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Locations: Grimshaw Lane
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Bollington station
The notice of withdrawal of passenger services at Bollington station. The last train ran on 4 January 1970. The closure was part of the Beeching closures designed to reorganise the railways and remove unviable services and routes from the network.
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Bollington station looking south
Picture shows Bollington passenger station at bottom left and the goods station top right.
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Steam train
Train bound for Macclesfield typical of the class used to haul trains on the Macclesfield Bollington & Marple line. The station depicted is not Bollington. Photographed at about 8pm on Sunday 16th June 1957.
Copyright William J Skillern, 15 Hollymount Road, Great Moor. -
Bollington railway goods yard
An up goods train headed by tank engine 42351 pausing at the signal box in Bollington goods yard before heading off to Macclesfield. The goods yard was located where Clough Bank industrial area and road is today.
