Gorton railway station

Gorton National Rail
Location
Place Gorton
Local authority Manchester
Grid reference SJ889969
Operations
Station code GTO
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 121,844
2011/12 Increase 135,014
2012/13 Decrease 128,666
2013/14 Decrease 118,916
2014/15 Decrease 99,428
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History
Original company Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
23 May 1842 (1842-05-23) Opened as Gorton
25 August 1906 Resited and renamed Gorton and Openshaw
1 May 1926 Renamed Gorton
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gorton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Gorton railway station serves Gorton district of the city of Manchester, England. The station is on the Manchester-Glossop Line and the 2½ miles (4 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly.

It was opened by the Great Central Railway (GCR) on 25 August 1906 and replaced an earlier station that opened on the line on 23 May 1842. From 1 January 1923, the station was operated by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).[1] The new station was on the busy Woodhead Route to Sheffield Victoria and had four platforms. The original station was situated 200 yards (180 m) west of the present station. From its opening, the new station was named Gorton and Openshaw,[1] and it reverted to its original name by 1977.[2] It was referred to as Openshaw in the 1964 song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Services

Gorton is served by eastbound trains to Rose Hill Marple, Glossop and Hadfield, with all westbound services terminating at Manchester Piccadilly.

The majority of Monday to Friday daytime trains are serviced by the Rose Hill Marple diesel multiple unit service (twice an hour each way).[3] Early morning, rush hour and late evening services operate to and from Glossop and Hadfield using Class 323 electric multiple units (as there is only a limited late evening service on the Rose Hill line).

On Saturday morning two services operate to/from Hadfield, and the evening services also operate to Hadfield. During the rest of the day services operate to/from Rose Hill Marple or Marple (hourly to each). On Sundays, all trains operate to/from Hadfield.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 The Directory of Railway Stations, R.V.J. Butt, 1995, Patricks Stephens Ltd, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
  2. ↑ Jowett's Railway Centres Volume 1 (Alan Jowett, published PSL 1993)
  3. ↑ Northern Rail Timetable 22 - Manchester - Rose Hill/New Mills CentralNorthern Rail
  4. ↑ Realtime Trains website
  5. ↑ Northern Rail Timetable 24 - Manchester - Hadfield/Glossop

External links

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Coordinates: 53°28′8″N 2°10′4″W / 53.46889°N 2.16778°W / 53.46889; -2.16778


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