Date: 24/07/2023

The National Trust has commissioned BDP to turn Manchester's temporary sky park on a disused railway viaduct into a permanent feature.

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The National Trust has commissioned BDP to turn Manchesters temporary sky park on a disused railway viaduct into a permanent feature

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After many years of dereliction the Castlefield Viaduct, which once carried trains out of Manchester Central, has been adopted by the National Trust to create a 'green sky park' in 2022. This part of the viaduct opened in 1892 but closed in 1969 and was then unused until this summer, although Metrolink Trams run along a parallel bridge between Deansgate and Cornbrook and there is a brick viaduct passing underneath. Tickets to visit the bridge garden can be booked through the National Trust.
Location: Castlefield Viaduct
Company: Manchester Central (Cheshire Lines Committee)
28/10/2022 Mark Bartlett

331025 threads the bridges at Castlefield as it approaches the junction of the same name on a Blackpool North to Manchester Airport service on 28th October 2022. The upper bridge, formerly carrying trains out of Manchester Central, is now site of the new National Trust 'sky garden'.
Location: Castlefield Viaduct
Company: Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway
28/10/2022 Mark Bartlett

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