Hyde Road railway station

Hyde Road was a railway station in Gorton, Manchester, England, on the Fallowfield Loop Line. It opened in 1892 and closed in 1958, when local passenger services on the line were withdrawn. The station was sometimes advertised as Hyde Road for Belle Vue, given its close proximity to Belle Vue Zoo which was about one mile away. The line was closed completely in 1988 and the track was taken up. The station has long since been demolished and the site was partly redeveloped. The former trackbed is now a popular shared use path called the Fallowfield Loop.

This article is about the railway station in Gorton, Manchester, closed in 1958. For present-day station in Hyde, see Hyde North railway station.

Hyde Road
The railway bridge next to the site of the former Hyde Road station
General information
LocationGorton, Manchester
England
Coordinates53.45944°N 2.16417°W / 53.45944; -2.16417
Grid referenceSJ892959
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 May 1892 (1892-05-02)Station opened
7 July 1958 (1958-07-07)Station closed

The station was named after Hyde Road, which begins at the east end of Ardwick Green South in Ardwick and runs east towards Hyde. At the boundary between Gorton and Denton, it continues as Manchester Road.

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