Heaton Mersey railway station

53°24′39″N 2°12′30″W / 53.4107°N 2.2083°W / 53.4107; -2.2083Grid referenceSJ862904Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMidland RailwayPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 January 1880 (1880-01-01)Station opened3 July 1961 (1961-07-03)Station closed

Heaton Mersey railway station served the Heaton Mersey district of Stockport between 1880 and 1961.

History

Manchester South District Line
Legend
Manchester Central Metrolink to City Centre Deansgate-Castlefield ( Deansgate) Bridgewater Canal Cornbrook CLC Liverpool–Manchester lines Metrolink Eccles & Trafford Park Lines CLC Liverpool-Stockport line Trafford Bar MSJ&AR Metrolink Altrincham Line Firswood Chorlton St Werburgh's Road Metrolink Airport Line Withington Burton Road Withington and Albert Park West Didsbury Didsbury Didsbury Village LNWR Styal Line East Didsbury Heaton Mersey Stockport Tiviot Dale Hope Valley line via Marple River Mersey Cheadle Heath LNWR to Stockport Edgeley LNWR Stafford–Manchester line Hazel Grove to the Hope Valley line via Disley Tunnel
Key Former MSDR station (1880–1967) Metrolink route through former MSDR station (2013–) Metrolink stop on former MSDR line (2013–) Metrolink stop on former MSDR station (2013–)
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Heaton Mersey railway station was opened on 1 January 1880 by the Midland Railway^[1] and lay on the newly opened Manchester South District Line which ran from Heaton Mersey East Junction to Chorlton Junction and on to Manchester Central station.

The station was situated at the southern end of Station Road which still exists. The station was later operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway and was closed by the London Midland Region of British Railways on 3 July 1961.^[1]

The main station building was a substantial brick-built structure located on the east (southbound) side of the line. A footbridge led across the twin railway tracks to the northbound platform which was provided with a smaller brick-built shelter. Station staff could use a wooden boarded crossing at the north end of the facility.

Train services

The station was served by local trains from Manchester Central to Cheadle Heath and to Stockport Tiviot Dale; also by secondary stopping trains from Derby. These continued to run after the closure of the station until 1967, with line closing to all traffic two years later.

The site today

No trace remains of the station or the line - all the structures were demolished after the track was lifted in 1970, whilst the cutting in which the station sat was subsequently filled in.^[2]

References

External links

• Heaton Mersey Station on navigable 1948 O.S. map
• Heaton Mersey Station at Disused Stations Site Record

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Didsbury Line and station closed		Midland Railway South District Railway		Stockport Tiviot Dale Line and station closed
				Cheadle Heath Line and station closed