101: New electrification masts in place

102: JCB waits its next duty on the new trackbed

103: Platform 1 shuttered off

104: View from steps between station and Caley Ale House

105: The bay can be seen being cut from the present car park area

106: Platform edge is now more complete, and excavation appears to be complete

107: Looking west from the island platform shows the largely complete platform edges

108: new crossovers and connection to Platform 0 can be seen as the Stirling express service crosses from the Fife lines in the distance and the Motherwell service sneaks off to the left

109: New meets old - the taper has been removed and the mini digger looks a long way down

110: men at work with the new safety fencing in place

111: Manholes in place and the hardcore awaits tarmac

112: Platform edge takes shape

113: fencing posts in place on the car park side of the bay - really starting to take shape

114: Lampposts and paving slabs the latest additions

115: heavy plant in evidence

116: Trackwork extends almost to the end of the bay

117: two road rail machines are just seen through the fencing protecting the car park

118: surfacing almost complete at the west end

119: looking east showing the largely complete platform and fencing

120: the blue wooden hoardings hve been replaced with metal panel fencing allowing glimpses of the new platform - the closk appears temporary, but furtther away can just be seen the platform starter indicators

121: contractors work to commission the lighting

122: the starter signal is obscured by the OHL support from this angle, but should be visible from the cab

123: Platform 1 canopy is finished with new lights in place

124: up on the roof

125: still a way to go with the canopy works, with only four days to go

126: new signals at the east end of the station, presumably for reversible working

127: 158732 on the 1133 Edinburgh - Dunblane passes an uncommissioned but poorly covered signal head on Platform 4 - the yellow cover conceals a phone

128: 170454 at the buffers on day 1

129: off indicator sign

130: 170456 ready for departure with the 0923 Cowdenbeath

131: 158 passes newly commissioned turn back signal

132: 170456 awaits the road

133: drivers eye view

134: 170456 driving cab (door had been left open!)

135: and finallly....170456 on the first passenger train from Platform 0, the two earlier arrivals having gone through to Waverley!

136: Different time zones??

137: Platform 0 sign midway on the platform

138: Platform 0 sign next to the disabled access on Platform 1

139: the 0748 Edinburgh - Bathgate makes an unscheduled start from Platform 0. The facility has had no booked use since the completion of the Waverley upgrade, but seems to be creeping into use at the moment