Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway
The Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M) was a joint line which the NSR participated in. A short line of just under 11 miles (18 km) it was opened with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) in 1869 to give the NSR to Manchester independently of the LNWR. As relationships between the NSR and the LNWR grew better the reason for the line lessened as the MB&M route to Manchester was 5 miles longer than the LNWR route. Both passenger and freight traffic was handled by the MS&L (or as it later became the Great Central Railway) with the buildings maintained by the NSR.
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