Romiley railway station

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Romiley
Location
Place	Romiley
Local authority	Stockport
Operations
Station code	RML
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	0.215 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Greater Manchester
History
Key dates	Opened 1862
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Romiley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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 led to Stockport Tiviot Dale.

[edit] Service

Monday to Saturday daytimes 4 trains per hour go northbound to Manchester Piccadilly and 3 per hour go towards Marple (one continuing to New Mills Central) and 1 per hour to Rose Hill Marple southbound.

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

[edit] References

• Radford, B., (1988) Midland Though The Peak Unicorn Books

[edit] External links

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

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