New access route for Stockport station

Passengers and travellers to Stockport Station will soon have to use a new access route as work to create a new town centre gateway at Stockport Exchange gathers pace.

From 9th January, a section of Station Road in front of the railway station will be closed to traffic as the site’s hoarding line is extended across the road. This stage of works will run from January to July 2016.

During this time, vehicles from the A6 will be able to get to the station via Railway Road.  A new temporary pull in / turning area with a bus stop and taxi rank will be created for passengers at the end of Railway Road between the station and the Multi Storey Car Park.

Due to open in late 2016, Muse Developments are undertaking the Stockport Exchange project, part of the Council’s ‘Investing in Stockport’ programme. It will include a 115 bed Holiday Inn Express® hotel, 50,000 sq ft Grade A office building & ground floor retail space and new areas of public realm.

A public exhibition outlining the works will be held at Stockport Railway Station on the following days:

Thursday 7th January 2016 (3pm to 6pm)
Friday 8th January 2016 (8am to 10am)
Team members will be available at these times to answer any questions you may have.

Councillor Patrick McAuley, Executive Member for Thriving Economy at Stockport Council said: “Visitors to Stockport town centre may have seen the exciting changes taking place at Stockport Exchange over the past few weeks.  The framework for the office building is now in place and work on the hotel frame has begun.

“The benefits Stockport Exchange will bring to Stockport we hope will be significant, but there needs to be some changes that take place during the works.  I want to encourage everyone to find out more about the road layout changes around the station either online or by visiting one of the exhibitions.”

Wes Erlam, development director at Muse, said:  “As part of the second phase of Stockport Exchange, we’ll be creating a new public space outside the train station, as well as a new Grade A office, hotel and retail units. This will completely transform the area to the front of the train station into an attractive and welcoming gateway to the town centre.

“From January there will be a number of changes to the road layout so we’d like to invite people to either attend the exhibition or visit the website to find out more, so we can keep Stockport moving throughout the construction process.”

Information about the changes and the Investing in Stockport programme is also available online at www.stockport.gov.uk/investingingrowth