Flowery Field railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Flowery Field

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Flowery Field railway station (2).JPG

| caption = Flowery Field station

| borough = Hyde, Tameside

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ947960|25|SJ947960}}

| manager = Northern Trains

| platforms = 2

| code = FLF

| classification = DfT category F2

| opened = May 1985

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.253 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 66,500}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.163 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.145 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.164 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Flowery Field railway station serves the Flowery Field area of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. It is {{convert|7|mi|km}} east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester-Glossop Line. The station is managed by Northern Trains.{{cite web |url=http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/network_map/NR_NetworkMap_2014.pdf |title=Network map| author=Northern Rail|access-date=2014-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114005749/http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/network_map/NR_NetworkMap_2014.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}

The station was opened in 1985 and is mainly a wooden structure, similar in design to Godley railway station, which is also on the Glossop Line.{{cite web| url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225375/glossop-line.pdf| title=Community rail| website=Gov.UK| date=25 June 2024}} The station was opened by British Rail.

As part of the failed Manchester TIF bid, the station would have been refurbished with CCTV, real-time passenger information and additional seating and shelters.{{cite web| url=http://www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk/MyDistrict/tameside/#rail| title=Tameside| website=Greater Manchester Future Transport| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714090735/http://www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk/MyDistrict/tameside/#rail |archive-date=14 July 2008| access-date=2008-11-24}} The bid failed after residents of Greater Manchester voted against the congestion charge.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7778110.stm| title=Voters reject congestion charge| website=BBC News| date=12 December 2008}} However, funding was secured from Transport for Greater Manchester in 2011, for the installation of CCTV, Customer Information Screens, a Public Announcement System and Help Points.{{cite web| url=http://www.tfgm.com/ltp3/Documents/Tameside-LAIP-Transport-for-Greater-Manchester-Addendum.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235207/http://www.tfgm.com/ltp3/Documents/Tameside-LAIP-Transport-for-Greater-Manchester-Addendum.pdf| archive-date=3 March 2016| website=Transport for Greater Manchester| title=Contribution to Local Area Implementation Plan}}