Gorton railway station - 0845 748 4950

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 200yd 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.ServicesGorton 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).

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