Hindley

CRS Code	HIN
Collected date	15/09/16

Like Westhoughton one stop down the line, Hindley is very well cared for, even though it now only has two of its original four platforms. It serves the Hindley area of Wigan. The main station building looks out on to Railway Street which runs parallel to the line to its south, but it's bricked up and in private ownership:

So we have to go back to Ladies Lane which crosses the line just to the west:

The entrance to the station is now via this portal:

Looking out from inside the entrance tunnel:

Murals/art in noticeboards in the tunnel:

The tunnel leads past a ticket office on to a footbridge. Looking back towards the ticket office:

The footbridge crosses the trackbed of disused lines:

The old station building faces on to the disused platform:

A slightly faded Lancashire and Yorkshire 1921 plaque in the stonework next to the old station building:

Looking at the footbridge span over the disused trackbed:

The footbridge seen from platform 1 and the entrance to the ticket office visible in the top left:

Steps lead down from the footbridge to platform 2:

On platform 2 looking west towards the bridge:

The shelter on platform 2:

Looking along the disused platform edge behind the shelter:

Platform 2 has ornaments behind the fences in the disused platform area:

And further east along platform 2 are some planters:

Locomotive planter:

Looking west from the end of platform 2:

Looking east along the line from the end of platform 2:

Looking west under the footbridge:

From the next span of the footbridge we look east along the active line:

The western end of platform 1 showing the steps up to the footbridge:

At the bottom of the steps looking west under the bridge:

This shot shows the small gap between the footbridge and road bridge:

On platform 1 looking east with platform 2 on the right:

The western part of platform 1 has a brick wall and a shelter:

But east of the shelter there are some mosaics on the wall:

And further beyond the mosaics is a beautifull garden with BR HINDLEY and a... platypus?

There's a path up to the top of the garden and the end of the bunting:

A longer view of the garden from platform 2 opposite:

A nature trail leads rounds behind the garden back up to the road:

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