East Didsbury railway station

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East Didsbury
Location
Place	East Didsbury
Local authority	Manchester
Grid reference	SJ853903
Operations
Station code	EDY
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.125 million
2005/06 *	0.159 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
1909 2006-7	Opened Refurbished
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at East Didsbury from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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East Didsbury is a suburban railway station in south of the city of Manchester, England.

It is located on the Styal Line, opened between Longsight (Slade Lane Junction) and Wilmslow in 1909. Originally known as East Didsbury and Parrs Wood^{[citation needed]}, it now serves the Manchester-Crewe rail route, used by Northern Rail and First TransPennine Express for Manchester Airport services.

At one time Didsbury had a station on the Cheshire Lines Committee line into Manchester Central which opened in 1880 at nearby Barlow Moor. It connected to the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee line from Chinley and the Midland Railway used it for its expresses from London St. Pancras. It closed in 1967 and, though the building was used for a while by a hardware dealer, it has now disappeared, apart from the platforms, a clock tower and a drinking fountain dedicated to the memory of a local philanthropist, Dr. D.J.Wilson (1847-1900).

There was also "Withington and West Didsbury", the next station on the line, the two being so similar in appearance that passengers would alight at the wrong one. Originally it was "Withington" then from 1884"Withington and Albert Park", receiving its final name in 1915. All that remains is a boundary wall, Brankgate Court having been built on the site.

[edit] References

• Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for East Didsbury railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 53°24′33″N, 2°13′18.50″W

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