sentences:  There were two platforms which were accessed from the street-level booking office by canopied walkways down to track level, a signalbox in the middle of the westbound platform and a nearby goods yard equipped with a 5-ton crane to the south.In 1897 the MSLR became the Great Central Railway and in 1923 the line was absorbed into the LNER.Over this period the Fallowfield Loop line suffered from competition from alternative rail services into Manchester provided by the LNER from and later from the electric trams.