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Parkside (A573) Road Railway Bridge
Parapets raised and steeple copings recently added in advance of overhead electrification.
Image: © Richard Cooke
Taken: 13 Jan 2013
0.03 miles
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West Coast Main Line spur to Liverpool
The junction with the Liverpool-Manchester line, hidden by the bend, is just before the M6 bridge.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 2 Jan 2009
0.04 miles
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A573 Parkside Road Railway Bridge
Image: © Richard Cooke
Taken: 13 Jan 2013
0.04 miles
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Liverpool to Manchester Line
Looking towards Newton-Le-Willows
Engineer's Line Reference: DSE (Deal Street to Eccles)
Bridge carrying the M6 in the background
Image: © Richard Cooke
Taken: 13 Jan 2013
0.04 miles
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Parkside Road (A573) Railway Bridge
Parapets raised to 1.5m and steeple copings recently added in advance of overhead electrification.
Image: © Richard Cooke
Taken: 13 Jan 2013
0.04 miles
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Liverpool-Manchester line, Liverpool Junction, Parkside
The rear of the train is passing over the junction points. Note the overhead cables for the main line trains. They end here.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 2 Jan 2009
0.07 miles
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Railway Junction at Lowton
From M6 southbound
Image: © John Firth
Taken: 13 May 2011
0.07 miles
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Town of Lowton, cornfield
Cornfield looking ready for harvesting; to the left, railway electricity gantries, to the right, lorries on M6.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 1 Sep 2009
0.09 miles
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Farm track alongside the railway near Highfield Farm
Image: © Steven Brown
Taken: 24 Jan 2022
0.09 miles
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Royal Train hideaway
The map shows a series of junctions hereabouts. From beneath the bridge a connection comes off the West Coast Main Line to this junction, known as Lowton Junction. To the right the line meets the Liverpool-Manchester Railway's line at Newton-le-Willows junction (marked as "Parkside Liverpool Junction" on the OS maps). To the left the same line is met at Parkside Junction ("Parkside Manchester Junction" on the maps). This forms a triangle from which a train may move easily in four directions. It is also a quiet spot, remote from townships. An ideal resting place for the Royal Train when it is in the region.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 2 Jan 2009
0.11 miles