Belle Vue railway station

For the Manx Electric Railway station, see Belle Vue Halt.

Belle Vue
Location
Place	Gorton
Local authority	Manchester
Operations
Station code	BLV
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	8,460
2005/06 *	10,138
2006/07 *	8,467
2007/08 *	9,470
2008/09 *	11,744
2009/10 *	12,256
History
Opened 1875 (1875)
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Belle Vue from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Belle Vue railway station serves Gorton and Belle Vue in Manchester.

It was built by the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee in 1875, on the line between New Mills and Manchester London Road (now Piccadilly).

A joint venture of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and the Midland Railway, it was a shorter route than the already existing one through Hyde Junction, and was used by the latter's main line expresses from London until 1880, when they began running via Stockport Tiviot Dale into Manchester Central

It was popular with visitors to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, set up by John Jennison in 1836. After their closure in the early 1980s, usage of the station plummeted. All that remains of the original station is that part of the footbridge which crosses the lines.

External links

• Train times and station information for Belle Vue railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Ryder Brow		Northern Rail Hope Valley Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Ashburys