Marple railway station in Marple, Greater Manchester, England, is on the Hope Valley Line south-east of Manchester Piccadilly. The station, opened in 1865 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, was demolished and rebuilt in 1970. It is managed and served by Northern Trains, who provide two trains per hour in each direction. The other station in Marple is Rose Hill Marple, on a spur of the Hope Valley Line which, until 1970, continued towards Macclesfield. Description The station is to the east of Marple, near Marple Bridge and close to Brabyns Park and the Peak Forest Canal. The A626 runs over a bridge next to the station and provides access to it. The next station towards Piccadilly is Romiley and the next towards Sheffield is Strines. The station has two side platforms, each long; platform 1 can only be reached by a footbridge (with lifts) over the tracks and platform 2 can be accessed from the ticket office. The ticket office is staffed during the day; there are benches, toilets and a waiting room on the platform. Passenger information systems include dot-matrix displays and an automated public-address system announce approaching services. Timetable information posters are provided and help points allow passengers to contact railway staff. To the east of the station, there is a free car park and the nearest bus stops are away on Brabyns Brow. In 2014/15, 455,470 entries and exits were recorded at the station, making it the sixth busiest within Stockport and the busiest on the Hope Valley Line after Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield. This is a decrease from 475,192 in 2013/14, the first since 2009/10. Services All services at Marple are operated by Northern Trains using diesel multiple units, as the line is not electrified. The service uses a mixture of Class 150 and, since 2020, Class 195 units. When Arriva UK Trains took over the Northern franchise in April 2016, services were primarily run by Class 142 Pacer trains. A commitment was made for all Pacers to be replaced with alternative trains by 2020, due to their lack of assessibility. The final Pacer train stopped at the station on 6 March 2020 on a service from Sheffield. The station is well served by trains to and from Manchester Piccadilly from Monday to Saturday; there are two services per hour during the daytime, reducing to hourly in the evening. There are two services per