mayfield station, manchester. april 09

[scrappy]

first time in an abandoned train station, to say the least there was nothing there really and we (me and over) took made hard work of getting in! by that i mean we found an easy way in after scaling the building!

Mayfield station, located on Fairfield street, Manchester, was originally opened for it's primary use as a passenger station on thr 8th of August, 1910, under the ownership of of London & North Western Railway. The intention of the Mayfield addition was offering more control over the increasing rail traffic along the Styal Line.
The station was closed to passengers on the 28th of August, 1960, though it was re-opened on the 6th of July, 1970 after it was altered to a parcel depot for the Royal Mail sorting office located on the opposite side of the main line. This was closed after 16 years in 1986, as a result of Parcelforce changing from rail transport to an entirely road based fleet. The building suffered fire damage in 2005 after fire broke out in the roadside building.

 

[the_delta_force]

Looks o.k. to me.

The buffer stops look great.

 

[Black Shuck]

What a lovely Terminus station. Those buffers are huge. Well done lads.

 

[scrappy]

thanks guys, it was not a bad explore! and it was really cool in the station compared to outside!

 

[pet_rubber_duck]

such a cool/unusual explore! and nice photos

 

[Richard Davies]

I've only seen this from a train, but it seems fairly intact.

It's been used for filming Cracker & 1 or 2 other things.

 

[orangeacid]

love the location, is excellent

 

[sheep21]

I love all things rail related and this station is just brilliant.

Those buffers look like they are original to the station as well. Love the pose in the last picture too

 

[the_delta_force]

There is a chance it may be re-opened to ease congestion at Piccadilly

 

[TK421]

It seems as if there are plans afoot for the site, and it does not bode well for the long term future of the building:

http://www.crainsmanchesterbusiness.co.uk/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090501/FREE/905019996/1026

Having said that, many of these schemes never get off the ground, but just in case, it might move Mayfield higher up my 'must visit' agenda

 

[Richard Davies]

There were plans in the 1990s to run through trains from the channel tunnel to other but cities, & I wondered if Mayfield might have been reopened to be used as a terminal for this.

 

[smileysal]

Excellent pics Scrappy, I love seeing pics from here. Good to see the original steps, buffers etc are still there and intact. Good work matey, this is one of the places I really want to see.

Cheers,

Sal

ps, are you both brrrraaaaaaapppping on that last pic? lmao.

 

[scrappy]

ps, are you both brrrraaaaaaapppping on that last pic? lmao.

i was surfing, but i think Over was braping!

 

[smileysal]

lol, good surfing pose you lol. Good brapping by young over

 

[the_delta_force]

Passed this when pulling into Piccadilly on Sat but no time to explore. Did notice alot of buildings around the Deansgate area that are worth an explore....

 

[Monstertriker]

Prime Suspect 5........this is where in the last film, the bad guy (the street) holds his kidnapped hostage, and gets shot by the armed police.

Brill location; it was the steps that reminded me of the film.