Macclesfield Central (exc.) to Marple Wharf Junction

Stations are indicated by an '#' symbol prior to the place name. Signal boxes are indicated by numbers in the left hand column.  Location names are as shown in the 1960 Sectional Appendix and may be different from the station name.

	Junctions and other features	Running Lines		Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
		Up	Down
Maximum permissible speed 50 m.p.h.
1		-	↓	Macclesfield Central (Western Lines)	-
2		↑	↓	Macclesfield Goods Junction (Western Lines)	0m 1017yds
3		↑	↓	Bollington Station	1m 1412yds
4		↑	↓	Higher Poynton Station	4m 357yds
				Middlewood (Higher) Station
				High Lane Station
5		↑	↓	Rose Hill Station	3m 666yds
6		↑	-	Marple Wharf Junction	0m 1714yds

Links

• Anson Engine Museum

• Borough of Macclesfield

• Poynton Collieries A fascinating history of the collieries and industrial railways around Poynton.

• Wikipedia

Notes

Much of the route between Rose Hill and Macclesfield has been converted into a trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders. The main remnants of the railway are one (up) platform at the site of High Lane Station, both platforms at Higher Poynton, the viaduct at Bollington, the station house at Middlewood, and a brick cabin of some sort located between Higher Poynton and Bollington. The site of Bollington Station has been completely landscaped. Between Rose Hill and Higher Poynton, the route is often in cuttings. From Higher Poynton to Bollington the views become better. From Bollington to Macclesfield much of the trackbed has been used for a new road and the final couple of miles into the town use ordinary footpaths.

Around Higher Poynton the area is crisscrossed by several disused colliery railways, many of which can be explored easily from the Middlewood way. There is a small, but informative, visitors centre a few yards away from the trail at Higher Poynton and the Anson Engine Museum is with easy walking distance.

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