Macclesfield railway station (Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway)

For other railway stations in Macclesfield, see Macclesfield railway station (disambiguation).

Macclesfield
General information
Location	Macclesfield, Cheshire East England
Coordinates	53°15′51″N2°07′23″W / 53.2641°N 2.1230°W / 53.2641; -2.1230
Grid reference	SJ918741
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
Pre-grouping	Macclesfield Committee of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and North Staffordshire Railways
Post-grouping	Group 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]
1 July 1873 (1873-07-01)	Closed [1]
Location

Macclesfield railway station was a short lived railway station serving the town of Macclesfield, 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 Railways (NSR) - and closed in 1873.

History

The MB&M was built with the intention of connecting to the main London and North Western Railway (LNWR) / NSR line between Manchester and Stoke however there were numerous difficulties to be overcome; the route through town, the reluctance of the local authority to allow the railway to bridge over the River Bollin and the lack of co-operation from the LNWR to agree to a site for a station on the Manchester - Stoke line. ^[2]

The board of the MB&M therefore decided to open a temporary station on land they already owned to allow services to commence. The station, known simply as Macclesfield, opened on 2 August 1869 and was the southern terminus of the line. ^[3] From there, passengers made a short walk to the joint LNWR/NSR station at Macclesfield Hibel Road to catch services to and from the south.

Four years elapsed before a route for the line through the town was constructed and a new joint NSR/MS&L station at Macclesfield Central built. The new Central station opened on 1 July 1873 and the old station closed the same day. ^[4]

Following closure the old station buildings were used as stables for the horses working in the MB&M goods yard. In 1919, they had seen temporary use, once again, as a passenger station when rebuilding work of the section of line to Central station was undertaken. ^[4] The buildings were demolished in 1947. ^[4]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bollington		Great Central Railway & North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway		Terminus

The site today

No trace of the station is visible today; it lies between the Silk Road and a Tesco supermarket.

References

Citations

1. Quick (2009), p. 263.
2. Jeuda (1983), p. 11.
3. Jeuda (1983), p. 12.
4. Jeuda (1983), p. 16.

Sources

• Jeuda, Basil (1983). The Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple Railway: The Great Central and North Staffordshire Joint Railway. Eaton Press. ISBN   0904532-04-6.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.