Marple railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Marple | ||
| Local authority | Stockport | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | MPL | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.308 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.320 million | ||
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| PTE | Greater Manchester | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1862 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Marple from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Marple railway station serves Marple, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The other station serving Marple is Rose Hill railway station.
The train service and the station is provided by Northern Rail and the line itself is operated by Network Rail.
[edit] History
It was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway on the extension of its Hyde branch to New Mills, opening in 1862.
The line was built in conjunction with the Midland Railway's extension of its line to Millers Dale, thus it was also used by the latter's trains from London to Manchester Store Street (later called London Road, now Piccadilly). Until the Midland moved to Manchester Central, in 1880, as a member of the Cheshire Lines Committee, Marple was where carriages for Liverpool would be attached or detached.
At the time it had extensive station buildings - the Midland waiting room having upholstered seats and a coal fire in an attractive fireplace for cold winter days. It was rebuilt in 1970, with the MS&L facilities being demolished, and new brick buildings replacing the Midland's offices.
From Marple to Romiley, the line passes through Marple Tunnel to the junction with the short branch to Rose Hill Marple then over a 308-yard (282 m) long stone viaduct over the Peak Forest Canal and a tributary of the River Mersey. Alongside this is the Marple aqueduct on the Peak Forest Canal, which crosses the River Goyt.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Marple railway station from National Rail
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