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Station Road, STOCKPORT, SK3 9JD

Stockport railway station's bizarrely named newest platform.

In 2009 taxis lined up outside the eastern entrance to Stockport Station Image Now Station Road terminates behind the photographer where a turn around area has been created. Railway Road terminates at the multi-storey car-park constructed in 2014. On the left, a new office building has been constructed on the site of the former Heaven & Hell nightclub.

Following the second phase of the Stockport Exchange Masterplan http://www.stockportexchange.co.uk/the-buildings/ the approach to Stockport station from Grand Central has been transformed.

Commissioned by musicMagpie https://www.musicmagpie.co.uk/mountrecyclemore/ this incredible sculpture was originally on display at Sandy Acres in Cornwall facing Carbis Bay where the G7 conference was taking place in June 2021. It depicts the faces of the leaders of the G7 made entirely out of e-waste. It was created by artists Joe Rush https://www.joerush.com/ and Alex Wreckage of the Mutoid Waste Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutoid_Waste_Company and was designed to raise awareness of the global e-waste crisis and to encourage people to act responsibly with their old electronics, doing something that is both smart for them and smart for the planet. The seven leaders depicted in the sculpture are UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Joe Biden. The sculpture now stands outside musicMagpie's offices in Stockport Exchange by the railway station.

The side of Mount Recyclemore Image at Stockport Exchange.

The plaque on the wall of the foyer of Stockport station reads: PRIVATE WILF WOOD V.C. Remembering the life of railwayman Wilf Wood who was awarded the Victoria Cross for an act of most conspicuous bravery and initiative on 28 October 1918 near Casa Van in Italy. A unit on the right flank having been held up by hostile machine gunners and snipers, Private Wood worked forward with his Lewis gun, enfiladed the enemy machine gun nest and caused 140 enemy to surrender. The advance continued until a hidden machine gun opened fire at point blank range. Without a moment's hesitation, Private Wood charged, firing his Lewis gun from the hip, and enfiladed a ditch from which a further 160 men and 3 officers duly surrendered. A cleaner at Stockport locomotive depot, Wilf survived the Great War and spent his entire working life on the railways. He had the honour of a steam locomotive being named after him and enjoyed a long retirement before his death in January 1982 at the age of 84.

From Station Road past temporary fences.

The Easternmost platform at Stockport is number zero. It was added in 2003 but not used until 2008. Only three other stations in the UK have a platform zero, Edinburgh Haymarket Image, London King's Cross Image and Cardiff Central Image

Pop-up shops at Stockport Station In conjunction with Virgin Trains small businesses were allowed to open stalls at Stockport Station for three days one week in August as an exercise in enabling new enterprises to expand their customer base and meet the public. Taking advantage of space in the foyer of the station entrance were: Bluefingers, a company producing "wearable technology". Tilly Chic who sell gifts and household accessories through house parties and their Facebook page. Giraffe Event Solutions, a newly established company which consists of 3 partners that share over 30 years of experience in the hospitality, advertising & marketing and the events industry. https://giraffeeventsolutions.co.uk/ Other businesses were represented elsewhere on the station. Note: Photograph is for record purposes only. The photographer has no personal connection with the businesses depicted.

The G7 leaders made from recycled material in the style of Mount Rushmore.