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Rose Lane, STOCKPORT, SK6 6DS

Below the junction with Church Lane and Station Road. Past the petrol station are a hairdresser's and a bakery.

In 1977, the line from Marple Wharf Junction was still double track throughout, with a turnback facility some way beyond Rose Hill station on what was once a through route to Macclesfield. The train has reversed and will shortly form a service back to Manchester Piccadilly. Subsequent rationalisation led to the view shown here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/828137.

Once a through route to Macclesfield, Rose Hill is now the end of the line from Manchester Piccadilly. Compare with the views in 1977 Image 1989 Image 2005 Image

Viewed from Primrose Avenue.

Taken from the road overbridge, the station is neatly bisected by an OS easting line!

The notice on a train at Rose Hill Image reads: This part of the train is out of use to allow the conductor to carry out their duties Thank You

On board a train from Rose Hill to Manchester Piccadilly. There were maybe a dozen or more passengers in the carriages behind me. At most of the stops between a quarter and half a dozen passengers joined. The front part of the carriage has a notice asking people to keep the section free for the use of the conductors Image I never saw one for the whole journey. At Gorton a man got on using the front door and sat in that section unaware of the restrictive notice. During the coronavirus pandemic the service by Northern has been reduced from half-hourly to hourly and now local residents have been informed that services between Manchester and Rose Hill will not operate between early September and mid December 2020. This will leave Rose Hill, Woodley, Hyde North and Hyde Central without service for around four months.

The station opened in 1869 on what was originally the Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway. The line to Macclesfield was closed in 1970 and most of its route was converted into the Middlewood Way, a "linear park" and trail for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders, During the coronavirus pandemic the service by Northern was reduced from half-hourly to hourly and now local residents have been informed that services between Manchester and Rose Hill will not operate between early September and mid December 2020. This will leave Rose Hill, Woodley, Hyde North and Hyde Central without service for around four months.

Since 1970, this station has been the terminus of a short branch with a regular service to Manchester. The line used to continue southwards to Bollington and Macclesfield.

Opened in 1869 by the Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple Railway. View south towards High Lane and Macclesfield, although the line has terminated here since 1970.