Abandoned And Not Forgotten

The ghost station of Manchester, originally uploaded by phill.d.

Manchester's forgotten railway station hides away behind the decayed and overgrown facade of this building.
This is Manchester Mayfield station that closed to passengers in the 1960's.
The overgrown platforms, buffer stops and station concourse are still to be found intact.

Mayfield station is on Fairfield street next to Manchester Piccadilly. A short viaduct diverts away from the Piccadilly station line into Mayfield.
Mayfield was built alongside Piccadilly in 1910 to handle the increased number of trains.
It was mainly used by suburban services to the south of Manchester, Buxton, Crewe and Macclesfield lines.
A number of main line services also used it during busy periods.

Mayfield suffered the effects of bombing during World War II.
The station had it's heyday for a brief period during the electrification and modernisation of Piccadilly Station in the late 1950s, many services were diverted to Mayfield whle the building work took place.
It was closed to passengers on 28 August 1960.

Since passenger closure it was converted into a parcels depot.
Mayfield had an overhead conveyor bridge which crossed to Piccadilly Station. The depot closed in 1986.
The tracks were lifted and no trains have alled at the station since then.

Piccadilly station is running to full capacity these days.
There are rumours that Mayfield could once again reopen as an overspill for trains in busy periods.
We shall see.