Services
The current service at Guide Bridge consists of a half hourly Manchester Piccadilly - Hadfield EMU service and an hourly (DMU) service between Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple (see Northern Rail timetables 22 & 24 for details). There is no Sunday service on the Rose Hill line.
The Stockport-Stalybridge Line DMU service, which had been an hourly operation, was almost entirely withdrawn when TransPennine services between Manchester and Leeds were re-routed from Manchester Victoria to serve Manchester Piccadilly in 1989. There was for a time a 16:08 Friday only "service" from Stalybridge to Guide Bridge whilst weekend engineering work was taking place in the Stockport area (in 2004), but currently the once-weekly "parliamentary" service on the route operates in the other direction (leaving Stockport at 09.22 and calling at 09.38, on Fridays only). This train is also unusual in that it arrives at Guide Bridge on the Manchester-bound platform before changing tracks after departure.
TransPennine trains are routed through Guide Bridge but do not stop there.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde North | Northern Rail Hope Valley Line Mondays-Saturdays only | Fairfield | ||
| Flowery Field | Northern Rail Manchester-Glossop Line | Gorton | ||
| Denton | Northern Rail Stockport-Stalybridge Line Fridays only | Stalybridge |
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