East Didsbury railway station of British Rail, rail services were operated by the London Midland Region of British Railways, then North-Western Regional Railways. The station was rebuilt in the 1960s by the architect to the London Midland section of British Rail, William Robert Headley. Services to Manchester Airport began in 1993 upon the opening of the Manchester Airport spur. Upon privatisation of rail services in 1996/7, East Didsbury was served by the North Western Trains franchise. Before the Beeching Axe of the 1960s, the Didsbury area was served by three railway stations: East Didsbury, Didsbury, and Withington and West Didsbury. Didsbury opened in 1880
Didsbury and many of the listed buildings in the area are grouped into the St. James' Conservation area. , which is centred on Wilmslow Road, just south of Didsbury Village. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded Didsbury as having a population of 14,292, of whom 87% were born in the United Kingdom. A large majority of residents, 88%, identified themselves as white, 8% as Asian, 2% as mixed ethnicity, 1% black and 1% Chinese or other ethnic group. The under-16s accounted for 17% of the population, and the over-65s for 15%. The population density in 2001 was 5,276/square mile (2,037/km²). As