Station Architecture
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Station Architecture by Matthew Hatton as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Matthew Hatton Taken: 4 Oct 2010
The night-time lighting really helps to pick out the sweeping curves in the brickwork along the walls, and the cast iron pillars that support the roof. At the far end of the southern platform is the signal box. The station was opened in 1873 by the Cheshire Lines Committee.