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Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

East Didsbury
East Didsbury
	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
Passengers
2019/20	0.296 million
2020/21	46,424
2021/22	0.185 million
2022/23	0.208 million
2023/24	0.260 million
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	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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East Didsbury is a suburban railway station in south Manchester, England. It is sited on the Styal Line between Longsight (Slade Lane Junction) and Wilmslow, providing direct access between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport. East Didsbury tram stop, on the Manchester Metrolink system, is located close by.

History

East Didsbury station was opened in 1909 by the London and North Western Railway and, until 6 May 1974, was called East Didsbury and Parrs Wood.^[2]^[3] From 1923, the line was operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Following the formation in 1948 of British Rail, services were operated by the London Midland Region of British Railways, then North-Western Regional Railways. The station was rebuilt in the 1959^[4] by the architect to the London Midland section of British Rail, William Robert Headley.

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

Before the Beeching Axe of the 1960s, the Didsbury area was served by three railway stations: East Didsbury, Didsbury, and Withington and West Didsbury.

Didsbury railway station opened in 1880 in the centre of Didsbury Village on the Midland Railway's Manchester South District Line, which connected with the Cheshire Lines Committee line into Manchester Central. This connected to the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee line from Chinley and the Midland Railway used it for its express services from London St Pancras. It closed in 1967 and, though the building was used for a while by a hardware dealer, it has now disappeared, apart from the platforms, a clock tower and a drinking fountain dedicated to the memory of a local philanthropist, Dr. D.J. Wilson Rhodes (1847–1900).^[6]

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 train operating companies:

Northern Trains runs hourly services each way between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Airport, and between 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	National Rail	Following station
Gatley	Northern Trains Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street Styal line	Burnage
Gatley	Northern Trains Manchester Piccadilly to Wilmslow local stopping service Styal line Monday to Saturday	Burnage
Heald Green	Northern Trains (Styal Line) Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furness/Windermere Sunday only	Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Airport	Transport for Wales Rail (Styal Line) Manchester Airport to North Wales	Manchester Piccadilly

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.
^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press: 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
^ Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 9780860936855.
^ "Sunday closures to extend platforms on line to Manchester Airport". RailAdvent. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ Radford, J.B. (1988). Midland through the Peak: A pictorial history of the Midland Railway main line routes between Derby and Manchester. Paddock Wood: Unicorn Books. 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.

External links

Train times and station information for East Didsbury railway station from National Rail

53°24′33″N 2°13′18.50″W / 53.40917°N 2.2218056°W / 53.40917; -2.2218056

[1] Smith, Roger (6 January 2023). "Sunday closures to extend platforms on line to Manchester Airport". RailAdvent. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[2] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens.

[3] Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press: 363. ISSN 0033-8923.

[4] Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 9780860936855.

[5] "Sunday closures to extend platforms on line to Manchester Airport". RailAdvent. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

[6] Radford, J.B. (1988). Midland through the Peak: A pictorial history of the Midland Railway main line routes between Derby and Manchester. Paddock Wood: Unicorn Books. ISBN 978-1-85241-001-8

[men-opening-7] Kirby, Dean (23 May 2013). "First passengers travel on tram extension to East Didsbury". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[8] "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

[9] "Timetables". Transport for Wales. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

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+| image = East Didsbury Railway Station (July 2015).jpg
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+| caption = View across to the southern platform in 2015
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+| borough = [[Didsbury|East Didsbury]], [[Manchester]]
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+| manager = [[Northern Trains]]
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+| platforms = 2
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+| code = EDY
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+| classification = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E
-| transit_authority   = [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]
+| transit_authority = [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]
-| years               = 1909
+| years = 1909
-| events              = Opened
+| events = Opened
+| years1 = 2023
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+| events1 = Platforms extended<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Roger |date=6 January 2023 |title=Sunday closures to extend platforms on line to Manchester Airport |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/01/sunday-closures-to-extend-platforms-on-line-to-manchester-airport.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=RailAdvent}}</ref>
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+| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
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-'''East Didsbury''' is a suburban railway station in south [[Manchester]], England.
+'''East Didsbury''' is a suburban railway station in south [[Manchester]], England. It is sited on the [[Styal Line]] between [[Longsight]] (Slade Lane Junction) and {{rws|Wilmslow}}, providing direct access between {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}} and {{rws|Manchester Airport}}. [[East Didsbury tram stop]], on the [[Manchester Metrolink]] system, is located close by.
-On the [[Styal Line]] between Longsight (Slade Lane Junction) and Wilmslow, it is served by {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}-{{rws|Manchester Airport}} & {{rws|Crewe}} trains operated by [[Northern Trains]], {{rws|Llandudno}} - {{rws|Manchester Airport}} services operated by [[Transport for Wales Rail Services|Transport for Wales Rail]] and some peak [[Manchester Airport railway station|Manchester Airport]] services operated by [[TransPennine Express]].
-[[East Didsbury tram stop]] is close to the railway station.
 ==History==
-East Didsbury Station was opened in 1909 by the [[London and North Western Railway]] and, until 6 May 1974, was called  '''East Didsbury and Parrs Wood'''.<ref>Butt, R.V.J. (1995). ''The Directory of Railway Stations''. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |editor1-first=J.N. |editor1-last=Slater |date=July 1974 |title=Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR |journal=[[The Railway Magazine|Railway Magazine]] |volume=120 |issue=879 |publisher=IPC Transport Press |location=London |issn=0033-8923 |page=363 }}</ref> From 1923, the line was operated by the [[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]. Following the formation in 1948 of [[British Rail]], rail services were operated by the [[London Midland Region of British Railways]], then North-Western [[Regional Railways]]. The station was rebuilt in the 1959<ref>{{cite book |last=Lawrence |first=David |date=2018 |title=British Rail Architecture 1948-97 |url= |location= |publisher=Crecy Publishing Ltd |page=65 |isbn=9780860936855 |author-link= }}</ref> by the architect to the London Midland section of British Rail, [[William Robert Headley]].
+East Didsbury station was opened in 1909 by the [[London and North Western Railway]] and, until 6 May 1974, was called  '''East Didsbury and Parrs Wood'''.<ref>Butt, R.V.J. (1995). ''The Directory of Railway Stations''. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |editor1-first=J.N. |editor1-last=Slater |date=July 1974 |title=Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR |journal=[[The Railway Magazine|Railway Magazine]] |volume=120 |issue=879 |publisher=IPC Transport Press |location=London |issn=0033-8923 |page=363 }}</ref> From 1923, the line was operated by the [[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]. Following the formation in 1948 of [[British Rail]], services were operated by the [[London Midland Region of British Railways]], then North-Western [[Regional Railways]]. The station was rebuilt in the 1959<ref>{{cite book |last=Lawrence |first=David |date=2018 |title=British Rail Architecture 1948-97 |publisher=Crecy Publishing Ltd |page=65 |isbn=9780860936855 }}</ref> by the architect to the London Midland section of British Rail, [[William Robert Headley]].
 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 [[First North Western|North Western Trains]] franchise.
+Work to extend the platforms was completed by March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunday closures to extend platforms on line to Manchester Airport |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/01/sunday-closures-to-extend-platforms-on-line-to-manchester-airport.html |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=RailAdvent |date=6 January 2023 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 ==Other Didsbury stations==
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 Before the [[Beeching Axe]] of the 1960s, the Didsbury area was served by three railway stations: East Didsbury, Didsbury, and Withington and West Didsbury.
-[[Didsbury railway station]] opened in 1880 in the centre of Didsbury Village on the [[Midland Railway]]'s [[Manchester South District Line]], which connected with the [[Cheshire Lines Committee]] line into [[Manchester Central railway station|Manchester Central]].  This connected to the [[Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee]] line from [[Chinley railway station|Chinley]] and the [[Midland Railway]] used it for its express services from [[St. Pancras railway station|London St. Pancras]]. It closed in 1967 and, though the building was used for a while by a hardware dealer, it has now disappeared, apart from the platforms, a clock tower and a drinking fountain dedicated to the memory of a local philanthropist, [[John Milson Rhodes|Dr. D.J. Wilson Rhodes]] (1847–1900).<ref>Radford, J.B. (1988). ''Midland through the Peak: A pictorial history of the Midland Railway main line routes between Derby and Manchester''. Paddock Wood: Unicorn Books. {{ISBN|978-1-85241-001-8}}</ref>
+[[Didsbury railway station]] opened in 1880 in the centre of Didsbury Village on the [[Midland Railway]]'s [[Manchester South District Line]], which connected with the [[Cheshire Lines Committee]] line into [[Manchester Central railway station|Manchester Central]].  This connected to the [[Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee]] line from [[Chinley railway station|Chinley]] and the [[Midland Railway]] used it for its express services from [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]]. It closed in 1967 and, though the building was used for a while by a hardware dealer, it has now disappeared, apart from the platforms, a clock tower and a drinking fountain dedicated to the memory of a local philanthropist, [[John Milson Rhodes|Dr. D.J. Wilson Rhodes]] (1847–1900).<ref>Radford, J.B. (1988). ''Midland through the Peak: A pictorial history of the Midland Railway main line routes between Derby and Manchester''. Paddock Wood: Unicorn Books. {{ISBN|978-1-85241-001-8}}</ref>
 There was also [[Withington and West Didsbury railway station|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.<ref name="men-opening">{{cite news |last1=Kirby |first1=Dean |title=First passengers travel on tram extension to East Didsbury |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/first-passengers-travel-tram-extension-4004861 |accessdate=18 June 2020 |work=Manchester Evening News|date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
+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.<ref name="men-opening">{{cite news |last1=Kirby |first1=Dean |title=First passengers travel on tram extension to East Didsbury |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/first-passengers-travel-tram-extension-4004861 |access-date=18 June 2020 |work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
 ==Services==
+The station is served by two [[train operating companies]]:
-Mondays to Saturdays, the station has a basic service of three train per hour each way.
-These consist of 2tph between {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}} and {{rws|Manchester Airport}}, with 1tph extending to [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]], and 1tph during off peak times to both {{rws|Manchester Airport}} and {{rws|Llandudno}} via {{rws|Chester}}, operated by [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]].
+* [[Northern Trains]] runs hourly services each way between {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}} and {{rws|Manchester Airport}}, and between {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}} and {{rws|Crewe}}. On Sundays, the stopping service runs hourly between Liverpool Lime Street and {{rws|Wilmslow}}, with a generally hourly service between Manchester Airport and {{rws|Barrow-in-Furness}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=22 March 2024 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>
+* [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]] operates 1tph between {{rws|Llandudno}} and Manchester Airport. There are no services in Sundays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables |work=Transport for Wales |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=22 March 2024 |url= https://tfw.wales/service-status/timetables |quote=}}</ref>
-At peak times, some [[TransPennine Express]] services between {{rws|Doncaster}} or {{rws|Newcastle}} and {{rws|Manchester Airport}} call additionally.
-On Sundays, there are 2tph northbound to {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}} via Manchester. Southbound services run through to Manchester Airport, with one service per hour continuing to {{rws|Wilmslow}}.<ref>{{NRtimes|December 2018|85}}</ref>
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-{{s-rail-national|previous=Gatley|next=Burnage|toc=Northern Trains|route={{rws|Crewe}} to {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}}}
+{{s-rail-national|previous=Gatley|next=Burnage|toc=Northern Trains|route=
+{{rws|Manchester Airport}} to {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}<br/>[[Styal line]]|rows1=2|rows2=2}}
-{{s-rail-national|previous=Heald Green|next=Manchester Piccadilly|toc=Northern Trains|route=[[Manchester to Preston line]]|rows2=3}}
+{{s-rail-national|hide1=yes|hide2=yes|toc=Northern Trains|route={{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}} to {{rws|Wilmslow}} local stopping service<br>[[Styal line]]|notemid=Monday to Saturday}}
-{{s-rail-national|previous=Manchester Airport|hide2=yes|toc=TransPennine Express|route=[[South TransPennine]]|rows1=2}}
+{{s-rail-national|previous=Heald Green|next=Manchester Piccadilly|toc=Northern Trains|notemid=Sunday only|route=
+(Styal Line) {{rws|Manchester Airport}} to {{rws|Barrow-in-Furness}}/{{rws|Windermere}}|rows2=2}}
-{{s-rail-national|hide1=yes|hide2=yes|toc=Transport for Wales Rail|route=[[Chester to Manchester line]]}}
+{{s-rail-national|previous=Manchester Airport|hide2=yes|toc=Transport for Wales Rail|route=
+(Styal Line) {{rws|Manchester Airport}} to North Wales}}
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 [[Category:Railway stations in Manchester]]
+[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]
 [[Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations]]
 [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1909]]
-[[Category:Northern franchise railway stations]]
+[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern]]
-[[Category:Railway stations served by TransPennine Express]]
 [[Category:Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail]]
 [[Category:1909 establishments in England]]

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