Woodsmoor railway station

Woodsmoor
Location	Woodsmoor, Stockport England
Grid reference	SJ906877
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WSR
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	October 1990
Passengers
2016/17	0.254 million
2017/18	0.274 million
2018/19	0.311 million
2019/20	0.302 million
2020/21	64,220
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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• Train times and station information for Woodsmoor railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Hazel Grove		Northern Trains Hope Valley Line (Limited service)		Davenport
		Northern Trains Buxton line
		Northern Trains Hazel Grove - Blackpool North

Coordinates: 53°23′10″N 2°08′30″W / 53.3862°N 2.14155°W / 53.3862; -2.14155

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