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{{Short description|Railway station in Greater Manchester, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Woodley
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Woodley Station - geograph.org.uk - 1372431.jpg
| caption             = Woodley railway station in 2009
| borough             = [[Woodley, Greater Manchester|Woodley]], [[Stockport (borough)|Stockport]]
| country             = England
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SJ939925|25|SJ939925}}
| manager             = [[Northern Trains]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = WLY
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] F2
| transit_authority   = [[Transport for Greater Manchester|Greater Manchester]]
| opened              = 1862
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'''Woodley railway station''' serves the suburb of [[Woodley, Greater Manchester|Woodley]] in [[Stockport]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]]. The station is {{convert|9+1/4|mi}} east of [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester Piccadilly]] on a branch of the [[Hope Valley Line]] to [[Rose Hill Marple railway station|Rose Hill Marple]].  It is situated where the [[A560 road]] from Stockport to [[Gee Cross]], near [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]], crosses over the railway line.

==History==
[[File:Altrincham, Broadheath & Timperley Apethorne, Bredbury, Brinnington, Godley, Marple & Woodley RJD 73.jpg|thumb|right| 
A Railway Clearing House map of the Woodley area, dating from 1909, showing the station and junction layout at Woodley]]

The station was opened on 5 August 1862 by the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]; it became a junction later when a line from [[Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station|Stockport Tiviot Dale]], the [[Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway]], reached the suburb in 1865. The station subsequently became jointly owned and operated by the MS&L, [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] and [[Midland Railway]], as part of the [[Cheshire Lines Committee]] system.<ref>Marshall, p.20</ref>

From 1866, a second link from Apethorne Junction to the north gave an east-facing link to the [[Woodhead Line]], at [[Godley East railway station|Godley Junction]]; it was used heavily for many years by trans-Pennine freight traffic, mainly coal from the [[South Yorkshire]] coalfields to [[Fiddlers Ferry power station]]. 

In 1909, the railway line from [[Hyde Central railway station|Hyde]] through Woodley to {{rws|Romiley}} and {{rws|Marple}} was owned by the [[Great Central and Midland Joint Railway]]. The line from Stockport Tiviot Dale through Woodley was owned by the Cheshire Lines Committee.

The Stockport route closed to passengers in January 1967,<ref>Butt, p.220</ref> although a short section at the eastern end remains in use today for goods traffic, serving a Tarmac stone terminal and waste recycling plant at [[Bredbury]].

The Apethorne link was closed in 1982, soon after the Woodhead route itself, and is now a [[shared use path|shared-use path]].

In July 2020, [[Northern Trains]] informed local residents that services between Manchester and Rose Hill Marple would not operate between early-September and mid-December 2020;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Save the Rose Hill Marple Service to Piccadilly|url=https://www.williamwragg.org.uk/campaigns/save-rose-hill-marple-service-piccadilly|access-date=2020-07-27|website=William Wragg MP|language=en}}</ref> this was due to the train operating company's staff shortages from the effects of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. This left Woodley, along with Rose Hill Marple, [[Hyde North railway station|Hyde North]] and [[Hyde Central railway station|Hyde Central]], without a train service for around four months. Regular services have been restored since.

==Facilities==
The station is unmanned. Service information is offered via automated announcements, digital display screens, an induction loop and timetable posters. Step-free access to both platforms is available directly from Hyde Road; a stepped [[footbridge]] connects the two platforms.

The station building on the northbound platform is now a private dwelling; next to it is a small car park with five spaces available for rail users. Waiting shelters are present on both sides.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/woodley/ |title=Woodley (WLY):Station information |publisher=National Rail Enquiries |access-date=29 April 2024}}</ref>

==Services==
[[Northern Trains]]' typical service is one train per hour in each direction between Manchester Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple, via the Hyde loop, with some additional trains during the day. There is no service on Sundays. A normal service operates on bank holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=May 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{NRtimes|May 2023|96}}</ref>

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==References==

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==Sources==

*{{Butt-Stations}}
* Marshall, J (1981) ''Forgotten Railways North-West England'', David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. {{ISBN|0-7153-8003-6}}

==External links==
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[[Category:Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport]]
[[Category:DfT Category F2 stations]]
[[Category:Former Great Central and Midland Joint Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern]]
[[Category:1862 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862]]


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