Woodsmoor railway station explained

Woodsmoor
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Woodsmoor, Stockport
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Northern
Platforms:2
Code:WSR
Classification:DfT category E
Transit Authority:Greater Manchester
Opened:October 1990
Footnotes: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 NaNmiles from Stepping Hill Hospital.

Facilities

The station has a staffed 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

Two Northern trains per hour operate northbound to and southbound to during Monday to Saturday daytime, with one train per hour continuing to . Sunday services are hourly between and .

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 to . Through running was stopped again in December 2022.

Hope Valley Line trains towards/from Chinley or Sheffield do not stop here.

External links

53.3862°N -2.1416°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/WSR/details.html Woodsmoor station facilities