Todmorden

CRS Code	TOD
Collected date	21/05/10

Todmorden station, in the Calder Valley, was the end of a pleasant walk along the Rochdale Canal from Walsden. The approach up the hill to the station:

The front of the station building. The platforms are on an embankment, level with the car park at the left-hand end of the building:

Inside the entrance, which still has the wooden ticket window, although the ticket office is actually at platform level:

Platform 1, for southbound trains, is accessed via a flight of steps just beyond the old ticket windows. Looking down the steps from platform 1:

A plaque on the wall at the top of these steps commemorates a local railway personality:

On platform 1, with the steps down to the subway on the right:

An old trolley at the northern end of the platform:

At the northern end of the building, an artily painted door:

The rear of the station building on platform 1:

The southern end of the building, providing level access to platform 1 for those who cannot do steps:

At the southern end of the station building is a small art gallery:

Access to platform 2 is via a subway which continues past the steps up to platform 1. Looking up towards platform 2:

The flat-roofed building on platform 2:

On platform 2, looking south:

Planters on platform 2, telling passengers to alight for the Rochdale Canal:

The old British Rail cycling lion at the southern end of platform 2:

A general (south-facing) view of the platforms:

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

Looking south along the line from the other end of platform 2:

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