Burton Road tram stop
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Burton Road Metrolink station, on its opening day
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 Burton Road
Location of Burton Road in Greater Manchester
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| Place | Withington | ||
| Local authority | Manchester | ||
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| Grid reference | SJ840924 | ||
| Platforms | 2 | ||
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| Present status | In operation | ||
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| Opened | 23 May 2013[1] | ||
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South Manchester Line
Burton Road is a stop on the South Manchester Line (SML) of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, on Burton Road, Withington, Manchester, England. The stop was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion, and opened on 23 May 2013 on a section of the former Midland Railway.[1][2][3] It is the closest stop to nearby Withington Community Hospital.
Service pattern
- 12 minute service to Deansgate-Castlefield with double trams in the peak
- 12 minute service to East Didsbury with double trams in the peak
History
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In 1880 the Midland Railway opened the new Manchester South District line which ran from Heaton Mersey to Throstle Nest Junction, Old Trafford.[4] The line north of Chorlton Junction (with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's line to Fallowfield) was later operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee from 1891 when the Fallowfield line opened.[5] Under British Rail operation, the line closed in 1967 as part of the Beeching Axe.
Plans to re-open the line for light rail use have been proposed since the early 1980s,[6] but these proposals failed several times due to problems securing funding.[7] Revised plans put forward in 2006 only allowed for the line to be opened as far as St Werburgh's Road in Chorlton.[8]
In 2009, following the failure of the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund, revised transport funding was announced by the Government which would facilitate a major expansion of the Metrolink network, including the re-opening of the former Midland line and stations as far as East Didsbury.[3][9]
References
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- ↑ J. Gough. The Midland Railway - A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society, 1989, p. 198.
- ↑ Gough,Midland Railway, p.198.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. - publicity brochure
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External links
- http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/City_South.html
- Metrolink Future Network - map of the planned extensions (GMPTE, 2009)
- Burton Road Metrolink station plans
- Full tram times timetable
- Last tram times for Burton Road stop
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East Didsbury – Bury Line |
towards Bury
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East Didsbury – Deansgate-Castlefield Line |
towards Deansgate-Castlefield
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