Clifton railway station, Greater Manchester
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Clifton railway station, Greater Manchester
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 17 Nov 2012
Opened in 1847 by the East Lancashire Railway, soon to become the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, this was a junction station until 1966. The line from Accrington came in beyond the end of the left hand platform, and there were two more platforms and a station building to the extreme left of the image, now hidden by trees. View SE towards Salford. Seven years later, the line was electrified - see Image for a 2021 view taken from a similar position. Only a handful of trains per day called here both before and after electrification.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.521638
Longitude
-2.313232