| Fallowfield Loop Line | |||
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 St Werburgh's Road bridge over the Fallowfield Loop shared-use path in 2009, before the construction of the Metrolink line | |||
| Overview | |||
| Status | Disused, re-purposed as a shared-use path | ||
| Owner | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway; British Rail | ||
| Locale | Manchester, England | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 10 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Local rail | ||
| System | National Rail | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1892 | ||
| Closed | Closed to passengers 1958; fully closed 1988 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | ||
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The Fallowfield Loop railway line was a local railway route in south Manchester, England. Trains on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) line (later, the Great Central Railway line) from Sheffield Victoria and Guide Bridge used the Loop to access Manchester Central. Some express trains, including the Harwich-Liverpool boat train, used the line.
The line was fully opened in 1892 and remained in use until 1988; the stations at Hyde Road, Levenshulme South, Fallowfield and Wilbraham Road closed in 1958, following the withdrawal of passenger services.
Reddish Traction Depot was built adjacent to the line in 1954, to maintain the new fleet of electric trains for the Woodhead Line. It remained open until 1983; it has since been demolished and a housing estate was built on the site.