Disused Railway Platform at Ryding

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Disused Railway Platform at Ryding by Texas Radio and The Big Beat as part of the Geograph project.

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Disused Railway Platform at Ryding

Image: © Texas Radio and The Big Beat Taken: 19 Dec 2009

Fellow Geographer Robert Murray reliably informs me that the platform was used to load vegetables and other produce (from local farms) onto trains bound for Glasgow. Glasgow Corporation owned Brackenhirst Farm and many others in the area.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.892958
Longitude
-4.002462