Stockport
Stockport station in March 2025
General information
Location	Stockport,Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, England
Coordinates	53°24′21″N2°9′45″W / 53.40583°N 2.16250°W /53.40583; -2.16250
Grid reference	SJ892898
Managed by	Avanti West Coast
Platforms	6 (numbered 0-3, 3a, 4)
Other information
Station code	SPT
Classification	DfT category B
History
Original company	Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 February 1843 (1843-02-15)	Opened asEdgeley
?	RenamedStockport Edgeley
6 May 1968	RenamedStockport
Passengers
2020/21	0.913 million
Interchange	0.128 million
2021/22	2.786 million
Interchange	0.456 million
2022/23	3.143 million
Interchange	0.364 million
2023/24	3.777 million
Interchange	0.438 million
2024/25	4.296 million
Interchange	0.462 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Stockport railway station serves the market and industrial town ofStockport, inGreater Manchester, England. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east ofManchester Piccadilly, on a spur of theWest Coast Main Line toLondon Euston.

TheManchester and Birmingham Railway (M&BR) opened in stages from Manchester and reached Stockport in 1840. The 5.5-mile (9 km) line ran from a temporary station in Manchester to another in Stockport, at the north end of the uncompletedStockport Viaduct. The temporary station, which was later renamedHeaton Norris, was Stockport's only station for more than two years.^[1] After the viaduct was completed, the M&BR built a station at its southern end as an experiment. The decision was prompted by complaints that the first station was a long way from the industrial parts of town and even farther from the residential districts on the south side. The second station opened on 15 February 1843 asEdgeley; by 1844, it became the town's principal station. Heaton Norris, at the north end of the viaduct, closed in 1959.^[1]

The station was operated by theLondon and North Western Railway (LNWR) and became part of theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. In 1948, operations transferred toBritish Railways.

Most lines into the station were electrified at25 kV AC, using overhead wires, under the British Railways'1955 Modernisation Plan; however, not all of the local lines were electrified.

On 27 January 2025, as part of publicity for the newScott MillsBreakfast Show onBBC Radio 2, all of the station signs were changed from Stockport to "Scottport" for the day.^[2][3][4]

The station is positioned at high level above the valley of theRiver Mersey, with lifts that link a pedestrian underpass to central Stockport andEdgeley.

The station is staffed, with a ticket office, ticket machines, customer service points, shops, toilets, waiting rooms, lifts from the station subway and step-free access to the platforms.^[5][6]

In 2009, the station was identified as one of the ten worstcategory B interchange stations for mystery shopper assessment of fabric and environment; it received a share of £50m funding for improvements.^[7]

Trains running north-west serve Manchester Piccadilly; some continue on toManchester Oxford Road and beyond toLiverpool Lime Street, viaWarrington Central. Passengers wishing to travel north should change at Piccadilly or Oxford Road.

South-east from Stockport, express services run toSheffield and onwards toCleethorpes,Nottingham andNorwich; local services run toHazel Grove andBuxton.

The two southbound West Coast Main Line routes run viaCheadle Hulme: one continues viaMacclesfield andStoke-on-Trent toBirmingham New Street or London Euston; the other viaWilmslow andCrewe for through services to London Euston or viaShrewsbury and theWelsh Marches line toCardiff Central,Carmarthen,Pembroke Dock andMilford Haven. Trains to Birmingham, via Stoke-on-Trent, continue to destinations in the south of England includingBournemouth, viaReading, andBristol Temple Meads.

TheMid-Cheshire Line runs westbound toChester, viaAltrincham,Knutsford andNorthwich.

TheStockport to Stalybridge Line, viaGuide Bridge, no longer has a daily passenger service. It was reduced from an hourly shuttle service to a once a week, one direction only skeleton service in the early 1990s. It now has two services a week, one in each direction on Saturday mornings.

The main concourse opened in September 2004, in a development that included a newplatform 0 that only became fully operational at the beginning of March 2008. A pedestrian subway leads to theisland platforms, which have a buffet and a newsagent.

There are six platforms:

• 0 — southbound services to Hazel Grove, Buxton, Sheffield, Norwich, Nottingham and Cleethorpes
• 1 — southbound stopping services to Macclesfield, Crewe, Stoke-on-Trent and Alderley Edge. It is also signalled for use by trains in the Manchester direction
• 2 — southbound main line services to South Wales, London, Bristol, Bournemouth and Paignton; it is also sometimes used for local services Stoke-on-Trent, Chester, Alderley Edge and Crewe
• 3 — northbound main line services to Manchester Piccadilly
• 3a — used by the weeklyparliamentary train to/from Stalybridge
• 4 — northbound stopping services to Manchester Piccadilly and main line services to Liverpool Lime Street.

Stockport is served by sixtrain operating companies; the typical off-peak service pattern in trains per hour/day/week (tph/tpd/tpw) is:

Avanti West Coast:

• 3 tph toManchester Piccadilly
• 3 tph toLondon Euston; of which:
  • 1 tph calls atMacclesfield,Stoke-on-Trent,Rugby andMilton Keynes Central
  • 1 tph calls at Stoke-on-Trent andNuneaton
  • 1 tph calls atWilmslow,Crewe andStafford.^[8]

CrossCountry:

• 2 tph to Manchester Piccadilly
• 1 tph toBournemouth, via Macclesfield,Birmingham New Street andReading
• 1 tph toBristol Temple Meads, via Macclesfield and Birmingham New Street; of which:
  • 2tpd continue toPaignton, viaExeter St Davids.^[9]

East Midlands Railway:

• 1 tph toLiverpool Lime Street, viaWarrington Central
• 1 tph toNorwich, viaSheffield andNottingham.^[10]

Northern Trains:

• 6 tph to Manchester Piccadilly
• 1 tph toAlderley Edge
• 1 tph to Crewe
• 1 tph toHazel Grove
• 1 tph toBuxton, via Hazel Grove
• 1 tph toChester
• 1 tph to Stoke-on-Trent
• 1 tpw toStalybridge, viaReddish South,Denton andGuide Bridge.^[11]

TransPennine Express:

• 1 tph toCleethorpes
• 1 tph to Liverpool Lime Street, via Warrington Central.^[12]

Transport for Wales Rail:

• 1 tph to Manchester Piccadilly
• 1 tph toCardiff Central, via Crewe andShrewsbury; alternate services continue toCarmarthen,Milford Haven orPembroke Dock.^[13]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Macclesfield		Avanti West Coast West Coast Main Line		Manchester Piccadilly
Stoke-on-Trent
Wilmslow
Wilmslow		Transport for Wales Rail Welsh Marches Line
Macclesfield		CrossCountry CrossCountry Route
Sheffield		East Midlands Railway Liverpool Lime Street toNorwich
Dore and Totley Limited service
Chinley Limited service
Hazel Grove Limited service
Sheffield		TransPennine Express South TransPennine
Dore & Totley Limited service
Navigation Road		Northern Trains Mid-Cheshire line
Cheadle Hulme		Northern Trains Stoke-on-Trent toManchester Piccadilly
		Northern Trains Crewe–Manchester line		Heaton Chapel
				Manchester Piccadilly
Davenport		Northern Trains Buxton line		Heaton Chapel
Chinley		Northern Trains Hope Valley Line Limited service		Manchester Piccadilly
Hazel Grove
Terminus		Northern Trains Stockport–Stalybridge line Saturdays only		Reddish South
	Previous services
Congleton		CrossCountry Cross Country Route Peak hours only		Manchester Piccadilly

It has been claimed thatStockport Viaduct was built on condition that all passenger trains using it were required to stop at Stockport station.^[14][15][16] Local MPAndrew Gwynne commissioned research into the issue and reported "Sadly no such Act of Parliament exists, although it is common currency in the town that it does. I made enquiries with the House of Commons Library and the Parliamentary Archives back at the time some inter-city trains stopped using Stockport. It appears it is purely an urban myth."^[17]

The bus stops immediately outside the main station entrance were previously served by theMetroshuttle free bus service; this service was withdrawn in 2019.^[18] These are only now used forrail replacement bus services.

The station is a short walk fromStockport Interchange, which was constructed on the site of theformer bus station, and was opened for passengers on 17 March 2024.^[19] A bridge to improve the walking route between the two facilities was built as part of the development.^[20]

Passengers can also use the bus stops on the nearbyWellington Road, which are well-served by routes that are operated mostly byStagecoach Manchester; these include the192 between Manchester Piccadilly andHazel Grove.^[21]

Passengers can board taxis from thetaxi rank located immediately outside the station entrance.^[6]

Stockport Interchange
General information
Location	Stockport,Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, England
Coordinates	53°24′18″N2°09′46″W / 53.405°N 2.1628°W /53.405; -2.1628
System	Metrolink station
Other information
Status	Proposed station
Location

An extension to theManchester Metrolink line fromEast Didsbury to Stockport was planned in 2004 and theGreater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive applied for powers to build it. The project came to a halt when theBig Bang extension was stopped due to the loss of potential funding.^[22]

On 4 June 2025,Chancellor of the ExchequerRachel Reeves announced £2.5 billion in funding for Greater Manchester, some of which will be used to extend the Metrolink network into the town centre.LabourMP forStockportNavendu Mishra said "the details around the project were yet to be figured out."^[23]

A plaque commemorating the nightDavid Bowie slept on the platform was unveiled on 27 April 2025. He had missed the last train to London, following his performance at thePoco A Poco club inHeaton Chapel on 27 April 1970.^[24]

• Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014).Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 78-88.ISBN 9781908174574.OCLC 892047119.

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