High Lane railway station

High Lane railway station served the village of High Lane in Greater Manchester, England. It was a stop on the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway.

High Lane
High Lane station in March 2015
General information
LocationHigh Lane, Stockport
England
Coordinates53°22′04″N 2°05′06″W / 53.3677°N 2.0851°W / 53.3677; -2.0851
Grid referenceSJ944856
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMacclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
Pre-groupingMacclesfield Committee of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and North Staffordshire Railways
Post-groupingGroup Committee No. 1 of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railways
Key dates
2 August 1869 (1869-08-02)Opened[1]
5 January 1970 (1970-01-05)Closed[1]

History

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It was opened in 1869 by the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M) - a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) and North Staffordshire Railways (NSR).

Like the other stations on the MB&M, the station buildings and signalling were provided by the NSR and train services by the MS&L.[2]

The station closed in January 1970, along with the entirety of the MB&M. The track was lifted in the following year.

The site today

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The trackbed now forms part of the Middlewood Way, a shared-use path between Macclesfield and Rose Hill Marple.[3]

References

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Notes
  1. ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 212.
  2. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 200.
  3. ^ "Middlewood Way" (PDF). Cheshire East Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
Sources


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Rose Hill Marple   Great Central Railway & North Staffordshire Railway
Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
  Middlewood Higher