Davenport railway station (England)

Davenport railway station serves the Davenport suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

Davenport
LocationDavenport, Stockport
England
Grid referenceSJ899882
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityGreater Manchester
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDVN
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1 March 1858
Passengers
2015/16 0.285 million
2016/17 0.296 million
2017/18 0.298 million
2018/19 0.338 million
2019/20 0.349 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

History
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 Bramhall Lane (which was, 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

Facilities

The station has a ticket office at street level, which is manned in the mornings through until early afternoon, six days per week (closed all day Sunday). At all other times, tickets must be bought on the train or prior to travel. Waiting shelters are provided at platform level on each side, whilst train running information is offered by means of CIS displays and timetable posters. No step-free access is available to either platform, as each one is linked to the ticket office and road via staircases.[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.

References
  1. Davenport station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 17 May 2017
  2. Table 86 National Rail timetable, May 2018
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