High Lane railway station was a railway station serving the village of High Lane in

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. It was opened in 1869 by the

Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway The Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&MR) was an railway line between Macclesfield and Marple, England. The route was opened jointly by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) and the North Staffordshire Railw ...

(MB&M) - a joint line constructed and operated by the

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...

(MS&L) and

North Staffordshire Railway The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire. The company was based ...

s (NSR). Like the other stations on the MB&M, the station buildings and signalling were provided by the NSR and train services by the MS&L. The station closed in January 1970, along with the entirety of the MB&M. The track was lifted and the trackbed now forms part of the

Middlewood Way The Middlewood Way is an 11-mile (16 km) shared use path in north-west England, between Macclesfield () and Rose Hill, Marple (); it was opened on 30 May 1985 by Dr David Bellamy. It serves the needs of walkers, dog walkers, cyclists, jogg ...

, a recreational path between Macclesfield and Marple. High Lane Railway Station

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;Notes ;Sources * * Disused railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1970 Former Macclesfield Committee stations 1869 establishments in England Beeching closures in England {{GreaterManchester-railstation-stub