Greenfield railway station
Greenfield 
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| Location | |
| Place | Greenfield |
| Local authority | Oldham |
| Coordinates | 53°32′20″N 2°00′51″W / 53.5388°N 2.0142°WCoordinates: 53°32′20″N 2°00′51″W / 53.5388°N 2.0142°W |
| Grid reference | SD991046 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GNF |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.306 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.331 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.327 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.315 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.339 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for Greater Manchester |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 August 1849 | Station opened |
| 1 September 1851 | Delph branch opened |
| 5 July 1856 | Oldham branch opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Greenfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Greenfield railway station in the village of Greenfield, Greater Manchester, England, is on the Huddersfield Line 12 miles (20 km) northeast of Manchester Victoria. It is the final station in Greater Manchester before the West Yorkshire boundary.
The line through Greenfield was constructed by the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway, which was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway on 9 July 1847 before any of it was opened. The section between Huddersfield and Stalybridge was opened on 1 August 1849, and the station at Greenfield was opened the same day.
On 1 September 1851, the branch to Delph opened, which left the main line at Delph Junction, about a mile to the north of Greenfield; Greenfield was the last station before the junction until Moorgate Halt opened in 1912. A second branch, to Oldham, opened on 5 July 1856; it left the main line just to the south of Greenfield.
Passenger services on the Delph & Oldham branches were withdrawn in May 1955, with complete closure following in 1964. A defunct bay can still be seen at the Stalybridge end of the station. This was used by some trains from the Oldham direction. For many years the station had a peak only service (see BR timetable 1974 et seq.).
The Beeching Report proposed closure of all stations between Stalybridge and Huddersfield. In 1968 half these stations were closed including Diggle and Saddleworth, leaving only Greenfield to serve the Saddleworth area. This means that Greenfield is Saddleworth's only remaining railway station. After the Oldham Loop Line closed in 2009, it was also Oldham's only remaining railway station.
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