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Strines railway station serves the village of
The Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway (MNM&HJ) was formed in 1860; its line between New Mills Central railway station, New Mills and was opened on 1 July 1865. Originally, there were no intermediate stations but one was opened at Strines in August 1866. The MNM&HJ was leased to and worked by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) from opening, 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. 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.
Strines
Strines is a village in Greater Manchester, in the valley of the River Goyt. It is located midway between Marple and New Mills, about six miles south-east of Stockport. The village falls within the Marple parish and the Metropolitan Borough o ...
and the hamlet of Turf Lea
Turf Lea is a hamlet located at the end of The Ridge, above Marple, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK.
Nearby is Wybersley Hall, where the author Christopher Isherwood
Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood ...
in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is south-east of central Manchester and south of Tameside. As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, Greater Manchester, Marple, ...
, in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. ...
, England. Until boundary changes in 1994, the station itself lay over the border in Derbyshire.
History
The Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway (MNM&HJ) was formed in 1860; its line between New Mills Central railway station, New Mills and was opened on 1 July 1865. Originally, there were no intermediate stations but one was opened at Strines in August 1866. The MNM&HJ was leased to and worked by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) from opening, 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. 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 and on Mondays to Saturdays, with additional calls during weekday peak periods. On Sundays, hourly services operate between and Manchester Piccadilly.In literature
It is believed that the inspiration for Edith Nesbit's 1906 novel ''The Railway Children'' came from Strines.References
External links
Railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Central and Midland Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations served by Northern 1866 establishments in England {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub