Macclesfield (MB&M) railway station

For other railway stations in Macclesfield, see Macclesfield railway station (disambiguation).
Macclesfield
Location
Place Macclesfield
Area Cheshire East
Coordinates 53°15′51″N 2°07′23″W / 53.2641°N 2.1230°W / 53.2641; -2.1230Coordinates: 53°15′51″N 2°07′23″W / 53.2641°N 2.1230°W / 53.2641; -2.1230
Grid reference SJ918741
Operations
Original company Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
Pre-grouping Macclesfield Committee of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and North Staffordshire Railways
Post-grouping Group Committee No. 1 of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railways
Platforms 2
History
2 August 1869 (1869-08-02) Opened[1]
1 July 1873 (1873-07-01) Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Macclesfield (MB&M) railway station was a short lived railway station serving the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It was opened in 1869 by the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M) - a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) and North Staffordshire Railways (NSR) - and closed in 1873.

The MB&M was built with the intention of connecting to the main London and North Western Railway (LNWR) / NSR line between Manchester and Stoke however there were numerous difficulties to be overcome; the route through town, the reluctance of the local authority to allow the railway to bridge over the River Bollin and the lack of co-operation from the LNWR to agree to a site for a station on the Manchester - Stoke line.[2] The board of the MB&M therefore decided to open a temporary station on land they already owned to allow services to commence. The station, known simply as Macclesfield, opened on 2 August 1869 and was the southern terminus of the line.[3] From there passengers made a short walk to the joint LNWR/NSR station at Macclesfield Hibel Road to catch services to and from the south.

Four years elapsed before a route for the line through the town was constructed and a new joint NSR/MS&L station at Macclesfield Central built. The new Central station opened on 1 July 1873 and the old station closed the same day.[4] Following closure the old station buildings were used as stables for the horses working in the MB&M goods yard until the buildings were demolished in 1947.[4] In 1919 they had seen temporary use, once again, as a passenger station when rebuildng work of the section of line to Central station was undertaken.[4]

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Bollington   Great Central Railway & North Staffordshire Railway
Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
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