Davenport (Stockport) railway station

Davenport

Location
Place	Davenport
Local authority	Stockport
Grid reference	SJ899882
Operations
Station code	DVN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	116,551
2005/06	145,847
2006/07	155,084
2007/08	183,465
2008/09	208,580
2009/10	202,128
2010/11	210,880
2011/12	216,366
2012/13	242,676
2013/14	286,326
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened 1 March 1858 (1 March 1858)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Davenport from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Davenport railway station serves the Davenport suburb of Stockport.

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

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 Preston). 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 continiung to Preston) but times currently vary due to engineering works.

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

External links

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Train times and station information for Davenport (Stockport) railway station from National Rail
Davenport Railway Station site

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Woodsmoor		Northern Rail Hope Valley Line		Stockport
Woodsmoor		Northern Rail Buxton Line		Stockport

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