Saltaire

CRS Code	SAE
Collected date	16/05/10

Saltaire was built as a model village by Titus Salt in the mid-19th Century, and is now a very well preserved world heritage site. The main thing I noticed when we were there was how utterly peaceful the place was. The current station dates from 1984, since the previous one fell victim to Beeching in the 1960s.

The entrance to platform 2:

Looking east along platform 2, with the tower of Salts Mill in the background:

Looking west along platform 2:

Platform 1 opposite:

Looking east along the line:

The road bridge is the only connection between the two platforms. Here we look west at the station:

Lamps amidst the overhead electrification:

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