Now it must have been a busy day when Andy Robertson parked up at the old Central Railway Station.
I don’t suppose he can remember what day it was or why he was in town but that is his Blue Morris van parked on the forecourt, surrounded by heaps of other commercial and private vehicles.
Look closely and you can make out the coach hard up against the wall.
The station is not at its best, and had the plans to turn it into a conference venue not materialized, I guess it would have been a slow lingering decline until the building became too dangerous for cars or people.
Happily that didn’t happen and so while you will never now be able to catch the 4.10 slow train to Chorlton and on to Didsbury you can at least admire the restored frontage and maybe even look inside for the price of an admission ticket to an event of your choice.
Location; Manchester
Picture; Central Railway Station, 1978, from the collection of Andy Robertson
Look closely and you can make out the coach hard up against the wall.
The station is not at its best, and had the plans to turn it into a conference venue not materialized, I guess it would have been a slow lingering decline until the building became too dangerous for cars or people.
Location; Manchester
Picture; Central Railway Station, 1978, from the collection of Andy Robertson
Hi Andrew, I wonder if you can confirm that trains went from Central Station to Chorlton-cum-Hardy Station, I think they did, but am not completely sure. thanks
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