Deansgate railway station

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Deansgate
General information
Location	Manchester city centre, City of Manchester England
Coordinates	53°28′27″N 2°15′03″W / 53.4742°N 2.2508°W / 53.4742; -2.2508
Grid reference	SJ834975
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DGT
Classification	DfT category D
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
Passengers
2018/19	0.456 million
2019/20	1.323 million
2020/21	0.213 million
2021/22	0.805 million
2022/23	0.968 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Deansgate is a railway station in Manchester city centre, England, 1,100 yards (1 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly, close to Castlefield at the junction of Deansgate and Whitworth Street West. It is part of the Manchester station group.

It is linked to Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop and the Manchester Central Convention Complex by a footbridge built in 1985; Deansgate Locks, The Great Northern Warehouse and the Science and Industry Museum are also 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–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).