Gorton railway station

Gorton
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Location
Place	Gorton
Local authority	Manchester
Grid reference	SJ889969
Operations
Station code	GTO
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2005/06	72,062
2006/07	75,452
2007/08	81,018
2008/09	97,544
2009/10	99,472
2010/11	121,844
2011/12	135,014
2012/13	128,666
2013/14	118,916
2014/15	99,428
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened 1842 (1842)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* 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). 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, and it reverted to its original name by 1977. 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). 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.

External links

• Train times and station information for Gorton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Fairfield		Northern Rail Hope Valley Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Ashburys
				Manchester Piccadilly
Guide Bridge		Northern Rail Manchester-Glossop Line		Ashburys
	Disused railways
Hyde Road Line and station closed		Great Central Railway Fallowfield Loop		Ashburys Line and station open

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