Romiley railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Romiley

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code = RML
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Romiley
borough = Stockport
usage0405 = 0.209
usage0506 = 0.215
usage0607 = 0.190
platforms =
pte = Greater Manchester
zone =
start = 1862

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 are 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 (opened in 1869) led to Stockport Tiviot Dale, which at one time carried through trains from Derby [Marshall, pp.20-23] but this was closed in 1967 and subsequently lifted.

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays four trains per hour go northbound to Manchester Piccadilly (one via Guide Bridge) and three per hour go towards Marple (one continuing to New Mills Central and one every two hours through to Sheffield) & one per hour to Rose Hill Marple southbound.

Sundays there is a two hourly service towards Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield.

Notes

References

* Marshall, J. (1981) "Forgotten Railways North-West England", David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0 7153 8003 6
* Radford, B., (1988) "Midland Though The Peak" Unicorn Books

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