Godley railway station serves the
Godley area of
Hyde,
Tameside
The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame, Greater Manchester, River Tame, which flows through the borough, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Aud ...
,
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...
, England. It is east of
Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city ...
on the
Manchester-Glossop Line.
It was built to replace the original
Godley Junction station. It is placed above a bridge, hence the narrow platforms. Unlike most stations built on the line (with the exception of
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 ...
), it is built on wooden stilts, unlike the stone platforms built for the
Woodhead Line.
Services
There is a half-hourly daily service (including Sundays) to Manchester Piccadilly and
Hadfield, with an hourly service in the evenings and extra trains during the weekday business peaks.
Additionally the 17:26 service from Hadfield to Piccadilly is the only service not to call at Godley, which only calls at Dinting, Broadbottom, Hattersley, Newton for Hyde, Flowery Field, Guide Bridge, Ashburys and Piccadilly.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed, has one ticket machine at the bottom of the stairs by the entrance to the station and does not have customer help points. Waiting shelters are located on each side, with train running information provided by timetable posters and by LED screens with automated announcements. No step-free access is available to the platforms.
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Railway stations in Tameside
DfT Category F2 stations
Railway stations opened by British Rail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1986
Northern franchise railway stations
Hyde, Greater Manchester
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