Belle Vue railway station

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Belle Vue
Location
Place Gorton
Local authority Manchester
Operations
Station code BLV
Managed by Northern Rail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 * 10,138
History
Key dates Opened 1875
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Belle Vue from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Belle Vue railway station serves Gorton and Belle Vue in Manchester.

It was built by the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee in 1875 on the line between New Mills and Manchester London Road (now Piccadilly).

As a joint venture of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and the Midland Railway it was a shorter route than the previous 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 (or Teviot as it was originally known) Dale into Manchester Central

It was popular for visitors visiting Belle Vue Zoological and Pleasure Gardens, set up by John Jennison in 1836. Covering some 45 acres, besides flower gardens and lakes, it featured a fairground and a zoo, which frequented by school parties well into the 20th century, but has now largely disappeared. The zoo closed in August 1977. The amusement park was closed in 1980 and the land sold off in 1982. The site itself was demolished in 1986. Since then usage of the station plummeted. All that remains of the original station is that part of the footbridge which crosses the lines.

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Coordinates: 53°27′43″N, 2°10′49″W