Fairfield railway station (England)

Fairfield
General information
Location	Droylsden, Tameside England
Grid reference	SJ904971
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FRF
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
1841	First station opened
1892	Resited
6 May 1974	Renamed from Fairfield for Droylsden
Passengers
2018/19	41,296
2019/20	43,316
2020/21	3,906
2021/22	14,026
2022/23	16,572
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Fairfield railway station serves the Fairfield area of Droylsden, Tameside, Greater Manchester and is located 3.1 miles (5 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly station. It was opened by the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway in 1892, when the Fallowfield Loop to Manchester Central opened; it replaced an earlier station that had opened on the line in 1841, west of the present site.