Romiley railway station
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Romiley | |
Location | |
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Place | Romiley |
Local authority | Stockport |
Operations | |
Station code | RML |
Managed by | Northern Rail |
Platforms in use | |
Annual entry/exit 04/05 | 0.209 million ** |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | Greater Manchester |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 1862 |
National Rail - UK railway stations | |
** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Romiley. Disclaimer (PDF) |
Romiley railway station serves Romiley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.
It was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway on its extension to New Mills , opening in 1862 from Manchester.
Built above street level, its platforms extending over the B6104 road, it has a spiral staircase which once had a glass-roofed dome. The booking hall and offices is on the first floor, with a subway and stairs to the platforms. Trains arrive from both Marple on the Sheffield line, and Marple Rose Hill.
Immediately beyond Romiley, the line splits three ways. Initially it ran through to Woodley to join the original MS&L line at Hyde Junction. In 1875 a more direct route was opened through Reddish. A further branch led to Stockport Tiviot (or Teviot) Dale.
[edit] Service
Monday to Saturday daytimes 4 trains per hour go northbound to Manchester Piccadilly and 3 per hour go towards Marple (one continuing to New Mills Central) and 1 per hour to Rose Hill Marple southbound.
Sundays there is a two hourly service towards Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield.
[edit] Reference
- Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Romiley railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Romiley railway station from Multimap.com
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Marple | Northern Rail Hope Valley Line |
Bredbury | ||
Rose Hill Marple | Northern Rail Hope Valley Line (via Guide Bridge) |
Woodley |