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The railway was built
through Longsight at the end of the 1830s. The path it
follows today is the same one that was constructed
then. The line enters the district from the north
crossing Hyde Road on what is known as the Fenian
Arch. It then passes through the Longsight Rail Depot,
a network of sidings and both engine and carriage
sheds. At the southern end of the depot, where the
line crosses Kirmanshulme Lane, Longsight Station was
located. (In fact, this was the second location for
the station. It was relocated to this site in 1842.)
The station sat at this location for over a hundred
years.
 Below: The Depot and Station in the 1940s  Below: Longsight
Station looking south.  Below: Longsight Station looking north from the bridge crossing New Bank Street.  Below is a view of the
southbound platform of Longsight Station with the
signal box beyond the signal gantry. Pulling the
train is the Patriot Class locomotive "Lady Godiva"
45519, built in 1933 and withdrawn from service in
1962. (the image is shown here with the generous
permission of Graham Todd)
 Below:
The location of the station in May of 2000. A
ramp ran up that bank to the station building that was
located just before the bridge.
 If you walk down New
Bank Street from Kirkmanshulme Lane you can see, on
the right hand side, the location where another ramp
ran up to the station from the north (see
below). If you walked up this ramp you could
access the tunnel that went below the tracks providing
access to the south-bound platform and beyond to Belle
Vue.
 As you look north along New Bank
Street you can see to the right the boundary wall of
the railway depot and beyond the modern shed.
 After crossing Kirkmanshulme Lane, the
line continues southwards and crosses Stanley Grove.
(see below)
Below: The pedestrian
tunnel under the railway on Parry Street.  The line reaches Stockport Road near the Slade Lane junction and crosses the road at that point. It was here, in 1840, that the Birmingham and Manchester Railway built the first Longsight Station.   Once across Stockport Road the railway line continues, behind the house below, atop an embankment through land that once belonged to the Sidall family of Slade Hall.  Below you can see
the line just after it crossed Crowcroft Road and
passed behind the Bethshan Tabernacle.
 In the vicinty of
Slade Hall the line splits with one branch going
straight south into Levenshulme and another
turning to head south-west.
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