Woodley railway station
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| Woodley railway station in 1989 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Woodley |
| Local authority | Stockport |
| Grid reference | SJ939925 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WLY |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 30,072 |
| 2005/06 |  32,109 |
| 2006/07 |  28,810 |
| 2007/08 | 32,827 |
| 2008/09 | 34,402 |
| 2009/10 | 35,744 |
| 2010/11 | 41,434 |
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| History | |
| Opened 1862) | |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| 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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Woodley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Woodley railway station serves the Woodley area of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. The station is 9¼ miles (15 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Hope Valley Line service to Rose Hill Marple. It is situated where the A560 road from Stockport to Gee Cross near Hyde crosses over the railway line.
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History
It was opened on 5 August 1862 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and later became a junction when a line from Stockport Tiviot Dale (The Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway) reached the town in 1865. The station subsequently became jointly owned and operated by the MS&L, Great Northern Railway and Midland Railway as part of the Cheshire Lines Committee system.[1] The Stockport route closed to passengers in January 1967,[2] although a short section at the eastern end remains in use for goods traffic (serving a Tarmac stone terminal and waste recycling plant at Bredbury).
Services
Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service northbound to Manchester Piccadilly and southbound to Rose Hill Marple. There is no Sunday service.
Railway Clearing House map of the Woodley area
The railway line from Hyde through Woodley to Romiley and Marple is shown as being owned by the Great Central and Midland Railways joint committee. The line from Stockport (Tiviot Dale) through Woodley is shown to be owned by the Cheshire Lines Committee.
Notes
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]. OCLC 60251199.
- Marshall, J (1981) Forgotten Railways North-West England, David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0-7153-8003-6 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]
External links
- Train times and station information for Woodley railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Romiley | Northern Rail Hope Valley Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Hyde Central | ||