Woodsmoor railway station

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.

Woodsmoor
Location
PlaceWoodsmoor
Local authorityStockport
Grid referenceSJ906877
Operations
Station codeWSR
Managed byNorthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.219 million
2015/16 0.233 million
2016/17 0.254 million
2017/18 0.274 million
2018/19 0.311 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTEGreater Manchester
History
Key datesOpened October 1990 (October 1990)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Woodsmoor from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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
  1. Woodsmoor station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  2. Table 86 National Rail timetable, May 2018
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Hope Valley Line
(Limited service)
Davenport
Northern Trains
Northern Trains


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