IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Thorn Way, MANCHESTER, M34 5ZU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Thorn Way, M34 5ZU by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (183 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Distance
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Guide Bridge loco holding sidings
This was a busy location where the electric locos which worked the Woodhead route and the diesels would change traction. There were once extensive sidings and yards at Guide Bridge with plenty of freight traffic.The Woodhead line shut in 1981 and now days very few freight trains head through Guide Bridge.
Image: © roger geach
Taken: 29 Sep 1980
0.03 miles
2
Guide Bridge signal box
View from passing train beneath footbridge
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 24 Jun 2011
0.04 miles
3
Wildflowers at Guide Bridge
Between the railway lines and the car park, wildflowers, including the noxious ragwort, grow in profusion on an unused portion of the station yard.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 28 Jul 2009
0.04 miles
4
Guide Bridge Eastern Station Approach
A Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon built diesel multiple unit arrives from the Glossop direction. The lines on the left lead to Stalybridge.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: Unknown
0.04 miles
5
Arrival From Glossop
A Class 506 electric multiple unit arrives at Guide Bridge with a service for Manchester Victoria. Ordered by the LNER in 1938, the units were not actually built until 1950 after the Second World War. Even then, the route was not ready until 1954 when the units finally entered service in June of that year. They remained in service until December 1984 when the route was converted to 25kV AC from the original 1500V DC. They were the last 1500V DC passenger trains in the UK.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
7
Guide Bridge station
A view east from the platform for Marple and Hadfield. The station buildings on this platform are redundant and posters indicated that a new ticket office would soon be provided on the opposite platform, much handier for the main commuter flow into Manchester and the new car park.
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 28 Sep 2013
0.05 miles
8
Class 37 at Guide Bridge
A very dirty class 37, number 37250 at Guide Bridge station in 1983/84 ( date to follow)
Image: © Paul Bridge
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
9
Guide Bridge station
Guide Bridge station in East Manchester had in former times been an important junction. By 1990 it was dilapidated, unloved and used by few services. The electric wires, which had served the main line to Sheffield Victoria, were only used by locals to Hadfield and Glossop. Here a diesel train approaches with one of the few remaining trains to call here.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 17 Mar 1990
0.05 miles
10
Guide Bridge Station
The car park at Guide Bridge station leads directly to the Manchester-bound platform.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 28 Jul 2009
0.05 miles