Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop
Ashton-under-Lyne | |
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Metrolink | |
The stop in October 2013. | |
Ashton-under-Lyne Location of Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester | |
Location | |
Place | Ashton-under-Lyne |
Local authority | Tameside |
Coordinates | 53°29′25″N 2°05′51″W / 53.4904°N 2.0976°WCoordinates: 53°29′25″N 2°05′51″W / 53.4904°N 2.0976°W |
Platforms | 2 (1 island) |
Fare zone information | |
Metrolink Zone | N |
Present status | In operation |
Operations | |
Original operator | Manchester Metrolink |
History | |
Opened | 9 October 2013[1] |
UK Trams portal |
Ashton-under-Lyne is a tram stop serving Ashton-under-Lyne on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, it is the terminus of the system's East Manchester Line (EML). The stop was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion, and opened on 9 October 2013,[1] ahead of the originally-publicised schedule of the winter of 2013–14.[2] It is located beside Ashton-under-Lyne bus station, and a few minutes walk away from Ashton-under-Lyne railway station, forming an Ashton travel hub.[3]
History
In May 2009, a special fund of £1.5 billion was agreed for 15 transport schemes in Greater Manchester. These included a further 2.1-mile (3.4 km) extension to the East Manchester line from Droylsden to Ashton-under-Lyne. Plans for the extension from Droylsden to Ashton-under-Lyne were fully approved by the Department for Transport in March 2010 whereupon MPact-Thales was appointed as the main contractor.[4]
Services
Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.
References
- 1 2 "Twitter / TamesideCouncil: CllrRobinson announces that...". Tameside Council. Twitter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "Metrolink - East Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ↑ "Metrolink - Ashton-under-Lyne station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ↑ http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Pages/east-manchester-line.aspx
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashton-under-Lyne Metrolink station. |
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