Woodsmoor railway station is on the Buxton Line in Woodsmoor, a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened by British Rail in 1990.

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Woodsmoor
General information
Location	Woodsmoor, Stockport England
Grid reference	SJ906877
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WSR
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	October 1990
Passengers
2018/19	0.311 million
2019/20	0.302 million
2020/21	64,220
2021/22	0.169 million
2022/23	0.195 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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The station is 1⁄2 mile (800 m) from Stepping Hill Hospital.

The station has a staffed ticket office on platform 1, which is staffed on a limited basis (weekday a.m peak only, 07:10 - 10:10). At other times tickets can be purchased from an automated ticket machine situated by the ticket office. There are standard waiting shelters on each side, whilst train running details are provided via CIS displays, automated announcements and timetable poster boards. Level access is only available to platform 1 (towards Stockport and Manchester).^[1]

Two Northern trains per hour operate northbound to Manchester Piccadilly and southbound to Hazel Grove during Monday to Saturday daytime, with one train per hour continuing to Buxton.^[2] Sunday services are hourly between Manchester Piccadilly and Buxton.

Through running north of Manchester ceased temporarily as part of a major timetable change in May 2018. Through running resumed in May 2019 with an hourly service running from Hazel Grove to Blackpool North. Through running was stopped again in December 2022.

Hope Valley Line trains towards/from Chinley or Sheffield do not stop here.