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Originally Posted by Gremlin
when did they lift the line out of Accrington to Manchester?
There is a photo on this forum taken by one of our members dated 1967 and the rails to Manchester have gone.
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In the book "The Archive Photographs Series - Accrington" by John Goddard is a photo showing the Manchester platform, and the date is given as 1970. A single track is there for all to see, and part of the caption accompanying the photo reads, "The Manchester platform and the booking hall were used after closure for goods traffic." The photograph shows loaded trolleys on the platform. Do we take it that goods services continued for some time after passenger services had been discontinued?