Marple

CRS Code	MPL
Collected date	12/09/16

Marple station has been open since 1865, but its current form dates from the 1970s and the accessible footbridge is more recent than that. It's on the Hope Valley Line just to the east of Marple itself.

A path leads alongside the station car park from Station Road towards the station front:

The front of the station, with a staffed ticket office:

The rear of the station building seen from the steps up to the footbridge:

Inside the foyer of the station building is this old style Marple totem, marking the station's status as Cheshire Best Kept Station Most Improved Station 2015:

The ticket office leads to platform 2:

As well as a ticket machine and bench, the platform 2 wall of the ticket office bears this plaque marking Agatha Christie's naming of Miss Marple:

Next to the station building on platform 2 steps lead up to this modern footbridge which spans the tracks:

The lift tower on platform 1:

Looking north from the footbridge:

At the end of platform 2, looking north at a length of discarded platform and a bridge over the line:

Looking back south along the platforms from the same point:

The southern end of platform 1:

Looking south from the footbridge:

At the southern end of platform 2, looking north at both platforms:

In the trees behind the platform 1 building are these brick piers:

Looking south along the line:

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