Route
The line serves the following places:
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Ardwick - very occasional trains
- Ashburys (originally Ashburys for Belle Vue before a station was built at Belle Vue on the Bredbury and Romiley line in the 1980s) - serves the Openshaw and Beswick areas
- Gorton
- Fairfield - Note: this is now only served by trains to Rose Hill Marple via Hyde North
- Guide Bridge
- Flowery Field (district of Hyde)
- Newton for Hyde
- Godley (district of Hyde)
- Hattersley
- Broadbottom
- Dinting
Glossop branch:
- Glossop
Hadfield branch:
- Hadfield
The same train serves Glossop and Hadfield via one of three routings:
| Routing | In use |
|---|---|
| Dinting - Hadfield - Glossop - Dinting | Morning rush hour |
| Dinting - Glossop - Hadfield - Dinting | Evening rush hour |
| Dinting - Glossop - Hadfield - Glossop - Dinting | All other times |
During the autumn "leaf fall" timetable this pattern is modified so that the morning rush hour pattern is extended to about midday and the evening rush hour pattern starts as soon as the morning rush hour pattern finishes.
The line also includes a closed station at Godley East. This station was originally Godley Junction and was renamed Godley when the line to Stockport was closed. The station became Godley East when the current Godley station was built slightly west in the 1980s.
There are also remnants of a platform and shelter near Gamesley, between Broadbottom and Dinting. Known as Mottram Staff Halt, it served the former Mottram Goods Yard. There are at present proposals to construct a small station for Gamesley, funding permitting, implemented in Control Period 4 (2009–2014).
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