Woodsmoor railway station

Woodsmoor

Location
Place	Woodsmoor
Local authority	Stockport
Grid reference	SJ906877
Operations
Station code	WSR
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	173,702
2011/12	179,208
2012/13	187,182
2013/14	208,856
2014/15	219,366
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened 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.
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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 ½ mile (800 m) from Stepping Hill Hospital.

Service

A half-hourly service operates towards Manchester Piccadilly northbound and Hazel Grove southbound Monday to Saturday daytime, with one train per hour continuing to Buxton (with extras at peak times). One daytime northbound service every hour continues through to Bolton, Preston and Blackpool North. During the evenings the service frequency drops to hourly each way (to Buxton and Manchester). There is also an hourly frequency in place on Sundays, with a few additional services between Southport and Hazel Grove.

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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 Hope Valley Line		Davenport
Hazel Grove		Northern Buxton Line		Davenport

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Bolton	Blackrod Bolton Bromley Cross Daisy Hill Farnworth Hall i' th' Wood Horwich Parkway Kearsley Lostock Moses Gate Westhoughton

Bury	Bury Bolton Street ^†( Bury) Ramsbottom ^† Summerseat ^†

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Oldham	Greenfield

Rochdale	Castleton Heywood ^† Littleborough Mills Hill Rochdale Smithy Bridge

Salford	Clifton Eccles ( Eccles) Irlam Moorside Patricroft Salford Central Salford Crescent Swinton Walkden

Stockport	Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Cheadle Hulme Davenport Gatley Hazel Grove Heald Green Heaton Chapel Marple Middlewood Reddish North Reddish South Romiley Rose Hill Marple Stockport ( Stockport) Strines Woodley Woodsmoor

Tameside	Ashton-under-Lyne ( Ashton) Broadbottom Denton Fairfield Flowery Field Godley Guide Bridge Hattersley Hyde Central Hyde North Mossley Newton for Hyde Stalybridge

Trafford	Altrincham Chassen Road Flixton Hale Humphrey Park Manchester United Navigation Road Trafford Park Urmston

Wigan	Atherton Bryn Gathurst Hag Fold Hindley Ince Orrell Pemberton Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate ( Wigan)

^† stations on the East Lancashire Railway (heritage) List of open stations List of closed stations TfGM Transport

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

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