Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition Station 1887
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A special railway station served the Exhibition. It had long platforms to accommodate the expected crowds, and plenty of staff on hand to help. They needed a large staff, as the number of visitors was massive. On one day over the Bank Holiday, a total of 74,600 visitors were recorded in one single day, and in the 166 days it was opened, 4.75 million people came to view the delights. The railway line was on the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway, which had opened in 1849. There had been a temporary station here, built in 1857 for the Art Treasures Exhibition; in 1931, when the line was electrified, a permanent station, called Warwick Road Station, was opened here. Today it serves the Old Trafford Grounds, both cricket and football.
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