Images and update from Roger Homan, with thanks.
"It appears they have already removed the ramp on the far side, and access to the remaining concrete footbridge is blocked off. Soon to be demolished I believe. Sad, yet another photo spot removed."
A view of the concrete bridge, with ramps removed, and the temporary structure to access the platform.
66143 was arriving with 4O43 05:10 Wakefield Europort - Western Docks. The locomotive became dirty while working in RHTT season, and remained so over Christmas Day when stabled at Didcot.
59203 passes with 7V07 12:41 Chichester - Merehead. a few minutes before passing Redbridge.
- Network Rail notes on the footbridge work and media update.
- Southampton Council coverage and Q&A
- The unadopted footpath to the south is the former foreshore, before the Southern Railway created Western Docks in 1927 - 1934. Aerial image of constructon. Relevant movie coverage.
- The concrete bridge likely dates from the widening of the lines in 1934, and was likely a product of the Exmouth Junction Concrete Works.
