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- Marple to Macclesfield Home
- Rose Hill Marple
- High Lane
- Middlewood Higher
- Higher Poynton
- Bollington
- Macclesfield
- Macclesfield Central
Higher Poynton formerly Poynton
(1869 - 1970)
Poynton railway station served the eastern side of the town of Poynton opening on August 2 1869 by the Marple to Macclesfield Railway Company
Much of the goods revenue for the station came from the coal mines and when these closed in the 1920s, the spur leading off the line to the collieries was lifted
To avoid confusion with Poynton railway station, on the main line between Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent, the station was renamed Higher Poynton in April 1930
The station closed on January 5 1970 when the line between Macclesfield and Marple closed; the buildings were demolished and the track lifted by the end of Spring 1971
The track bed now forms part of the Middlewood Way, a recreational path between Macclesfield and Marple and the station site forms a car park and picnic site for the path
Much of the goods revenue for the station came from the coal mines and when these closed in the 1920s, the spur leading off the line to the collieries was lifted
To avoid confusion with Poynton railway station, on the main line between Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent, the station was renamed Higher Poynton in April 1930
The station closed on January 5 1970 when the line between Macclesfield and Marple closed; the buildings were demolished and the track lifted by the end of Spring 1971
The track bed now forms part of the Middlewood Way, a recreational path between Macclesfield and Marple and the station site forms a car park and picnic site for the path
