Fairfield

CRS Code	FRF
Collected date	12/09/16

Fairfield station is a small station on the line between Guide Bridge and Manchester Piccadilly. It's one of those excellent small stations where the evidence of earlier days is clear to see. Access to both platforms is from Booth Road which crosses the line on a bridge just to the west of the platforms. The entrance to platform 1 is through this opening:

The opening leads to a curious open space which was once the first floor of a station building:

Looking back at the entrance from the middle of this space:

Looking down the steps to platform 1:

Down on platform level we can clearly see former entrances into the old building and the change in brickwork where the first storey windows have been removed and replaced with plain brick:

The side of the old station building showing the doorway where a footbridge once crossed the tracks:

On platform 1 looking east:

This platform was once a central platform with a second edge and another platform off to the south in the shrubbery, where this metal tower lurks:

Looking west towards the road bridge from platform 1:

At the eastern end of platform 1 looking back along the length of both platforms:

At the eastern end of platform 1 we look at a length of disused platform:

Access to platform 2 is back via the road bridge. From the road bridge we can look over west and see the trackbed of the former Fallowfield Loop Line on the right, which used to join the main line here:

Looking east from the road bridge at the platforms, with the access ramp down to platform 2 just visible on the left:

Steps and a ramp lead down from the road bridge to platform 2:

The ramp leads on to an old bit of platform with a disused platform edge:

In the undergrowth to the north is a second disused platform edge:

On platform 2, looking east along both platforms:

Looking west along the line under the bridge:

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