Stockport railway station

Stockport is a major interchange: 198 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Manchester Piccadilly, with 475 trains a day.

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Stockport is the nearest station for postcodes in SK1, SK3. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Stockport

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Manchester Piccadilly	475	454	236
Stoke-on-Trent	158	147	84
Heaton Chapel	138	133	15
Levenshulme	137	133	15
Macclesfield	136	125	67
Wilmslow	133	130	65
Cheadle Hulme	107	103	17
Crewe	104	102	67
London Euston	95	85	66
Stafford	89	88	59
Hazel Grove	76	71	16
Davenport	74	69	16
Woodsmoor	74	69	16
Alderley Edge	69	69	19
Handforth	67	66	17
Sheffield	66	36	32
Manchester Oxford Road	65	63	47
Liverpool Lime Street	62	63	47
Liverpool South Parkway	61	63	47
Warrington Central	61	63	47
Birmingham New Street	60	59	40
Wolverhampton	60	59	40
Buxton	51	51	16
Chapel-en-le-Frith	51	51	16
Disley	51	51	16
New Mills Newtown	51	51	16
Whaley Bridge	51	51	16
Furness Vale	50	50	16
Adlington (Cheshire)	40	37	0
Altrincham	40	36	14
Ashley	40	36	14
Bramhall	40	37	0
Chester	40	36	14
Greenbank	40	36	14
Hale	40	36	14
Knutsford	40	36	14
Lostock Gralam	40	36	14
Mouldsworth	40	36	14
Mobberley	40	36	14
Navigation Road	40	36	14

and 158 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Stockport is

4,295,970 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 128th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 461,907 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly than any other pair: 1,506,002 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: 146 stations instead of 198, a drop of about 26%. Saturday runs to 183.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Stockport gains 2 destinations including Plymouth, Totnes and loses 18 including Milford Haven, Johnston, Blackrod, Kirkham and Wesham, Layton, Wigan North Western.

Nearest other stations

Davenport 1.1 miles
Heaton Chapel 1.6 miles
Woodsmoor 1.6 miles
Reddish South 2.1 miles
Brinnington 2.2 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Heaton Norris · 0.6 miles
Stockport Tiviot Dale · 0.7 miles
Portwood · 0.8 miles
Cheadle Heath · 1.1 miles
Heaton Mersey · 1.9 miles
Cheadle North · 2.3 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.