The lost chord is re-opened
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The photograph on this page of The lost chord is re-opened by David Long as part of the Geograph project.
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The lost chord is re-opened
Image: © David Long Taken: 8 Oct 2009
Known as the Olive Mount Chord, the short stretch of track from here to just beyond the far portal has just been reinstated at a cost of £7.6m. It enables freight trains going to and from Seaforth and Bootle Docks to access the Liverpool - Manchester line directly, instead of spending 40 minutes shunting round at Edge Hill, where they had to cross busy passenger lines. As seen from the 12.01 from Newton-le-Willows.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.405877
Longitude
-2.920081