Levenshulme South
Levenshulme South The date of opening plaque can be seen near the white peak on the right
General information
Location	Levenshulme, Manchester England
Coordinates	53°26′27″N 2°11′18″W / 53.4408°N 2.1884°W / 53.4408; -2.1884
Grid reference	SJ876938
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 May 1892 (1892-05-02)	Opened as Levenshulme
15 September 1952	Renamed Levenshulme South
7 July 1958 (1958-07-07)	Closed

Levenshulme South was a railway station in Levenshulme, Manchester, England; it was sited on the Fallowfield Loop railway line, which has since closed and is now a shared-use path.

Fallowfield Loop[edit]

Fallowfield Loop Line
Legend
Hope Valley line to Sheffield Guide Bridge M60 motorway Metrolink Fairfield to Manchester Piccadilly Deansgate-Castlefield Gorton Manchester Central to Manchester Piccadilly Cornbrook Hyde Road Liverpool–Manchester lines Hope Valley line   Trafford Bar Reddish Depot Manchester, South Jn & Altrincham Railway / Levenshulme South   Metrolink to Altrincham West Coast Main Line Chorlton-cum-Hardy Styal line St Werburgh's Road Fallowfield South District Railway / Metrolink to Didsbury Wilbraham Road
Key
Fallowfield Loop line present National Rail service Metrolink

History[edit]

The station opened on 2 May 1892, originally as Levenshulme;^[1] it was renamed Levenshulme South on 15 September 1952.^[1] This was one of two stations in Levenshulme; the other, Levenshulme railway station, is still is use today.

The line, and consequently the station, was closed to passenger traffic on 7 July 1958;^[1] the line continued to carry goods trains until 1987 and the track was taken up in 1988.

Today[edit]

Restoration of the station building commenced in 2018 to turn it into Station South, a cycle cafe/bar and urban garden.^[2]

The Fallowfield Loop line trackbed is now a popular shared use path for walkers and cyclists.

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