be in the way of a new track or platform. And someone - or something - is keeping an eye on proceedings for you. It's a Leica Nova TM60 monitoring total station, living in a cage on Platform 3. Every few seconds it robotically spins round to look at (I presume) some survey reflectors stuck up on the far side of the station. I guess these are on bits they are afraid might slip down a hole someone has dug in what is (with hindsight) the wrong place.
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« Reply #586 on: January 25, 2025, 00:38:40 »
That, or it's R2D2's younger brother.

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« Reply #587 on: January 29, 2025, 16:13:40 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on January 25, 2025, 00:38:40
That, or it's R2D2's younger brother.

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« Reply #588 on: February 20, 2025, 11:07:47 »
This doesn't seem to have been posted before but a website has been setup by Oxford residents 'annoyed' by the ongoing closure of Botley Road.
https://networkhell.co.uk/

Probably doesn't tell you anything new if you have been following this story closely, but useful to see opinions about this saga from outside the rail industry.
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« Reply #589 on: February 20, 2025, 12:43:00 »
Quote from: ray951 on February 20, 2025, 11:07:47
This doesn't seem to have been posted before but a website has been setup by Oxford residents 'annoyed' by the ongoing closure of Botley Road.
https://networkhell.co.uk/

Probably doesn't tell you anything new if you have been following this story closely, but useful to see opinions about this saga from outside the rail industry.

Grim

No doubt "lessons will be learned" etc blah blah
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