Gorton is bordered to the north by the Piccadilly–Glossop train line (formerly the Great Central Railway), and is served by several railway stations including Gorton railway station, which opened in 1842 as Gorton and Openshaw and was replaced in 1906.
It is still in operation today on the Hope Valley Line and is served by train services between Manchester Piccadilly and Glossop/Hadfield.
The station is mentioned in the 1964 song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann, referred to as "Openshaw".

Other stations in the area include Ashburys, Belle Vue and Ryder Brow.

Another railway station in the Gorton area, Hyde Road, was opened in 1882 on the Fallowfield Loop railway line until the line closed to passengers in 1958.
The station had a brief revival in 1987 when it played a role in the early development of the Manchester Metrolink system.
A temporary station called Debdale Park was constructed on the station site to host a public exhibition of Project Light Rail, in which a light rail vehicle on loan from the fledgling Docklands Light Railway in London was driven along a short stretch of track to demonstrate the light rail/tram configuration then being planned for Manchester.
Soon after the demonstration, the Fallowfield line was dismantled; it has since been converted by Sustrans into a cycle track – the Fallowfield Loop – which runs from Debdale Park to St Werburgh's Road Metrolink station in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
Gorton is bordered to the north by the Piccadilly–Glossop train line (formerly the Great Central Railway), and is served by several railway stations including Gorton railway station, which opened in 1842 as Gorton and Openshaw and was replaced in 1906. It is still in operation today on the Hope Valley Line and is served by train services between Manchester Piccadilly and Glossop/Hadfield. The station is mentioned in the 1964 song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann, referred to as "Openshaw".
Other stations in the area include Ashburys, Belle Vue and Ryder Brow.
Another railway station in the Gorton area, Hyde Road, was opened in 1882 on the Fallowfield Loop railway line until the line closed to passengers in 1958. The station had a brief revival in 1987 when it played a role in the early development of the Manchester Metrolink system. A temporary station called Debdale Park was constructed on the station site to host a public exhibition of Project Light Rail, in which a light rail vehicle on loan from the fledgling Docklands Light Railway in London was driven along a short stretch of track to demonstrate the light rail/tram configuration then being planned for Manchester. Soon after the demonstration, the Fallowfield line was dismantled; it has since been converted by Sustrans into a cycle track – the Fallowfield Loop – which runs from Debdale Park to St Werburgh's Road Metrolink station in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
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