Stockport railway station
Stockport is a major interchange: 183 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 469 trains a day.
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 | 469 | 454 | 233 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 158 | 147 | 84 |
| Heaton Chapel | 138 | 133 | 15 |
| Levenshulme | 137 | 133 | 15 |
| Wilmslow | 128 | 130 | 62 |
| Macclesfield | 135 | 125 | 67 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 103 | 103 | 17 |
| Crewe | 99 | 102 | 64 |
| Stafford | 89 | 88 | 59 |
| London Euston | 95 | 85 | 66 |
| Hazel Grove | 75 | 71 | 16 |
| Alderley Edge | 66 | 69 | 18 |
| Davenport | 73 | 69 | 16 |
| Woodsmoor | 73 | 69 | 16 |
| Sheffield | 65 | 67 | 55 |
| Handforth | 64 | 66 | 17 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 62 | 63 | 47 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 62 | 63 | 47 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 62 | 63 | 47 |
| Warrington Central | 62 | 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) | 39 | 37 | 0 |
| Bramhall | 39 | 37 | 0 |
| Prestbury | 39 | 37 | 0 |
| Poynton | 39 | 37 | 0 |
| Altrincham | 40 | 36 | 14 |
| Ashley | 40 | 36 | 14 |
| Birchwood | 36 | 36 | 29 |
| Chelford | 33 | 36 | 16 |
| Chester | 40 | 36 | 14 |
| Cuddington | 39 | 36 | 14 |
| Delamere | 39 | 36 | 14 |
| Greenbank | 40 | 36 | 14 |
and 146 more stations, each served less often.
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 183, a drop of about 20%. Saturday runs to 186.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Stockport gains 2 destinations including Plymouth, Totnes and loses 3 including Milford Haven, Johnston, Derby.
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 · 2.2 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.