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 Greenfield 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Greenfield had 246,564 entries and exits, making it the 1,128th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1128/2575
It ranked 751st busiest (out of 997), with 316 scheduled services per week.
751/997
That's a daily average of 675.52 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 15.01 passengers per service, giving it the 674th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
674/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 106,018
Reduced price entries & exits: 99,342
Season ticket entries & exits: 41,204
Total entries & exits: 246,564
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: -32,358 : -11.60%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Down115418
Up157570
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
083Manchester - Stalybridge - HuddersfieldMay24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +158,040 (+178.53%)

Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2017-18 Impacted by North West electrification works
2018-19 Methodological change - inclusion of additional journeys using concessionary tickets in Greater Manchester area. Line closures in 2017-18.
2019-20 Increased usage following May 2018 performance issues

Location Details

Location: Greenfield
CRS: GNF / NLC: 2900 / TIPLOC(S): GFLD
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 399166 404692
Constituency: Oldham East and Saddleworth
Local Authority: Oldham
NR Region: North West
PTE: Greater Manchester
ELR: MVL3 12m 53ch
This station is part of the Greater Manchester PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Greenfield during 2022/2023:
•Manchester Piccadilly (77,237 journeys)
•Huddersfield (8,502 journeys)
•Leeds (6,334 journeys)
•Manchester Victoria (5,755 journeys)
•Stalybridge (2,418 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Greenfield's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Mossley (Manchester)2.43
Marsden (Yorks)6.08