page_title: Rose Hill Marple railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Rose Hill Marple railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: Pre Grouping railway junction around Altrincham, Broadheath &amp; Timperley; Apethorne, Bredbury, Brinnington, Godley, Marple &amp; Woodley
context_page_description: Rose Hill Marple railway station is in Marple in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, England. The station, which opened in 1869, is the last surviving stop on the former Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway. It is connected via a short branch to the Hope Valley Line. The original line to Macclesfield closed in January 1970, leaving Rose Hill Marple as the terminus of the route. Daily services run to Manchester Piccadilly, except on Sundays.
  The station provides access to the Middlewood Way, which follows the preserved route of the disused MB&MR.
context_section_description: The station opened on 2 August 1869. Originally named Marple (Rose Hill), it was later renamed Rose Hill (Marple), before the current form Rose Hill Marple was adopted.
  It was built on the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway, with dual tracks and thus two platforms. The second southbound platform (now removed, as the line is operated as a single track 'long siding') had simply a waiting shelter. The remaining station building previously provided an indoor waiting area and was only recently brought back into use in 2007 with a new ticket window operating weekday mornings.
  In January 1970, the route south to Bollington and Macclesfield was closed to all traffic; the majority of travellers between Macclesfield and the City of Manchester preferring to use the faster West Coast Main Line route via Stockport instead.  Though it had also been listed for closure in the 1963 Beeching Report, Rose Hill itself avoided a similar fate due to its high levels of commuter traffic toward Manchester Piccadilly.
  Subsequent diesel services to and from Manchester Piccadilly originally alternated between the two available routes - one train running via Bredbury, followed by a train travelling via Hyde and Guide Bridge. In the late 1990s, the services to the two railway stations in Marple were streamlined, with most Rose Hill services now running via Hyde and most Marple services running via the more direct Bredbury line.
  From 13 December 2010, Rose Hill Marple gained an extra second service per hour off-peak due to the diversion of a service which previously turned back at Marple railway station. Daytime Monday to Saturday there are a half-hourly services to Manchester Piccadilly via Hyde, with some peak period additional trains via Bredbury.  The evening service from the station is limited (just two departures after 19.15) and there is no Sunday service.
  Most services since the late 1980s have been operated with British Rail Class 142 'Pacer' Diesel Multiple Units but, given their withdrawal from service in 2019/20, are now run by British Rail Class 150s.
  In July 2020, Northern informed local residents that services between Manchester and Rose Hill Marple will not operate between early September and mid December 2020. This will leave Woodley, Hyde North and Hyde Central, as well as Rose Hill, without service for around four months.
caption: A 1909 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of Rose Hill (lower right)
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