Belle Vue railway station

For the Manx Electric Railway station, see Belle Vue Halt.

Belle Vue

Location
Place	Gorton
Local authority	Manchester
Grid reference	SJ881961
Operations
Station code	BLV
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	14,722
2011/12	19,970
2012/13	18,350
2013/14	10,122
2014/15	9,480
History
Key dates	Opened 1875 (1875)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Belle Vue from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Belle Vue railway station serves the area of Belle Vue in Gorton which is in the city of Manchester, England.

History

Belle Vue Station in 1962

1911 map showing the location of Belle Vue station (lower centre)

The station was built by the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee and opened on 1 September 1875.^[1] It was located on the line between New Mills and Manchester London Road (now Piccadilly).

A joint venture of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and the Midland Railway, it was a shorter route than the already existing one through Hyde Junction, and was used by the latter's main line expresses from London until 1880, when they began running via Stockport Tiviot Dale into Manchester Central

It was popular with visitors to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, set up by John Jennison in 1836. After their closure in the early 1980s, usage of the station plummeted. All that remains of the original station is that part of the footbridge which crosses the lines.

Facilities

The station had four platforms. The main building with booking office and parcels office was located on the west side of the railway and the platforms were linked by a raised footbridge.

Services

The station has a two-hourly weekday service in each direction, northbound to Manchester Piccadilly and southbound to New Mills Central, with extra trains at peak times. Saturdays and some peak services see services run to Rose Hill Marple on the same frequency.^[2]

There is no Sunday service.

References and bibliography

↑ Butt, 1995, p. 32
↑ Northern Rail Timetable 22 - Manchester to Rose Hill/New Mills Central www.northernrail.org; Retrieved 2013-08-08

Butt, R.V.J., The Directory of Railway Stations, 1995, Patrick Stephens Ltd, ISBN 1-85260-508-1

External links

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Train times and station information for Belle Vue railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Ryder Brow		Northern Hope Valley Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Ashburys
Ryder Brow		Northern Hope Valley Line Monday to Saturdays only		Manchester Piccadilly

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Bolton	Blackrod Bolton Bromley Cross Daisy Hill Farnworth Hall i' th' Wood Horwich Parkway Kearsley Lostock Moses Gate Westhoughton

Bury	Bury Bolton Street ^†( Bury) Ramsbottom ^† Summerseat ^†

Manchester (Manchester station group in italics)	Ardwick Ashburys Belle Vue Burnage Deansgate ( Deansgate-Castlefield) East Didsbury Gorton Levenshulme Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria Mauldeth Road Moston Ryder Brow

Oldham	Greenfield

Rochdale	Castleton Heywood ^† Littleborough Mills Hill Rochdale Smithy Bridge

Salford	Clifton Eccles ( Eccles) Irlam Moorside Patricroft Salford Central Salford Crescent Swinton Walkden

Stockport	Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Cheadle Hulme Davenport Gatley Hazel Grove Heald Green Heaton Chapel Marple Middlewood Reddish North Reddish South Romiley Rose Hill Marple Stockport ( Stockport) Strines Woodley Woodsmoor

Tameside	Ashton-under-Lyne ( Ashton) Broadbottom Denton Fairfield Flowery Field Godley Guide Bridge Hattersley Hyde Central Hyde North Mossley Newton for Hyde Stalybridge

Trafford	Altrincham Chassen Road Flixton Hale Humphrey Park Manchester United Navigation Road Trafford Park Urmston

Wigan	Atherton Bryn Gathurst Hag Fold Hindley Ince Orrell Pemberton Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate ( Wigan)

^† stations on the East Lancashire Railway (heritage) List of open stations List of closed stations TfGM Transport

Coordinates: 53°27′43″N 2°10′49″W / 53.46194°N 2.18028°W / 53.46194; -2.18028

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