The remaining floors of the new multi-story have opened for half term. Those with even short memories will remember the gravel short term car park complete with pot holes and lakes. The 2 multi-storey car parks together with the indoor drop off area are transformational. The new car park sits higher than the existing car park due to the height of the ceilings in the drop off area.
I have been looking at the original time-scales for the Dart compared with current progress and it doesn't look good. The protect was started 6 months late but even adding 6 months to the following dates there will be some doubts about the Dart opening in 2021. The complete programme from enabling work until the first train is meant to be 245 weeks (just over 4.5 years) with many projects running simultaneously.
Parkway station protect was set at 60 weeks with a completion date of June 2019. In the foreground, as pointed out by a poster, the footbridge supports are being worked on. In the background the Gateway bridge is part covered in protective covers. This is a 53 week protect and was meant to be complete in May 2019
The new footbridge will be located opposite the hotel
Central station is down as a 59 week project which seems impossible and is meant to have been completed September 2019
This section of tunnel has a completion date of July 2019 and is meant to be a 32 week project.
Installation of the DART equipment and trains was meant to have started in October 2019 as part of a 73 week programme including 25 weeks of testing that is meant to start September 2020 for an opening date in April 2021. It's not going to happen and even allowing for the delayed start I can't see this opening in 2021
Luton trains under construction
