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The Fallowfield Loop is an off-road cycle path, pedestrian and horse riding route in the south of Manchester, England, which is one of the National Cycle Network routes and paths developed and built by Sustrans (it forms part of routes 6 and 60).〔http://www.sustrans.org.uk/sustrans-near-you/north-of-england/easy-rides-in-the-north-of-england/fallowfield-loopline〕 The Loop follows the route of the former Fallowfield Loop railway line, which was closed in 1988. It is approximately 8 miles long and connects Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the west with Fairfield in the east, and passes through Whalley Range, Fallowfield, Levenshulme and Gorton. It can be seen on Google Maps where it is marked in the same way as a railway line,〔http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1C1GGLS_en-GBGB314GB314&sourceid=chrome&q=fallowfield&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=uk&ei=-Z2xSZPgB-S1jAfrsvX0BQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image〕 and passes a short way above the "Fallowfield" marker. ==History== The Fallowfield Loop railway line was a local railway route in Greater Manchester. Trains on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway line (later, the Great Central Railway line) from Sheffield Victoria and Guide Bridge used the "Loop" to access Manchester Central railway station. The line was fully opened in 1892 and remained in use until 1988, though the stations at Hyde Road, Levenshulme South, Fallowfield and Wilbraham Road were closed in 1958 following the withdrawal of passenger services. Reddish Depot was built adjacent to the line in 1954 to maintain the new fleet of electric trains for the Woodhead Line, and remained open until 1983. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fallowfield Loop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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