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« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2013, 11:18:27 » |
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Mysteriously, the Tilehurst station footbridge planning application has disappeared from the Reading Borough Council planning website.
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« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2013, 12:11:29 » |
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Though work has resumed on that bridge and also on the footbridge just west of the station which leads down to the River Thames. I wouldn't walk down that stretch of the Thames Path at night though!
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« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2013, 14:39:37 » |
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Work was due to begin on the Manor Bridge (A4310) in Didcot today, meaning closure until 5 August. Diversion via Station Road and Hitchcock Way.
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« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2013, 15:11:06 » |
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Work was due to begin on the Manor Bridge (A4310) in Didcot today, meaning closure until 5 August. Diversion via Station Road and Hitchcock Way.
or, if not a lorry, I assume that Foxhall road and Basil Hill road is still open. And what exactly are the doing to the bridge? Also I note that they are working on the bridge over the Thames at Appleford. Is this maintenance rather than electrification work? |
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« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2013, 20:57:53 » |
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Well there are other ways round but what I said is the official (and signed) diversion.
It is for 'rail bridge maintenance and carriageway resurfacing work'.
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« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2013, 13:44:44 » |
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That's disappointing- I only have to lug my bike up & down stairs @ TLH but I see many families with pushchairs struggling with them. In this day & age I would have hoped that any opportunity to improve such faciilities should be grasped. Within the overall cost of the Reading area improvements I would have thought the cost of lifts @ Tilehurst wouldn't have registered!
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« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2013, 17:59:27 » |
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Welcome to the forum 'Andy'...
The problem with comparing the possible cost of Tilehurst lifts with the overall Reading area improvements is that they are separate issues completely, they just happen to be going on in parallel. The footbridge rebuild is for OHLE clearance as part of the GWML▸ electrification project, as is the next footbridge along.
At the many stations where they have been fitting lifts in the last few years the lifts themselves have usually been paid for by the DfT» 's ring-fenced 'Access for All' funding line, and that has yet another list of priority stations, which is mainly based on station usage, so Tilehurst probably must not have enough day to day usage to justify lifts.
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« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2013, 18:35:10 » |
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The three sets of steps and the main line span are in position at Tilehurst , the attached photo clearly shows the overall style.
I noticed a small snag on the up relief side, the bottom flanges of the intermediate support legs have not lined up with the studs in the concrete footings, missing by a few cm, so the studs appear to have been sawn off flush. I guess there'll be some sort of quick re-work will have to be done to solve that problem.
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« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2013, 15:47:31 » |
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From what I've heard the old footbridge will be removed over the Christmas shutdown, so I'd expect the new footbridge to be opened in a month or so.
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« Reply #24 on: December 03, 2013, 12:33:42 » |
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A little earlier that I thought, but Tilehurst's new footbridge is now open (with some snagging works to complete), and the demolition of the old footbridge has now started.
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« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2013, 13:09:05 » |
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I think it opened on Thursday or Friday last week.
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« Reply #26 on: December 03, 2013, 17:58:03 » |
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and the demolition of the old footbridge has now started.
We try to avoid the word demolition ......... They are deconstructed |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2013, 12:02:33 » |
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They are deconstructed
After a thorough check for bats, newts and fairies I hope?  |
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« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2013, 18:47:42 » |
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They are deconstructed
After a thorough check for bats, newts and fairies I hope? Yep and 'elf n safety checks on the paperwork to make sure there are no sharp edges ................ to get paper cuts |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #29 on: March 05, 2014, 21:47:22 » |
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For 14 months now the customers of Tilehurst station have had to out up with the mess and disruption caused by the creation of a new Footbridge, and the removal of the old one. All part of the Western Electrification work. The already overcrowded car park has has more than 20 spaces removed to accommodate contractors portacabins and equipment. This means on most mornings if your not in the car park by 8am - forget it. But today I learnt (from a FGWer) that the newly commissioned footbridge (open for about 2 months) is in fact 2' 4" too low !!!  For the time being the contractors (who are only responsible for the erection) have left the site while a plan is formed to resolve. There are customer information screens inoperative and wires running visible all over the place held in place by temporary plastic ties. A fairly decent station turned into a builders yard. Such a shame. And clearly more disruption to come. |
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