The initial section of the Fallowfield Loop line was opened by the MS&LR (Cheshire Lines Committee) between and Fallowfield on 1 October 1891. The following year, the remaining section between Fallowfield and Fairfield opened on 2 May 1892. The line provided a new route for the MS&LR to run trains from into Manchester and local stopping services ran from Fairfield and on the Hope Valley line to Manchester Central via , Fallowfield and before joining a section of line from into Manchester Central.