Manchester Victoria Station.

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I recently made an unscheduled visit to Manchester Victoria station and, as I had not been there since the early 1990s, was surprised at the changes to the station. I remembered that I had spent time there just before the Bury third rail units were taken out of traffic and the following pictures are the ones taken on that occasion. 

The units were based on the 1950/60 standard design of EMU but they ran off a side contact third rail. 

Do you remember guard's vans and luggage space?







A cropped version of this picture was published in the September 1990 edition of the Railway Magazine (page 621) with the following caption:
"Preparation work for the Manchester Metro system is obvious in the foreground as a Bury train stands at the shortened platform 5 at Manchester Victoria Station on 27 June."

Close up view of the unique side contact third rail.


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