Strines railway station

Railway station in Greater Manchester, England

53°22′30″N 2°01′59″W / 53.375°N 2.033°W / 53.375; -2.033Grid referenceSJ978864Managed byNorthern TrainsTransit authorityGreater ManchesterPlatforms2Other informationStation codeSRNClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyMarple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction RailwayPre-groupingGreat Central and Midland Joint RailwayPost-groupingGreat Central and Midland Joint RailwayKey datesAugust 1866Station openedPassengers2018/19

27,7102019/20

22,1862020/21

3,7202021/22

14,9722022/23

14,822

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Strines railway station serves the village of Strines and the hamlet of Turf Lea in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England.^[1] Until boundary changes in 1994, the station itself lay over the border in Derbyshire.^[2]

History

The Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway (MNM&HJ) was formed in 1860; its line between New Mills and Marple was 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 hosts an hourly daytime service in each direction between New Mills Central and Manchester Piccadilly on Mondays to Saturdays, with additional calls during weekday peak periods. On Sundays, hourly services operate between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly.^[6]^[7]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Marple		Northern Trains Hope Valley line		New Mills Central

In literature

It is believed that the inspiration for Edith Nesbit's 1906 novel The Railway Children came from Strines.^[8]

References

^ "Greater Manchester train network map".
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 12. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 223. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Dow 1962, pp. 125, 127
^ GB eNRT, Dec 2023 Edition, Table 96
^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Strines is really the home of The Railway Children". Semcorp. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.