Fallowfield railway station was a railway station located on Wilmslow Road in Fallowfield

Fallowfield

Ladybarn is the part of Fallowfield to the south-east. Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre is used by the University of Manchester: it was built by Edward Walters for Sir Joseph Whitworth, as were the Firs Botanical Grounds.-Religion:...

, Manchester

Manchester

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, England

England

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. Today what remains of the station building is used as a public house

Public house

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 called Remedy (formerly Bar XS), with the rest of the site taken by a block of flats and a Sainsbury's supermarket, which curiously has the car park at the old track level, but the shop floor entrance at road level.

Fallowfield railway station was on the Fallowfield Loop railway line

Fallowfield Loop railway line

The Fallowfield Loop railway line was a local railway route in Greater Manchester, England. Trains on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway line from Sheffield Victoria and Guide Bridge used the 'Loop' to access Manchester Central railway station.The line was fully opened in 1892 and...

. The line between and Fallowfield opened on 1 October 1891, the remaining section between Fallowfield and Fairfield opening on 2 May 1892, before closing to passenger services in 1958 and closing completely in 1988.

The line stretched from the surviving line at Fairfield and Gorton

Gorton railway station

Gorton railway station serves Gorton district of the city of Manchester, England. The station is on the Manchester-Glossop Line and the 4 km east of Manchester Piccadilly....

 railway stations through Levenshulme South

Levenshulme South railway station

Levenshulme South railway station was a railway station located in Levenshulme, Manchester. It was located on the Fallowfield Line which is now a cycle path.-History:The station opened on 2 May 1892, originally being named Levenshulme...

 and Fallowfield onto Wilbraham Road and Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy railway station

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 before joining a section of line from Old Trafford to Manchester Central

Manchester Central railway station

Manchester Central railway station is a former railway station in Manchester City Centre, England. One of Manchester's main railway terminals between 1880 and 1969, it now houses an exhibition and conference centre named Manchester Central.-History:...

 now used by the Manchester Metrolink

Manchester Metrolink

Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...

tram system. The section of the line from Chorlton-cum-Hardy past Fallowfield is now used as a cycle-path.