Gorton railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Gorton | ||
| Local authority | Manchester | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | GTO | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2005/06 * | 72,062 | ||
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| PTE | Greater Manchester | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1842 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gorton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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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.
The station was opened in 1842 by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway, which later became part of the Great Central Railway. 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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