Romiley railway station

Romiley railway station serves Romiley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.HistoryIt was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway on its extension to New Mills, opening in 1862 from Manchester London Road. A second route ((which joined the older line at Marple Wharf Junction) was opened in 1869, giving the town links to Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent.FacilitiesBuilt 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 (manned 06:20-20:45 weekdays and 07:10-21:35 Saturdays) and offices are on the first floor, with a subway and stairs to the platforms (ramps are also available for wheelchair users). 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 to Manchester Central but this was closed in January 1967 and subsequently lifted. The MB&MR also closed south of Rose Hill in January 1970 (both lines having been included in the 1963 Beeching Report) though the short branch to Rose Hill itself was reprieved by the then Minister of Transport Richard Marsh in 1969 when granting permission to close the rest of the route.