Looking towards Orrell railway station
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The photograph on this page of Looking towards Orrell railway station by Nigel Thompson as part of the Geograph project.
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Looking towards Orrell railway station
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 24 Nov 2016
Opened in 1848 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on what became the line from Liverpool Exchange to Manchester Victoria via Wigan. When this image was taken, passengers from Liverpool to Wigan by this line needed to change trains at Kirkby. View east from an overbridge. The platforms have been shortened at some stage.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.530091
Longitude
-2.710961