The Ribble Valley line is a railway line that runs from Manchester Victoria through Blackburn in Lancashire to Hellifield in Yorkshire. Regular passenger services normally run as far as Clitheroe, but occasional passenger services run the whole line through north Lancashire towards the Yorkshire village of Hellifield, where it joins the Settle–Carlisle line. The line passes over the distinctive 48-span Whalley Viaduct.
Clitheroe railway station, on the Ribble Valley line
Whalley Viaduct and the River Calder
66525 at Newsholme with a loaded coal train from Killoch in Ayrshire. This is close to the site of the old Newsholme railway station
Manchester Victoria station
Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England, is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s. Opened in 1844 and part of the Manchester station group, Manchester Victoria is Manchester's second busiest railway station after Piccadilly, and is the busiest station managed by Northern.
Station frontage of Manchester Victoria, constructed in 1909
Victoria tram stop in October 2015
Part of the original 1844 station building, photographed in 1989, originally it had a single storey, the second storey was added in the 1860s.
Platforms 11 (left) and 12 (right), looking west towards Manchester Exchange in 1964