Davenport (Stockport) railway station

Davenport National Rail
Location
Place Davenport
Local authority Stockport
Grid reference SJ899882
Operations
Station code DVN
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.211 million
2011/12 Increase 0.216 million
2012/13 Increase 0.243 million
2013/14 Increase 0.286 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.275 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Greater Manchester
History
Key dates Opened 1 March 1858 (1 March 1858)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Davenport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Davenport railway station serves the Davenport suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

The station is 7 miles (11 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line.

Location (red dot) within Stockport's historical rail network

It was opened by the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway on 1 March 1858, as a result of a complaint from Colonel William Davenport, a local landowner, that the company had not honoured its initial promise to provide a station at Bramall Lane (at that time just outside the boundary of Stockport Borough). A small passenger station was opened and named Davenport. Trade was slight and it closed in September 1859, to be reopened on 1 January 1862

The station in the 1870s

Service

Monday to Saturday there is generally a half-hourly service to Manchester Piccadilly northbound at xx:08 and xx:37 (the xx:37 continues to Blackpool North). Southbound there are services to Hazel Grove at xx:09 and xx:39, (with the xx:09 continuing to Buxton).

Sunday services are hourly to Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly (with some extra services between Hazel Grove and Southport) but times currently vary due to engineering works.

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

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Coordinates: 53°23′27″N 2°09′08″W / 53.3908°N 2.1523°W / 53.3908; -2.1523


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