Deansgate railway station
Deansgate  
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| Location | |
| Place | Manchester city centre |
| Local authority | City of Manchester |
| Coordinates | 53°28′27″N 2°15′03″W / 53.4742°N 2.2508°WCoordinates: 53°28′27″N 2°15′03″W / 53.4742°N 2.2508°W |
| Grid reference | SJ834975 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DGT |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.347 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.351 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.371 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.373 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.390 million |
| 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 | Opened as Knot Mill and Deansgate |
| ? | Renamed Knott Mill and Deansgate |
| 3 May 1971 | Renamed Deansgate |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Deansgate from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Deansgate is a railway station in Manchester city centre, England, 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 part of the Manchester station group.
It is linked to Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop and the Manchester Central Complex by a footbridge built in 1985; Deansgate Locks, The Great Northern Warehouse and the Museum of Science and Industry 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 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).
The station was opened as Knot Mill and Deansgate 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 and Deansgate around 1900 and Deansgate on 3 May 1971. Today it is sometimes known as Manchester Deansgate, and on many station information boards it is Deansgate G-Mex.
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