Reddish South

CRS Code	RDS
Collected date	16/09/16

In a week of planning there was one fixed point, one train we had to be there for. That was the Friday train from Reddish South to Denton, and we couldn't miss it because that's the only train on this line all week. We gave ourselves and our bikes plenty of time to get there and arrived on a slightly unpromising looking road overbridge:

The station does at least have noticeboards which advertise the single service:

From the road bridge looking east at the station:

Looking down the steps towards the platform:

Down on the platform looking west along the single track line:

On the other side of the remaining platform is another platform edge, showing that it was once a double-sided island:

Further along the disused island edge looking west we can see how the trackbed has been filled in and turned into a small garden:

A mural at the rear of the garden, featuring inspirational slogans possibly for the Friends of Reddish South who curate the station:

Art on the fence shows they've got the local community on board:

This is all the work of the Friends of Reddish South, a dedicated local friends group some of whose members were there on the platform for the weekly train. They placed this totem:

Looking east along the disused island platform edge:

Although the platform is quite long most of it is not needed so a fence barriers off much of its eastern end:

Looking east at the expanse of unused platform:

Looking west along the platform:

Opposite the operational platform edge is a crumbling former platform:

A short way east of the station another road bridge crosses the line, giving this view of the station:

Looking east along the line from the eastern bridge:

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