Woodsmoor railway station
Woodsmoor | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Stockport |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | WSR |
| History | |
| Opened | October 1990 |
Woodsmoor railway station is on the Buxton Line in Woodsmoor, a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened by British Rail in 1990.
The station is 1⁄2 mile (800 m) from Stepping Hill Hospital.
Facilities
The station has a manned ticket office on platform 1, which is staffed on a limited basis (weekday a.m peak only, 07:10 - 10:10). At other times tickets can be purchased from an automated ticket machine situated by the ticket office. There are standard waiting shelters on each side, whilst train running details are provided via CIS displays, automated announcements and timetable poster boards. Level access is only available to platform 1 (towards Stockport and Manchester).[1]
Service
A 3 trains per hour service operates towards Manchester Piccadilly northbound and Hazel Grove southbound Monday to Saturday daytime, with two trains per hour continuing to Buxton.[2] During the evenings, the service frequency drops to twice-hourly to Manchester Piccadilly and Hazel Grove with at least 1 train per hour extending beyond Hazel Grove to Buxton.
Through running north of Manchester ceased temporarily as part of a major timetable change in May 2018. Through running resumed in May 2019 with an hourly service running from Hazel Grove to Blackpool North.
Sunday services have been reduced to hourly to Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly to improve reliability; previously there was a half-hourly Sunday service running between Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly
Hope Valley Line trains towards/from Chinley or Sheffield do not normally stop here.
References
- ^ Woodsmoor station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ^ Table 86 National Rail timetable, May 2018
External links
- Train times and station information for Woodsmoor railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains (Limited service) | ||||
| Northern Trains | ||||
| Northern Trains |
| Bolton | |
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| Bury |
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| Manchester (Manchester station group in italics) | |
| Oldham | |
| Rochdale | |
| Salford | |
| Stockport | |
| Tameside | |
| Trafford | |
| Wigan | |
† stations on the East Lancashire Railway (heritage) | |
53°23′10″N 2°08′30″W / 53.3862°N 2.14155°W
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