Flowery Field station | |
General information | |
Location | Hyde, Tameside England |
Grid reference | SJ947960 |
Managed by | Northern Trains |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | FLF |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Opened | May 1985 |
Passengers | |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Flowery Field railway station serves the Flowery Field area of Hyde,Greater Manchester,England. It is 7 miles (11 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Glossop Line. The station is managed by Northern Trains. [1]
The station was opened in 1985 and is mainly a wooden structure,similar in design to Godley railway station,which is also on the Glossop Line. [2] The station was opened by British Rail.
As part of the failed Manchester TIF bid,the station would have been refurbished with CCTV,real-time passenger information and additional seating and shelters. [3] The bid failed after residents of Greater Manchester voted against the congestion charge. [4] However,funding was secured from Transport for Greater Manchester in 2011,for the installation of CCTV,Customer Information Screens,a Public Announcement System and Help Points. [5]
There is a half-hourly daily service to Manchester Piccadilly and to Hadfield (with extra trains during weekday peak periods). Trains operate hourly during the evening. [6]
Flowery Field is an area of Hyde,Greater Manchester,England.
Hadfield is a town in the High Peak of Derbyshire,England,with a population at the 2021 Census of 6,763. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow,near to the border with Greater Manchester,at the western edge of the Peak District close to Glossop. It doubled as the fictional town of Royston Vasey in the BBC comedy series The League of Gentlemen.
The Woodhead line was a railway line linking Sheffield,Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels. The line was electrified in 1953 and closed between Hadfield and Penistone in 1981.
Stockport railway station in Stockport,Greater Manchester,England,is 6 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly on the West Coast Main Line to London Euston.
Stalybridge railway station serves Stalybridge,Greater Manchester,England. It lies on the Huddersfield Line,7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly and 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) east of Manchester Victoria. The station is managed by TransPennine Express.
Marple railway station in Marple,Greater Manchester,England,is on the Hope Valley Line 8.9 miles (14.3 km) south-east of Manchester Piccadilly. The station,opened in 1865 by the Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway,was demolished and rebuilt in 1970. It is managed and served by Northern Trains,who provide two trains per hour in each direction.
Romiley railway station serves Romiley,in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport,Greater Manchester,England.
Hyde Central railway station is the main station serving Hyde,Greater Manchester,England.
Hyde North is a railway station north of Hyde,Greater Manchester,England,operated by Northern Trains.
Guide Bridge railway station serves Guide Bridge in Audenshaw,Greater Manchester,England,and is operated by Northern Trains. The station is 4+3⁄4 miles (7.6 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly on both the Rose Hill Marple and Glossop Lines.
Gorton railway station serves Gorton district of the city of Manchester,England. The station is on the Manchester-Glossop Line and is 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly.
The Glossop line is a railway line connecting the city of Manchester with the towns of Hadfield and Glossop in Derbyshire,England. Passenger services on the line are operated by Northern Trains.
Knutsford railway station serves the town of Knutsford in Cheshire,England. The station is 21+3⁄4 miles (35.0 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Mid-Cheshire Line to Chester. The line is referred to as the Chester via Altrincham line at Manchester Piccadilly,but as the Manchester via Stockport line at Chester station.
Godley railway station serves the Godley area of Hyde,Tameside,Greater Manchester,England. It is 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Glossop Line.
Newton for Hyde railway station,serves the Newton area of Hyde in Greater Manchester,England. Newton for Hyde is 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly station and managed by Northern Trains. The station unusually features both a covered subway underneath the platforms and a larger viaduct tunnel accessible from both sides,meaning there are 2 ways to cross platforms underground. The eastern side of the station containing these passageways is raised on the viaduct.
Broadbottom railway station serves the village of Broadbottom in Greater Manchester,England. It is on the Manchester-Glossop Line,10 miles (16 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly. It was opened by the Sheffield,Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway in 1842. It was renamed Mottram in 1845,but has since reverted to its original name.
Dinting railway station serves the village of Dinting in Derbyshire,England. The station is on the Glossop Line and prior to the Woodhead Line's closure in 1981,Dinting was a station on the Great Central Main Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield Victoria.
Hadfield railway station serves the Peak District town 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.
Glossop railway station serves the Peak District town of Glossop in Derbyshire,England. Glossop is the third busiest railway station in the county of Derbyshire after Derby and Chesterfield. It is located just north of Norfolk Square in the centre of Glossop.
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