Godley railway station

Godley railway station serves the Godley area of Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It is 8 ¹⁄₂ miles (13.7 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Glossop Line.

Sign at Godley

For the station formally known as Godley see, see Godley East railway station.

Godley
Location
Place	Godley
Local authority	Tameside
Coordinates	53.452°N 2.055°W / 53.452; -2.055
Grid reference	SJ963950
Operations
Station code	GDL
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	70,830
2015/16	73,182
2016/17	82,954
2017/18	90,160
2018/19	107,450
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Transport for Greater Manchester
History
Original company	British Railways Board
7 July 1986 (1986-07-07)	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Godley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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), 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,[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

References

1. Table 79 National Rail timetable, December 2016
2. http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/GDL/MAN/270414/1900/dep
3. Godley station facilities

External links

• Train times and station information for Godley railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Newton for Hyde		Northern Trains Manchester-Glossop Line		Hattersley