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Strines
Strines
	Strines station in 2011
General information
Location	Strines, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport; England
Coordinates	53°22′30″N 2°01′59″W / 53.375°N 2.033°W
Grid reference	SJ978864
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Greater Manchester
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SRN
Classification	DfT category F2
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
Key dates
August 1866	Station opened
Passengers
2018/19	27,710
2019/20	22,186
2020/21	3,720
2021/22	14,972
2022/23	14,822
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Strines railway station serves the village of Strines and the hamlet of Turf Lea in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England.^[1] Until boundary changes in 1994, the station itself lay over the border in Derbyshire.^[2]

History edit

Strines railway station in 1989

The approach to the station

The Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway (MNM&HJ) was formed in 1860; its line between New Mills and Marple was opened on 1 July 1865. Originally, there were no intermediate stations but one was opened at Strines in August 1866.^[3]^[4] The MNM&HJ was leased to and worked by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) from opening,^[3] 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.^[5] 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 edit

The station has an hourly daytime service to New Mills Central and Manchester Piccadilly Monday to Sunday, with additional calls during weekday peak periods. On Saturdays and Sundays, most eastbound services continue through to Sheffield.^[6]^[7]

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

In literature edit

It is believed that the inspiration for Edith Nesbit's 1906 novel The Railway Children came from Strines.^[8]

References edit

^ "Greater Manchester train network map".
^ "The Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993". 1 March 1993. Transfer to Greater Manchester of area south of Greenclough Farm and north of Woodend, including Whitecroft Farm and part of Station Road.
^ ^a ^b Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two: Dominion of Watkin, 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 12. ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 223. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Dow 1962, pp. 125, 127
^ GB eNRT, Dec 2023 Edition, Table 96
^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Strines is really the home of The Railway Children". Semcorp. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.