Strines railway station

Strines National Rail
Strines station in 2011
Location
Place Strines
Local authority Stockport
Coordinates 53°22′30″N 2°01′59″W / 53.375°N 2.033°W / 53.375; -2.033Coordinates: 53°22′30″N 2°01′59″W / 53.375°N 2.033°W / 53.375; -2.033
Grid reference SJ978864
Operations
Station code SRN
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 21,112
2013/14 Increase 21,728
2014/15 Increase 24,930
2015/16 Increase 26,074
2016/17 Increase 26,332
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PTE Greater Manchester
History
Original company Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central and Midland Joint Railway
Post-grouping Great Central and Midland Joint Railway
August 1866 Station opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Strines from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Strines railway station serves the village of Strines, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, England.[1] Until boundary changes in 1994, the station itself lay over the border in Derbyshire.[2]

History

Strines railway station in 1989
The approach to the station

The Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway (MNM&HJ) was formed in 1860, and its line between New Mills with Marple opened on 1 July 1865; originally there were no intermediate stations, but one was opened at Strines in August 1866.[3][4] The MNM&HJ was leased to and worked by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) from opening,[3] but was absorbed jointly by the MS&L and the Midland Railway following an Act of 24 June 1869. It then became part of the Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee, an undertaking formed on 6 August 1872. The latter was renamed the Great Central and Midland Joint Railway in the early twentieth century. Originally there were no goods or coal facilities, but the MS&L agreed to these late in 1870.[5] The station had a substantial stone-built booking office and waiting room, with a stationmaster's house. These were considered sufficiently impressive to be used as location shoots for films in the early 1970s. They disappeared when the station became an unstaffed halt in 1973.

Services

The station has a two-hourly daytime service to New Mills and Manchester Piccadilly throughout the week (and on Sundays) with additional calls during weekday peak periods. On Saturdays and Sundays, most eastbound services continue through to Sheffield.[6]

Strines station also serves the nearby hamlet of Turf Lea.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gmpte.com/pdfmaps/rail_networkmap.pdf
  2. ↑ "The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993". 1 March 1993. Transfer to Greater Manchester of area south of Greenclough Farm and north of Woodend, including Whitecroft Farm and part of Station Road.
  3. 1 2 Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 12. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.
  4. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 223. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  5. ↑ Dow 1962, pp. 125,127
  6. ↑ GB eNRT, December 2015-May 2016 Edition, Table 78
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