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the strange pose on Chinley station as 170304 and 170308 passes forming the 16.55 Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes. Chinley station is a shadow of its former self with just one island platform and a large waiting shelter as seen just behind Andy. This is quite a contrast to when it had several platforms, four main running lines and extensive sidings including a turntable. There was a general post-war decline but the factor that completed the rot in the station's fortunes was the closure of the former Midland route from Derby through to Manchester in 1968.