Roby

CRS Code	ROB
Collected date	02/07/13

Roby station was changing at the time we visited, with long disused platforms and tracks being revived to cope with the expansion of rail in the area. The approach to the station building at Roby looks normal enough, though:

The entrance to platform 1:

The station building backs on to platform 1 for west-bound trains:

Under the canopy on platform 1:

Looking east along platform 1:

Mosaic designs on the wall on platform 1:

The door from platform 1 into the station building. Beyond the yellow shutter is the ticket office. Before it on the right is access to the subway which connects the two platforms:

In the subway, looking north at a bricked-up subway end, with the entrance to platform 2 on the right:

The subway emerges on platform 2 inside a shelter:

Looking east from the end of platform 2:

Looking west along platform 2 from the same point:

The northern access to the station goes direct into the shelter on platform 2:

Not for much longer, though. Immediately behind platform 2 a disused platform has been cleared:

And looking east along a freshly cleared stretch of disused trackbed with another platform edge on the left:

Looking the other way the former subway can be seen, probably soon to be revived to provide access again to the newly island platform:

The entrance to the station on its northern side:

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