Macclesfield Hibel Road | |
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 View northward, towards Stockport and Manchester in 1959 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Macclesfield, Cheshire East England |
| Coordinates | 53°15′50″N 2°07′27″W / 53.263931°N 2.124154°W |
| Grid reference | SJ918741 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway and London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 13 July 1849 | Opened |
| 7 November 1960 | Closed |
Macclesfield Hibel Road railway station was a railway station serving the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It was opened as a joint station by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on 13 July 1849,[1] with the opening of the NSR route to Uttoxeter via North Rode and Leek and it replaced an earlier, temporary, LNWR station at Beech Bridge.[1] Built right at the point where the track of the two companies made an end-on junction,[2] the station was managed by a joint committee of the two companies.[1]
With the opening of the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway in 1871, the NSR opened a new station less than 500 yards (457 m) further south called Macclesfield Central.[3] It had been hoped that the new line could run into Hibel Road, but the LNWR objected to this and neither would the LNWR agree to share Central station.[3]
Both stations remained open until 1960, when the decision was taken by British Rail to concentrate services on a redeveloped Central station. The refurbished Central station, now renamed simply Macclesfield, opened on 7 November 1960; the same day that Hibel Road closed.[4] The site of Hibel Road station has now been redeveloped.