Flowery Field railway station serves the

Flowery Field Flowery Field is an area of Hyde, Greater Manchester, Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It is a mainly residential area once dominated by Ashton Brothers Textile Mill. Cricket The area is home to Flowery Field Cricket Club, one of the foremost ...

area of

Hyde, Greater Manchester Hyde is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 34,003 in 2011. Historically in Cheshire, it is northeast of Stockport, west of Glossop and east of Manchester. History Early history Newton Hall was presen ...

, England. It is east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Glossop Line. The station is managed by

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. The station was opened in 1985 and is mainly a wooden structure, similar in design to

Godley railway station Godley railway station serves the Godley area of Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It is east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Glossop Line. It was built to replace the original Godley Junction station. It is placed a ...

, which is also on the

Glossop Line The Glossop line is a railway line connecting the city of Manchester with the towns of Hadfield and Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Passenger services on the line are operated by Northern Trains. The line is the surviving section west of the ...

. The station was opened by British Rail. As part of the failed Manchester TIF bid, the station would have been refurbished with CCTV, real-time passenger information and additional seating and shelters. The bid failed after residents of Greater Manchester voted against the congestion charge. However, funding was secured from

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in 2011, for the installation of CCTV, Customer Information Screens, a Public Announcement System and Help Points.

Services

There is a half-hourly daily service to Manchester Piccadilly and to Hadfield (with extra trains during weekday peak periods). Trains operate hourly during the evening.

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