2018

SD6409 : Horwich Parkway railway station, Lancashire

taken 5 years ago, near to Wingates, Bolton, England

Horwich Parkway railway station, Lancashire
Horwich Parkway railway station, Lancashire
Opened in 1999 by British Rail on the Bolton-Preston line.
View north west towards Blackrod and Preston, a few months after the line was electrified. For a view of the station some 8 years earlier, see SD6409 : Horwich Parkway railway station, Lancashire, 2010.
The original Horwich station was on the end of a short branch line to the north east of here. It closed in 1966.

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SD6409, 93 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Nigel Thompson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 9 November, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 9 November, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 6435 0918 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:34.6797N 2:32.3935W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 6439 0915
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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