622 601 Railway Bridge, Grey St off Hyde Road, West Gorton, Manchester 5pm Friday 20 Nov 1998 (bw) ©Aidan O'Rourke

Manchester - like other British cities - is dominated by railway lines built in the 19th century. Viaducts, embankments and bridges are a powerful feature of the urban landscape At night, the deserted, dimly lit streets around and beneath railway lines have an eerie quality about them.

The bridge in this photograph carries the main Manchester to London railway line, as well as the tracks leading off to the railway sidings at Longsight.

Keywords: bridge, trains, railway, public transport, bw