Gorton railway station
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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 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. It was referred to as Openshaw
in the 1964 song Slow Train
by Flanders and Swann
.
and Hadfield
. Evening services generally run hourly.
Manchester-Rose Hill Marple Lines
services pass Gorton by and stop instead at Fairfield
.
Gorton
Gorton is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. It is located to the southeast of Manchester city centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme....
district of the city of Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. 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
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
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. It was referred to as Openshaw
Openshaw
Openshaw is a ward of the city of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, North West England. It lies about two miles east of Manchester city centre. Historically a part of Lancashire, Openshaw was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890. Its name derives from the Old English Opinschawe, which...
in the 1964 song Slow Train
Slow Train
"Slow Train" is a song by the British duo Flanders and Swann, written in 1963.It laments the loss of British stations and railway lines in that era, due to the Beeching cuts, and also the passing of a way of life, with the advent of motorways etc....
by Flanders and Swann
Flanders and Swann
The British duo Flanders and Swann were the actor and singer Michael Flanders and the composer, pianist and linguist Donald Swann , who collaborated in writing and performing comic songs....
.
Services
Monday to Sunday daytimes there is, at minimum, a half-hourly service westbound to Manchester Piccadilly and eastbound to GlossopGlossop railway station
Glossop railway station serves the town of Glossop in Derbyshire, England and is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield, with an estimated 700,000 people using the station in 2009/10....
and Hadfield
Hadfield railway station
Hadfield railway station serves the village of Hadfield in Derbyshire, England. The station is one of the twin termini at the Derbyshire end of the Manchester-Glossop Line, the other being Glossop. It was opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1844.The line formerly...
. Evening services generally run hourly.
Manchester-Rose Hill Marple Lines
Hope Valley Line
The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. It was completed in 1894.From Sheffield, trains head down the Midland Main Line to Dore, where the Hope Valley Line branches off to run through the Totley Tunnel .It emerges in the stunning scenery of the Hope...
services pass Gorton by and stop instead at Fairfield
Fairfield railway station
Fairfield railway station serves the Fairfield area of Droylsden, Tameside, Greater Manchester and is east of Manchester Piccadilly station. It was opened by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1892, when the branch to Chorlton-cum-Hardy opened, and replaced an earlier station...
.