Gorton railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Gorton |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GTO |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2005/06 * | 72,062 |
| 2006/07 * |  75,452 |
| 2007/08 * | 81,018 |
| 2008/09 * | 97,544 |
| 2009/10 * | 99,472 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| Opened 1842 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gorton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Gorton railway station serves Gorton district of the city of Manchester, England. The station is on the Manchester-Glossop Line and the 4 km (2½ miles) east of Manchester Piccadilly.
It was opened by the Great Central Railway in 1906 and replaced an earlier station that had opened with the line in 1841. The original station was situated east of the present station. During the early part of the 20th century it was renamed Gorton and Openshaw, but it had reverted back to its original name by 1977.[1] It was referred to as Openshaw in the 1964 song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann.
[edit] Services
Monday to Sunday daytimes there is, at minimum, a half-hourly service westbound to Manchester Piccadilly and eastbound to Glossop and Hadfield. Evening services generally run hourly. Manchester-Rose Hill Marple Lines services pass Gorton by and stop instead at Fairfield.
[edit] References
- ^ Jowett's Railway Centres Volume 1 (Alan Jowett, published PSL 1993)
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Gorton railway station from National Rail
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| Hyde Road Line and station closed |
Great Central Railway Fallowfield Loop |
Ashburys Line and station open |
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Coordinates: 53°28′8″N 2°10′4″W / 53.46889°N 2.16778°W
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