Strines railway station

Strines
265px Strines railway station in 1989
Location
Place	Strines
Local authority	Stockport
Coordinates
Grid reference	SJ978864
Operations
Station code	SRN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	4,798
2005/06	5,606
2006/07	6,284
2007/08	7,247
2008/09	8,292
2009/10	9,476
2010/11	10,604
2011/12	11,694
2012/13	21,112
2013/14	21,728
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Original company	Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central and Midland Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Great Central and Midland Joint Railway
August 1866	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Strines from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Strines railway station serves the village of Strines, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, England, although at some point in the past, the station lay over the border in Derbyshire.

History

The Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway (MNM&HJ) was formed in 1860, and its line between New Mills with Marple 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 has a two-hourly daytime service to New Mills and Manchester Piccadilly throughout the week (and on Sundays) with additional calls during weekday peak periods. On Saturdays & Sundays, most eastbound services continue through to Sheffield.

Strines station also serves the nearby hamlet of Turf Lea.

External links

• Train times and station information for Strines railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
New Mills Central		Northern Rail Hope Valley Line		Marple