East Didsbury railway station
![]() View across to the southern platform in 2015 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | East Didsbury, Manchester England | ||||
Grid reference | SJ853903 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Transit authority | Transport for Greater Manchester | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | EDY | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1909 | Opened | ||||
2023 | Platforms extended[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | ![]() | ||||
2019/20 | ![]() | ||||
2020/21 | ![]() | ||||
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East Didsbury is a suburban railway station in south
History
East Didsbury station was opened in 1909 by the
Services to Manchester Airport began in 1993 upon the opening of the Manchester Airport spur. With the privatisation of rail services in 1996/7, East Didsbury was served by the North Western Trains franchise.
Work to extend the platforms was completed by March 2023.[5]
Other Didsbury stations
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Didsbury_transport_map.png/220px-Didsbury_transport_map.png)
Before the
There was also Withington and West Didsbury, the next station on the line towards Manchester; the two being so similar in appearance that passengers sometimes alighted at the wrong one. Originally it was called "Withington", then from 1884 "Withington and Albert Park", receiving its final name in 1915. All that remains is a boundary wall; a block of flats (Brankgate Court) has been built on the site.
The former Midland line was partially re-opened to passengers in 2013 when it was converted into a light rail track for the Manchester Metrolink tram system.[7]
Services
The station is served by two
- Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe. On Sundays, the stopping service runs hourly between Liverpool Lime Street and Wilmslow, with a generally hourly service between Manchester Airport and Barrow-in-Furness.[8]
- Transport for Wales operates 1tph between Llandudno and Manchester Airport. There are no services in Sundays.[9]
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Monday to Saturday | ||||
Manchester Piccadilly |
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Manchester Airport to North Wales |
References
- ^ Smith, Roger (6 January 2023). "Sunday closures to extend platforms on line to Manchester Airport". RailAdvent. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens.
- ISSN 0033-8923.
- ISBN 9780860936855.
- ^ "Sunday closures to extend platforms on line to Manchester Airport". RailAdvent. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-85241-001-8
- ^ Kirby, Dean (23 May 2013). "First passengers travel on tram extension to East Didsbury". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "Timetables". Transport for Wales. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Crewe to Manchester. Middleton Press. figs. 55-56. OCLC 892047119.
External links
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- Train times and station information for East Didsbury railway station from National Rail