Atherton railway station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Atherton railway station by Peter Whatley as part of the Geograph project.
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Atherton railway station
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 24 Mar 2012
Instantly recognisable even after 35 years, though the cars have changed a bit. See: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1011879. Chimneys have been capped and reduced in height, but the station remained manned on a Saturday afternoon and services were all heavily used.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.52909
Longitude
-2.478474