Trains at Stockport, WCML (07/10/2022)

VIDEO: A couple of hours in the heavy rain at Stockport station in Greater Manchester, serving a whole litany of different railway lines and services.

Featuring appearances by:
Colas Rail class 37099 'Merl Evans' + Network Rail Mk2 DBSO 9701
Northern Rail class 150s, 156s, 319s, 323s, 331s and 769s.
Cross Country class 220s and 221s.
Arriva Trains Wales class 158s.
Avanti West Coast class 390s.
Transpennine Express class 68+Mk5As and 185s

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The current Stockport station was first opened on 15 February 1843 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway and became the town's principal railway station. Its original name was 'Edgeley', after one of the town's nearby suburbs, as there was another Stockport station which existed since 1840, located on the other side of Stockport Viaduct.

In 1960, the line from Crewe, through Stockport, to Manchester Piccadilly was electrified as part of the 1955 Modernisation plan and electric express services to Birmingham and London began operating.

On 6 May 1968, the station as renamed, simply, to 'Stockport' and is currently served by six different operators operating both local and inter-city services, though many of these services are still operated by diesel traction.

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