Operation
The first section of the line opened in 1901 from Heaton Mersey to Cheadle Heath where a large station was built to serve Stockport. The second section from Cheadle Heath to New Mills South Junction opened to passenger traffic on July 1st 1902. A local passenger station at Hazel Grove (South) was constructed, but this closed in 1917 as the main purpose of the line was express trains.
The line was fast, with trains reaching 100mph along the track. In 1959 a train recorder timed a Britannia Class train, the Iron Duke (No 70014), doing 89 mph between Cheadle Heath and Didsbury.
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