Deansgate railway station

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General information
Location	Manchester
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DGT
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
Key dates
20 July 1849 (1849-07-20)	Opened as Knot Mill and Deansgate
?	Renamed Knott Mill and Deansgate
3 May 1971	Renamed Deansgate

Deansgate is a railway station in Manchester city centre, England. It is situated approximately 1,100 yards (1 km) 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. There are no ticket barriers, although manual ticket checks take place on a daily basis.

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. 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

Platform 2 in 2011.

Station concourse

Entrance from Whitworth St. West

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.

Metrolink

Main article: Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink station

Notes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Manchester Oxford Road		TransPennine Express TransPennine North West		Salford Crescent
Trafford Park Urmston on Sundays		Northern Rail Liverpool to Manchester Line		Manchester Oxford Road
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

Manchester railways
City Centre and North Past, present and future
Manchester Metrolink Main line services to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath to Bury Newton Heath and Moston Bowker Vale to Tameside Crumpsall Clayton Bridge Abraham Moss Park Woodlands Road to Tameside Queens Road Central Park Monsall Edge Lane Miles Platting Clayton Hall Velopark Oldham Road Holt Town Manchester Victoria Etihad Campus Exchange New Islington to Ordsall Chord and to Salford Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street │ Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street │ Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Manchester Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central │ Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Ordsall Chord and to Salford to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton