Levenshulme South was a railway station in Levenshulme,

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

, England; it was sited on the

Fallowfield Loop railway line The Fallowfield Loop railway line was a local railway route in south Manchester, England. Trains on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) line (later, the Great Central Railway line) from Sheffield Victoria and Guide Brid ...

, which has since closed and is now a shared-use path.

Fallowfield Loop

History

The station opened on 2 May 1892, originally as ''Levenshulme''; it was renamed ''Levenshulme South'' on 15 September 1952. This was one of two stations in Levenshulme; the other, Levenshulme railway station, is still is use today. The line, and consequently the station, was closed to passenger traffic on 7 July 1958; the line continued to carry goods trains until 1987 and the track was taken up in 1988.

Today

Restoration of the station building commenced in 2018 to turn it int
Station South
a cycle cafe/bar and urban garden. The Fallowfield Loop line trackbed is now a popular shared use path for walkers and cyclists.

References

Disused railway stations in Manchester Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub