Macclesfield railway station (Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway)

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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 Coordinates: 53°15′51″N2°07′23″W / 53.2641°N 2.1230°W / 53.2641; -2.1230
Grid reference SJ918741
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 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]
1 July 1873 (1873-07-01)Closed [1]

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.

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 until the buildings were demolished in 1947. [4] 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]

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References

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