High Lane railway station

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High Lane
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]

High Lane railway station was a railway station serving the village of High Lane in Greater Manchester, England. 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 and the trackbed now forms part of the Middlewood Way, a recreational path between Macclesfield and Marple.[3]

High Lane railway station, March 2019

References[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 212.
  2. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 200.
  3. ^ "Middlewood Way" (PDF). Cheshire East Council.
Sources


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