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This site is for users of Davenport railway station, Stockport, England - and for all the people of Davenport. Our aim is to have plenty of useful information for users of the station, and act as a forum for contributions and suggestions.
Please note that this site is unofficial and is not connected with Northern Rail or any rail company. Information here is presented in good faith, but we cannot be responsible if your train (or bus) does not arrive when expected.
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Created and compiled by Charlie Hulme.
Model Railways at Chapel-en-le-Frith
The New Mills Railway Modellers are holding their annual exhibition on 27 and 28 February. It will be held at Chapel-en-le-Frith High School, Long Lane, Chapel, ten minutes' walk down the road from Chapel-en-le-Frith station. There should be 23 layouts attending in a variety of scales, and also a good dose of traders/preservation stands. It will be open from 10 am until 5 pm both days and light refreshments are also available. More info at www.nmdrm.co.uk
25 February
More about the Davenport footbridge
The project to refurbish Davenport's station footbridge is under way,
as you may realise from the signs that have been posted. The intention
had been to lift out the bridge span on 20 February, until it was
realised that trunking carrying the connections to the information
screens was attached to the bottom of it. The 'big lift' is now
planned to happen, all being well, over the night of 26-27 February.
From next week passengers will need to access the platforms via the
ramp and stairs direct from the road. 25 February
Bramhall Lane website
Our very own main street, Bramhall Lane, now has its own website - www.bramhalllane.co.uk - complete with a Twitter feed! Why not pay it a visit?10 February
Mosley Street station to close?
The Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority are proposing to close and remove the one-way Manchester Metrolink station at Mosley Street, which exists to a more frequent service from the Piccadilly area towards Altrincham than is offered in the daytime (as services from both Bury and Piccadilly station can call), despite surveys which show that on average 36 passengers board there in the peak period.
The new trams do not have steps for low platforms, so if a coupled pair of them was to call at this stop, the whole platform would have to be built up to high level like the one at St Peters Square has been already. Apparently this would cost £1.2 million, compared to £300,000 for removing the station altogether. There is also a concern that stopping there when far more trams are running in the future would cause congestion.
Here is the GMITA's recent document on the proposal (PDF)
8 February
Sunday timetable changes
For some unexplained reason, there are some small changes to the times
of Sunday morning trains from Davenport with effect from 7 February.
The first train on Sundays now leaves two minutes earlier at 09:02 and
continues through to Manchester Piccadilly instead of terminating at
Stockport. The following trains to Manchester are 11:06. 12:06 and
13:08, then at 08 minutes past each hour until 22:06. Towards Buxton,
departures from Davenport are 09:13 (20
minutes
earlier
than
previously), 10:09, then at 09 minutes past
each hour until 23:09.1 February
Travel in Style
If you fancy a pleasant day or evening out, using an especially comfortable train, consider one of the services on Mondays to Fridays which are scheduled for one of the 5-coach 'class 180' trains currently on loan to Northern Rail, which have plenty of seats, including some ex-first-class ones, and air-conditioning. The trains to look for are:- 09:37 from Davenport to Manchester Piccadilly, Oxford Road, Deansgate, Salford Crescent, Bolton and Preston. This is the first train of the day on which Cheap Day Returns are valid.
- 14:23 from Preston via Bolton (14:56), Salford Crescent (15:09), Deansgate (15:12), Manchester Oxford Road (15:14) and Piccadilly (15:21) to Hazel Grove (calls at Davenport 15:39)
- 16:35 from Davenport to Manchester Piccadilly, Oxford Road, Deansgate, Bolton and Preston - note that this departs Davenport earlier than the normal xx:37 or 38 timing for some unknown reason.
More departures
Following on from the recent announcement of the resignation of Northern Rail Managing Director Heidi Mottram (taking her OBE with her) we hear of further departures from among the Northern Rail upper echelons.Paul Salveson, the guru of the 'Community Railways' idea, is taking up a post with Grand Central, the 'open access' company which runs a few trains a day between Sunderland and London Kings Cross.
Also heading for pastures new is Ruud Haket, Northern's Engineering Director, who, as his name suggests, came to Northern from the Netherlands Railways, joint owners of the franchise. While rumour has it that he was not universally popular with the staff at Newton Heath depot, neither have he and his staff had an easy task looking after the assorted collection of ageing stock that forms the Northern Rail fleet.
In any case, the franchise system itself, with companies created for a life of just a few years, does not encourage senior managers to stay. Northern started in November 2004 and has the franchise for 8 years 9 months. What happens after that is anyone's guess.
Updated 30 January
Welcome to 2010
Congratulations to Northern Rail for keeping a train service running on our line, even to Buxton over one of the highest summits in England, through the snowy weather.7 January: Cold conditions are affecting some trains this morning. See the Live Departures website. (To find out about Hazel Grove - Preston Trains, you will need to check 65 minutes before your planned departure time to see if the incoming train from Preston is running.)
Northern Rail have a Twitter feed for disruption information: twitter.com/NRE_northern
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