Shawforth
Full credit to the then Whitworth Urban District Council for not sweeping away all trace of Shawforth station when a new housing development was constructed on the station site in 1968. The old subway and these steps were incorporated into the plans and now link the upper part of the estate to the rest of the village and the main road (See 81814). A plaque set in the wall of these stairs commemorates the scheme. The line here had closed in 1947 but was mothballed for around twenty years before being cleared away.
Location: Shawforth (former)
Original line: Bacup Branch (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 20/07/2022
Image number: 82261
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