Atherton station - platform view
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Atherton station - platform view by Peter Whatley as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Atherton station - platform view
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: Unknown
One of several stations to a similar design on the direct route from Manchester Victoria to Wigan Wallgate, by 1977 Atherton's former Central station was only served by two tracks rather than four. Curiously, it was the centre two which had been retained, though the tracks were originally paired by speed, not direction. This was later changed (see my picture from the late 1980s http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/823680 ), meaning one of the platforms and associated buildings could be demolished, saving maintenance costs.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.529271
Longitude
-2.478174