Hyde Road | |
|---|---|
 The railway bridge next to the site of the former Hyde Road station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Gorton, Manchester England |
| Coordinates | 53°27′34″N 2°9′51″W / 53.45944°N 2.16417°W |
| Grid reference | SJ892959 |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 May 1892 | Station opened |
| 7 July 1958 | Station closed |
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 It opened in 1892 and closed in 1958, when local passenger services on the line were withdrawn.[1][2] The station was sometimes advertised as Hyde Road for Belle Vue, given its close proximity to Belle Vue Zoo which was about one mile away.[2] The line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.
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.[3]
- ^ Brackenbury, Allan (2005). Railway passenger stations in Greater Manchester: a chronology. Manchester: Railway and Canal Historical Society North West Group.
- ^ a b Johnson, E. M. (2000). The Fallowfield Line: an illustrated review of the Manchester Central Station line. Romiley: Foxline. pp. 3–6. ISBN 1-870119-69-X.
- ^ Geographia Manchester Colour Map. London: Geographia, 1986 ISBN 0-09-218190-2