Patricroft

CRS Code	PAT
Collected date	17/09/16

Patricroft station is another station in Greater Manchester on the railway to Liverpool. The line runs on an embankment and bridges the road, and has two platforms. No buildings though, despite signs that there might once have been some.

To the right of the steps which lead up to platform 1 is a fenced-off area filled mostly with undergrowth.

Up the steps on to platform 1, looking east at the shelter and along the platform:

Looking east along the considerable expanse of platform not open to the public:

Looking west along the platform:

Murals on the wall of platform 1 pay poetic tribute to the engine shed which was nearby:

A board tells more about the engine shed (motive power depot):

At the western end of platform 1, looking back east, with the steps to street level visible on the right:

Looking west from the very end of platform 1 as the line crosses the road beneath:

Looking down the stes towards the subway from platform 1:

Looking down the subway:

As is common among formerly four-track railways, the subway is blocked off beyond the steps leading up to platform 2, though in this case with a bit of art:

Steps up to platform 2:

On platform 2 looking east:

A sign tells us what Patricroft is "for":

Beyond the subway a road (Green Lane) also passes under the railway. Looking at the bridge from the north side you can see where the former extra trackbed has been blocked off:

Exploring a little more on the south side of the station I found an alleyway giving a view of the rear of platform 1's shelter:

And perhaps it had windows once, or just was made to look as if it had windows?

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