Woodsmoor railway station is on the

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Woodsmoor Woodsmoor is a suburb of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England The area is served by Woodsmoor railway station, opened by British Rail in 1990. The area is populated by many large and old trees, existing since the time that it was the es ...

, a suburb of

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

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. It was opened by

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in 1990. The station is from

Stepping Hill Hospital Stepping Hill Hospital is in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. History The facility was first established on Stepping Hill as the Stepping Hill Poor Law Hospital in December 1905. The fac ...

Facilities

The station has a staffed ticket office on platform 1, which is staffed on a limited basis (weekday a.m peak only, 07:10 - 10:10). At other times tickets can be purchased from an automated ticket machine situated by the ticket office. There are standard waiting shelters on each side, whilst train running details are provided via CIS displays, automated announcements and timetable poster boards. Level access is only available to platform 1 (towards Stockport and Manchester).

Service

Two

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trains per hour operate northbound to and southbound to during Monday to Saturday daytime, with one train per hour continuing to . Sunday services are hourly between and . Through running north of Manchester ceased temporarily as part of a major timetable change in May 2018. Through running resumed in May 2019 with an hourly service running from to . Through running was stopped again in December 2022. Hope Valley Line trains towards/from

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do not stop here.

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Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport DfT Category E stations Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1990 Northern franchise railway stations {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub