Departures, Broadbottom railway station,Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2K1NRJXFile size:
50.4 MB (2.8 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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3648 x 4832 px | 30.9 x 40.9 cm | 12.2 x 16.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
17 September 2022Location:
Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AXMore information:
. This location-specific image from Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The photograph centres on Departures, Broadbottom railway station, Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX. The subject also carries associations with rail infrastructure, freight wagon, changing land use, community identity, documentary photography, public realm, everyday life, passenger transport, roadside transit, local character, archival record, public transport stop, public-transport wayfinding, and rail transport history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with station investment, regional connectivity and the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport. The modern context includes continuing discussion of bus funding, local connectivity and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface with public transport. As a dated visual record of Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside changing streetscape, industrial railway, local history, rail corridor, trackside history, transport accessibility, contemporary social history, and period detail. The recorded references to Market, Greater, railway, Departures, and station preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Image 2K1NRJX also remains a dated record of Market Street, Broadbottom, Greater Manchester, England, UK, SK14 6AX.