Deansgate railway station

Deansgate
Location
Place	Deansgate
Local authority	Manchester
Coordinates	53°28′27″N 2°15′03″W / 53.4742°N 2.2508°W / 53.4742; -2.2508Coordinates: 53°28′27″N 2°15′03″W / 53.4742°N 2.2508°W / 53.4742; -2.2508
Grid reference	SJ834975
Operations
Station code	DGT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	16,090
2005/06 *	13,550
2006/07 *	97,783[1]
2007/08 *	120,642[1]
2008/09 *	242,179[1]
2009/10 *	300,355
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Original company	Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway
Pre-grouping	Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway
Post-grouping	Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
20 July 1849 (1849-07-20)	Opened as Knot Mill and Deansgate
?	Renamed Knott Mill and Deansgate
3 May 1971	Renamed Deansgate
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Deansgate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Deansgate is a railway station in Manchester city centre, England. It is situated approximately 1 km (1,100 yd) west of Manchester Piccadilly in the Castlefield area, at the junction of Deansgate and Whitworth Street West.

It is linked to Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink station and the Manchester Central Complex (both previously called G-Mex) by a footbridge built in 1985, while Deansgate Locks, the Great Northern Warehouse and the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester are nearby.

The platforms are elevated, reached by lift or stairs, or by the walkway from the Manchester Central Complex. The ticket office, staffed full time, is between street and platform levels.

It is on the Manchester to Preston and the Liverpool to Manchester lines, both heavily used by commuters. Most tickets purchased by passengers to Deansgate are issued to Manchester Stations or Manchester Central Zone, therefore actual usage is not reflected in these statistics, due to the difficulty in splitting the ticket sales correctly between the four grouped stations (Piccadilly,Victoria,Oxford Road and Deansgate).

History

The station was opened as Knott Mill on 20 July 1849 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) with wooden buildings near the site of the annual Knott Mill Fair, a decades old event, which hosted acts such as Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal and George Wombwell's Menagerie.^[2][3] In 1884 Manchester Corporation approached the MSJAR about the station as it was an "eyesore and nuisance." Improvement plans were drawn up but it was not until 1891 that an Act was obtained to reconstruct the station and acquire the necessary land. The rebuilding was completed in 1896 and this date appears on a shield motif over the entrance. The station became Knott Mill & Deansgate around 1900 and Deansgate in 1971. Today it is sometimes known as Manchester Deansgate, and on many station information boards it is Deansgate G-Mex.

Services

There are regular trains eastbound to Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Piccadilly. Some through trains continue towards Manchester Airport, Stoke-on-Trent and Buxton.

Westbound there are regular trains to Liverpool Lime Street, Southport and Blackpool North.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Figures not comparable because of changes in definition.
2. ^ Gretchen Holrook Gerzina, Editor, "Black Victorians-Black Victoriana" (Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick, NJ, 2003)
3. ^ The Manchester Guardian (11 April 1850). "Knott Mill Fair, Manchester, 1850". The Fairground Heritage Trust. http://www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/newsite/learn/learn-1850KM.html. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Manchester Oxford Road		TransPennine Express TransPennine North West		Salford Crescent
Manchester Oxford Road		Northern Rail Liverpool to Manchester Line		Trafford Park Urmston on Sundays
Manchester Oxford Road		Northern Rail Liverpool to Manchester Line (Matchdays only)		Manchester United Football Ground
Manchester Oxford Road		Northern Rail Manchester to Preston Line		Salford Crescent
	Disused railways
Manchester Oxford Road Line and station open		Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway		Cornbrook 1856–65 Line and station closed
				Old Trafford 1849–56, 1865–1991 Line closed, station open

Deansgate Station in 2011

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