Mauldeth Road station is the nearest to Manchester Piccadilly on its line, and serves the Ladybarn area of Manchester. Although the station has been refurbished recently it's still very basic: two elevated platforms accessed by ramps either side of a rail bridge over the road.
The road bridge which carries the line over the eponymous Mauldeth Road:
A small brick building serves as a ticket office, sometimes, although not when we visited:
A ramp leads up from the station building to platform 1, for northbound trains towards Manchester:
Up on platform 1 looking north:
The shelter on platform 1:
Looking south along the line towards the bridge:
At the other end of the platform looking north along the line:
Looking back along platform 1 from the northern end:
Back under the bridge is another sign pointing the way to platform 2:
A road ramp leads up to the car park:
The entrance up the steps from the ramp and car park:
On platform 2 looking north with the car park on the right:
A long view of platform 2 from platform 1:
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