Radcliffe Viaduct, Class 504 EMU (19.40 Bury Interchange - Manchester Victoria) May 9th 1991.
A unidentified Class 504 EMU 'Bury Electric' crosses Radcliffe Viaduct with the 19.40 Bury Interchange to Manchester Victoria service a few days before closure of the line as a heavy rail route. Conversion of the line to Manchester Metrolink Tramway was complete by April 1992.
* The original East Lancashire railway route opened in 1846 was via Clifton Junction to a point just North of here. The second part was opened in 1879, in order to connect the growing suburbs of Cheetham Hill, Prestwich and Whitefield. In 1872 the L&Y obtained an act to construct a new line from Manchester to the original ELR line at Radcliffe. Construction began in 1876 and was completed in 1879. Originally the line had only five intermediate stations at Crumpsall, Heaton Park, Prestwich, Whitefield and Radcliffe. Three more stations at Woodlands Road, Bowker Vale and Besses o' th' Barn were added later.
Radcliffe Viaduct, Class 504 EMU (19.40 Bury Interchange - Manchester Victoria) May 9th 1991.
A unidentified Class 504 EMU 'Bury Electric' crosses Radcliffe Viaduct with the 19.40 Bury Interchange to Manchester Victoria service a few days before closure of the line as a heavy rail route. Conversion of the line to Manchester Metrolink Tramway was complete by April 1992.
* The original East Lancashire railway route opened in 1846 was via Clifton Junction to a point just North of here. The second part was opened in 1879, in order to connect the growing suburbs of Cheetham Hill, Prestwich and Whitefield. In 1872 the L&Y obtained an act to construct a new line from Manchester to the original ELR line at Radcliffe. Construction began in 1876 and was completed in 1879. Originally the line had only five intermediate stations at Crumpsall, Heaton Park, Prestwich, Whitefield and Radcliffe. Three more stations at Woodlands Road, Bowker Vale and Besses o' th' Barn were added later.