Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[Shirley]

I thought Roan was banned because of misrepresntation in an interview with Patrick Vieira and nothing to do with FFP.

Rumours he’s one of the bbc nonces!

 

[LEXSTARproject]

Promised this picture a while back, it looks like permanent access for something although I doubt they are reopening Park Station on Briscoe Lane.

Looks like lighting is being put in as that is ducking for the cables, knowing Network Rail one of their engineers maybe fell getting access, so they spend thousands of pounds doing this, if you want to do a station it cost millions nowadays. need dissabled access and lift knowadays

 

[LEXSTARproject]

The station was located on Briscoe Lane. The station was opened on 13 April 1846 [1] by the Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway (AS&LJ) at the same time as their line from Miles Platting to Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge.

The AS&LJ became part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 9 July 1847.[2] The London and North Western Railway had running powers over the line, and from the completion of Standedge Tunnel ran express trains between Leeds and Manchester through Park station.

The station was served by local trains between Huddersfield, Stalybridge and Manchester throughout its life, although from 1968 (when many other local stations in the area closed) these mainly called during the weekday peaks.

Later history and closure​

Latterly only a handful of trains served the station and usage had declined to the point where it was decided that it was no longer economically viable to keep it open—as a result, it closed on 27 May 1995.[3] The overgrown platforms are still visible from passing trains.

Would be a good idea to open up the station again to take the pressure off the trams and buses. Plenty of space off Briscoe Lane and Grimshaw Lane to do this @failsworthblueboy

Aston Villa are doing this with Witton Station when building Aston Villa Live

 

[failsworthblueboy]

Looks like lighting is being put in as that is ducking for the cables, knowing Network Rail one of their engineers maybe fell getting access, so they spend thousands of pounds doing this, if you want to do a station it cost millions nowadays. need dissabled access and lift knowadays

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Yeah did think disabled access was conspicuous by its absence. It just doesn’t look like a temporary access. Probably just a new access point.

 

[failsworthblueboy]

Do they lead up to the train tracks or old platform directly?

Up to the lines mate, just looks like a new access point.

 

[Worsleyweb]

The boxes behind the goals not being sold for this season and a number of players boxers there are moving to the sides.

 

[WARBABY]

Looks like lighting is being put in as that is ducking for the cables, knowing Network Rail one of their engineers maybe fell getting access, so they spend thousands of pounds doing this, if you want to do a station it cost millions nowadays. need dissabled access and lift knowadays

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Looks like two lift shafts either side of the platforms

 

[LEXSTARproject]

Looks like two lift shafts either side of the platforms

Sorry that is a picture of what the new station looks like now, not the works going on at Briscoe Lane

 

[HelloCity]

The boxes behind the goals not being sold for this season and a number of players boxers there are moving to the sides.

When they did the South Stand, they closed Legends Lounge and we lost the back row of seats on the 2nd tier. Interesting that there’s been no word on the latter yet having gone through the renewal period. Maybe the year after?

 

[bladdered]

Saw this on FBook today. I think sometimes we forget what a great fckin stadium we have.