Pictures of Rochdale railway station Wednesday 15 March and Thursday 16 March 2007

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Facing south, this is Rochdale railway station, 16 March 2007, 8.00 am.

Railway station Rochdale


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Facing north, this is Rochdale railway station, 15 March 2007, 11.15 am.

Rochdale railway station


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The ground floor was called Rochdale low level because the railway platforms . . .

Railway station Rochdale

. . . are about three meters - or thirteen foot - above ground level.   As I write, . . .

Rochdale railway station from the south


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. . . much of Rochdale is being redeveloped.   Presumably this will be redeveloped

Rochdale railway station facing north

when the Manchester tram system arrives, taking over the line Rochdale via Oldham.


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Low Railway bridge Rochdale


Adjacent to the railway station, at this bridge, begins the prostitution toleration zone.


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Rochdale Bus station, 1 March 2004 (facing west).

Rochdale Bus station, 1 March 2004

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