Bollington railway station

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Bollington
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View northward towards Manchester, 1965
General information
Location Bollington, Cheshire East
England
Coordinates 53°17′36″N2°06′29″W / 53.2934°N 2.1080°W / 53.2934; -2.1080
Grid reference SJ929774
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
Pre-groupingMacclesfield Committee of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and North Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingGroup Committee No. 1 of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 August 1869 (1869-08-02)Opened [1]
5 January 1970 (1970-01-05)Closed [1]
Location
Bollington railway station

Bollington railway station served the town of Bollington, in Cheshire, 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 Railway (NSR). The passenger station was sited on the north side of Grimshaw Lane, with a goods yard on the south side. [2]

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History

Initially, services ran between Macclesfield and Rose Hill Marple, [3] but this was soon extended so that direct trains ran between Macclesfield and Manchester London Road. [4] A number of additional services were supplied between Bollington and Macclesfield, as a significant number of Macclesfield workers lived in Bollington. In 1921, there were 14 additional shuttle services between the two towns using a petrol railcar purchased by the Great Central Railway (GCR) (successor to the MS&L); it was nicknamed the Bollington Bug. [5] The Bug was replaced in 1935 by a Sentinel steam railcar that ran the shuttle service, until it was withdrawn at the start of 1939. [6]

The station buildings were built to NSR designs, as were most other structures on the MB&M, [7] while most train services were operated by the MS&L and later the GCR; [8] an exception to this being the NSR Summer Saturday services between Macclesfield and Buxton. [8]

The station closed in January 1970, along with the line between Macclesfield and Marple; the buildings were demolished and the track was lifted by the end of 1971. [9]

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Higher Poynton   Great Central Railway & North Staffordshire Railway
Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
  Macclesfield

The site today

The former trackbed now forms part of the Middlewood Way, a shared-use path between Macclesfield and Marple. Part of the goods station site provides a car park for the path. [10]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Quick (2009), p. 92.
  2. ↑ Catford, Nick; Wright, Paul (21 May 2017). "Station name: Bollington". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Jeuda (1983), p. 12.
  4. ↑ Jeuda (1983), p. 17.
  5. ↑ Jeuda (1983), p. 34.
  6. ↑ Jeuda (1983), p. 40.
  7. ↑ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 87.
  8. 1 2 Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 200.
  9. ↑ Jeuda (1983), p. 54.
  10. ↑ "Middlewood Way" (PDF). Cheshire East Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

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