Trains to Davenport - Station Details and further Information on Davenport Train Services
Davenport train station serves the Davenport suburb of Stockport. 7 miles south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line. It was opened by the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway on 1st., 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 Bramall Lane (at that time just outside the boundary of Stockport Borough). a small passenger station was opened and called Davenport. Trade was slight and it closed in September 1859, to be reopened on 1, January, 1862.
Monday to Saturday there is generally a half-hourly service from Davenport to Manchester Piccadilly northbound at xx:08 and xx:37 (the xx:37 Continues to Preston).Southbound there are services to Hazel Grove at xx:09 and xx:39, (with the xx:09 continuing to Buxton). Sunday services are hourly to Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly but times currently vary due to Engineering works. The Hope Valley Line express trains towards/from Sheffield pass through the station but do not stop there. |