Stockport Railway Statistics

There are nineteen railway stations in Stockport.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Stockport 3,142,678
  2. 2 Cheadle Hulme 563,656
  3. 3 Heaton Chapel 480,388
  4. 4 Hazel Grove 405,002
  5. 5 Heald Green 318,820
  6. 6 Marple 306,304
  7. 7 Gatley 287,138
  8. 8 Romiley 244,806
  9. 9 Davenport 232,674
  10. 10 Woodsmoor 194,714

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Reddish South 100
  2. 2 Strines 14,822
  3. 3 Middlewood 18,758
  4. 4 Woodley 42,144
  5. 5 Brinnington 82,072

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Stockport peaked during 2018-19 with 10,689,914 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 19% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 66% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Stockport table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-984,342,009
1998-994,168,297
1999-004,347,484
2000-014,140,485
2001-024,049,798
2002-034,084,993
2003-04 
2004-054,027,956
2005-064,798,003
2006-075,085,622
2007-085,522,444
2008-096,756,588
2009-106,873,008
2010-117,433,446
2011-127,910,664
2012-138,248,108
2013-148,745,984
2014-158,563,266
2015-168,563,266
2016-179,465,616
2017-189,595,336
2018-1910,689,914
2019-2010,394,778
2020-211,942,540
2021-226,083,950
2022-236,885,962
2023-24