It was warm and sunny when we reached Thatto Heath station, so it was a very pleasant place to spend a few minutes waiting for a train back towards Liverpool.
The station is on the line to Wigan, and has two platforms, both accessed by ramps from the road bridge which crosses the line at the station's east. The entrance to platform 1 on the south side of the line:
On platform 1, looking east towards the road bridge. The entrance to the ramp is just beyond the sign on the right:
Looking west along platform 1:
Looking west at both platforms:
Just behind the ramp is a wooden hut serving as the ticket office:
Walking to the western end of platform 1, looking west along the line:
Looking along platform 1 from the western end:
Looking east along the line under the bridge:
The road bridge is the only way to get between the platforms. Looking west at the station from the bridge:
The ramp down from the bridge to platform 2:
Halfway along platform 2 is what looks like it might once have been the end of a different bridge crossing the line:
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