Deansgate railway station

Deansgate is a major interchange: 105 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Manchester Oxford Road, with 181 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Deansgate

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 65 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Deansgate is

1,719,378 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 325th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Deansgate and Bolton than any other pair: 175,412 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 48 stations instead of 105, a drop of about 54%. Saturday runs to 102.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Deansgate gains 4 destinations including Styal, Wilmslow, Hunts Cross, Halewood and loses 7 including Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Prestbury, Adlington (Cheshire), Poynton.

Nearest other stations

• Manchester Oxford Road 0.4 miles
• Salford Central 0.6 miles
• Manchester Piccadilly 0.9 miles
• Manchester Victoria 1.0 miles
• Salford Crescent 1.3 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Deansgate, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Manchester Central · 0.2 miles
• Manchester Liverpool Road · 0.4 miles
• Former Liverpool Road Railway Station Station Masters House · 0.4 miles
• Ordsall Lane · 0.6 miles
• Cornbrook · 0.8 miles
• Oldfield Road · 0.8 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.