Marple Station

Marple railway station is on the Hope Valley Line and serves Marple, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is south east of Manchester Piccadilly. Its three letter station code is MPL. The station, opened in 1865 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, was demolished and rebuilt in 1970. It is managed and served by Northern, who provide two trains per hour in each direction. The other station serving Marple is Rose Hill railway station, on a spur of the Hope Valley Line which, until 1970, continued towards Macclesfield. DescriptionThe station is located to the east of Marple, next to Marple Bridge, close to Brabyns Park and the Peak Forest Canal. The A626 runs over a bridge just next to the station and provides access to it. The next station towards Piccadilly is Romiley; the next towards Sheffield is Strines. The station has two side platforms, each 153yards long; platform 2 can be accessed from the ticket office, and platform 1 only by a footbridge over the station, which can also be reached with a lift. The ticket office is staffed during the day and there are benches, toilets and a waiting room on the platform. Passenger information systems include dot-matrix displays and an automated public-address system announce approaching services. Timetable information posters are provided and help points allow passengers to contact railway staff. To the east of the station there is a free car park and the nearest bus stops are 150metres away on Brabyns Brow.

Marple railway station is on the Hope Valley Line and serves Marple, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is south east of Manchester Piccadilly. Its three letter station code is MPL. The station, opened in 1865 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, was demolished and rebuilt in 1970. It is managed and served by Northern, who provide two trains per hour in each direction. The other station serving Marple is Rose Hill railway station, on a spur of the Hope Valley Line which, until 1970, continued towards Macclesfield. DescriptionThe station is located to the east of Marple, next to Marple Bridge, close to Brabyns Park and the Peak Forest Canal. The A626 runs over a bridge just next to the station and provides access to it. The next station towards Piccadilly is Romiley; the next towards Sheffield is Strines. The station has two side platforms, each 153yards long; platform 2 can be accessed from the ticket office, and platform 1 only by a footbridge over the station, which can also be reached with a lift. The ticket office is staffed during the day and there are benches, toilets and a waiting room on the platform. Passenger information systems include dot-matrix displays and an automated public-address system announce approaching services. Timetable information posters are provided and help points allow passengers to contact railway staff. To the east of the station there is a free car park and the nearest bus stops are 150metres away on Brabyns Brow.