The Ghost Railway Station of Manchester Explored

Mayfield Station in Manchester, UK

Opened on 8 August 1910 by the London & North Western Railway, Manchester Mayfield was built alongside Manchester London Road station (later Piccadilly) to handle the increased number of trains and passengers following the opening of the Styal Line in 1909. It was connected to London Road via a high-level footbridge. It was mainly used by suburban services to the south of Manchester, but a number of main line services used it during busy periods.

Mayfield suffered the effects of bombing during World War II, when it was hit by a land mine (parachute mine). It came into its own for a brief period during the electrification and modernisation of what was to become Piccadilly Station in the late 1950s, when many services were diverted to it after a restoration of sorts It was closed to passengers on 28 August 1960 & remained closed until 1970.


The site was converted into a parcels depot which opened on 6 July 1970. Royal Mail constructed a sorting office on the opposite side of the main line and connected it to Mayfield with an overhead conveyor bridge which crosses the throat of Piccadilly Station. The depot closed in 1986 following the decision by Parcelforce, Royal Mail's parcels division, to abandon rail transport in favour of road haulage. The building has remained disused ever since, with the tracks into Mayfield removed in 1989 as part of the remodelling of the Piccadilly Station layout.

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[mancunianfodo]

@3rk4u It's Mayfield, it's just adjacent to Piccadilly on the other side of London Road from Platforms 13/14

[3rk4u]

Manchester had 3 main stations Piccadilly which served the south ie trains 2 london birmingham/Victoria for the north ie newcastle leeds blackpool and central which served liverpool north wales sheffield etc,but im pretty sure that the central stn was turned into the gmex centre,so i cant figure out what stn this is,

[ismaelkhan]

get a load of that cast iron build work :) real vintage

[NannyGaming]

Did you find any bits of old rubbish or posters etc?

[daveallalone]

The Woodhead Line route sim for TS1012 has these platforms working, if slightly hidden, in the route. In fact I ran a DMU out of Mayfield this very afternoon :)

[destinationdocklands]

Fascinating..I adored this video..well done..Is it still like this today?

[duxberry1958]

i never knew it was a station ...

[TheNastiG]

ghost station no dont think so, more like abandoned station

[MrMrliamo]

why did a station this large close?

[mongoosekid14]

@noonsight2010 ghost means the same thing in long terms...