Stunning photos reveal the hidden world beneath Manchester's Victoria Station
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA lost world lies beneath a Manchester train station that thousands of passengers use every day - oblivious to its existence.
Opened in 1844, Victoria Station is Manchester's second busiest train station and, thanks to adjoining Manchester Arena, is a natural departure and arrival point for gig-goers in the city.
The station was built on the north bank of the River Irk, which was culverted underneath as the station went through several periods of expansion.
The culverted section of the Irk runs for nearly a kilometre underground, from the railway viaduct near New Century Park to the point where the Irk empties into the River Irwell. READ MORE: Manchester's lost prisons would make Strangeways look like Pontins READ MORE: The dramatic days when a huge army of children left Manchester as others slept As the station expanded, the Irk disappeared underneath and the site was built on top of the nearby cemetery and church that occupied Walkers Croft.
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