Ashburys

CRS Code	ABY
Collected date	12/09/16

Ashburys station is the second station east of Manchester Piccadilly and although slightly more useful than Ashfield you might still prefer to go back to Piccadilly, if you weren't trying to visit it for its own sake. It's not actually named after the area of Manchester it's in (Openshaw), but rather after the Ashbury Railway Carriage and Iron Company Ltd. which built it.

The line is on a bridge over the dual carriageway Pottery Lane:

Steps lead up to track level from the ground:

The steps lead up on to platform 1, for trains towards the city centre:

Platform 1 has a shelter and seats:

On platform 1 looking west:

Looking back east along the platforms:

At the eastern end of platform 1 is the footbridge, which is the only way to reach platform 2:

Looking east along the line as it crosses the road beneath:

Looking at a stretch of disused platform under the footbridge leading to platform 2:

On the footbridge, looking east along the line:

Looking west from the footbridge:

Steps lead down from the footbridge to platform 2:

The footbridge leads directly into a shelter:

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