Davenport railway station (England)

Davenport railway station serves the Davenport suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The station is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line.

Davenport
General information
Location	Davenport, Stockport England
Grid reference	SJ899882
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DVN
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1 March 1858
Passengers
2018/19	0.338 million
2019/20	0.349 million
2020/21	68,610
2021/22	0.215 million
2022/23	0.233 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

Davenport station has been typically served by trains on the Buxton line between Manchester Piccadilly and Buxton. However, through running north of Manchester has operated on services at times during the early 21st century. It ceased temporarily as part of a major timetable change in May 2018; resumed in May 2019 with an hourly service running from Hazel Grove to Blackpool North, and running was stopped again in December 2022.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office at street level, which is staffed 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

Two Northern Trains services per hour operate northbound to Manchester Piccadilly and southbound to Hazel Grove during Monday to Saturday daytimes, with one train per hour continuing to Buxton. Sunday services operate hourly in each direction between Manchester Piccadilly and Buxton.^[2]

Services on the Hope Valley Line to/from Chinley or Sheffield pass through the station but do not stop; these are operated by Northern and TransPennine Express.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Woodsmoor		Northern Trains Buxton line		Stockport

References

1. Davenport station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 17 May 2017
2. "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

External links

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