Middlewood railway station
The station in 2013 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | High Lane, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ945848 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for Greater Manchester | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | MDL | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 2 June 1879 | Opened as Middlewood for Norbury | ||||
| 1 July 1899 | Renamed Middlewood for High Lane | ||||
| 25 July 1951 | Renamed Middlewood Lower | ||||
| 6 May 1968 | Renamed Middlewood | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 30,876 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 7,784 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 21,116 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 18,758 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 19,218 | ||||
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Middlewood railway station serves the villages of High Lane in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, and Middlewood, near Poynton in the Cheshire East district of England. It is a stop on the Buxton Line between Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport and Buxton. The station is managed and served by Northern Trains; it is the last station on the line within the Transport for Greater Manchester ticketing area.
There is no vehicular access to the station. Access is only by woodland paths, with the nearest road being some 870 yards (800 m) away. It is one of the three stations that provide access to the Middlewood Way rail trail.