Greenfield is a small station on the edge of Manchester, just as the landscape turns into the hills of the Peak District. We only had a flying visit before catching our next train of the day, so it's fortunate that it's only a simple station! The front of the station on the east of the line:
The entrance to the station is up these steps, where there's a small ticket office and access to the platforms:
The entrance leads on to platform 1 just to the rear of the station building:
At the western end of platform 1 looking east towards the station building and footbridge:
From the end of platform 1 looking west along the line:
Over at the eastern end of the station is the footbridge which is the only access to platform 2 opposite:
Under the footbridge looking east towards the end of platform 1 and the road bridge which takes the Oldham Road over the line:
Up on the footbridge looking east:
Looking west from the footbridge at the rest of the station:
A bricked-up gap in the wall at the end of the footbridge indicates a possible former entrance to the station:
Platform 2 features a small waiting room built into the side of the hill:
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