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Gorton railway station
Railway station in Greater Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the former station on Rannoch Moor, Argyll and Bute, see Gorton railway station (Scotland).
Gorton railway station serves the Gorton district of the city of Manchester, England. It is sited 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly. The station is a stop on the Glossop and Hope Valley lines; Northern Trains operate all services that stop here and also manage the station.
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![]() Gorton railway station in 2005 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Gorton, Manchester England | ||||
Grid reference | SJ889969 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Transit authority | Greater Manchester | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | GTO | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
23 May 1842 (1842-05-23) | Opened as Gorton | ||||
25 August 1906 | Resited and renamed Gorton and Openshaw | ||||
1 May 1926 | Renamed Gorton | ||||
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