Ashburys railway station
Ashburys 
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Ashburys railway station in Manchester. The train shown is a Northern Rail Class 323 in First North Western livery.
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| Location | |
| Place | Openshaw |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Grid reference | SJ871972 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ABY |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 86,062 |
| 2012/13 |
 83,264 |
| 2013/14 |
91,330 |
| 2014/15 |
91,502 |
| 2015/16 |
87,136 |
| History | |
| July 1855 | Station opens as Ashbury's |
| November 1855 | Station renamed Ashbury's for Openshaw |
| August 1856 | Station renamed Ashbury's for Belle View |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ashburys from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ashburys railway station in Openshaw, Manchester, England, is on the Manchester-Glossop Line at its junction with the branch line to Romiley and New Mills Central, and the freight-only line to Phillips Park Junction on the Huddersfield Line. It is the nearest railway station to the City of Manchester Stadium.
It was built and opened by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway on its line from Manchester Store Street station to Sheffield, in 1855. First appearing in Bradshaw's in July, in November it was referred to as "Ashburys for Openshaw", then in August 1856, as "Ashburys for Belle Vue".
It became part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway during mergers in 1847. That line changed its name to the Great Central Railway in 1897. Joining the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways under arrangement with the Greater Manchester PTE until the Privatisation of British Railways. The main station buildings, subway and a third platform face survived until the end of the 1980s, but all have since been removed.
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