Huyton Station about 1970 - Wigan slow line just taken up
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Huyton Station about 1970 - Wigan slow line just taken up
Image: © John Martin Taken: Unknown
The flagged pathway led from platform 4 to Poplar Bank, where there was a bus terminal for the no 75 bus. Before the track was lifted trains to Wigan North Western had gone this way, but from this time onwards would be diverted over the fast lines. A DMU approaches from Manchester or Wigan.
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