Kingsway Business Park tram stop

30px Kingsway Business Park
Metrolink
260px Kingsway Business Park tram stop, on its opening day
Kingsway Business Park Location of Kingsway Business Park in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Firgrove
Local authority	Rochdale
Coordinates
Grid reference	SD919127
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Present status	In operation
History
Opened	28 February 2013
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Kingsway Business Park is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's Metrolink network. It is located in Firgrove, on the northeastern side of Kingsway Business Park in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, between the Milnrow and Newbold stations. It opened as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion, on 28 February 2013.

History

See also: History of Manchester Metrolink

File:(Unopened) Kingsway Business Park Metrolink station.jpg

The station at Kingsway in January 2013, awaiting completion

Following the rejection of the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund the station had an unknown future being unfunded by the rest of the 3A and 3B program with suggestions private contributions would be required for construction to proceed.

In March 2011 it was proposed to cancel the plans for Drake Street Metrolink station for being too close to Rochdale Station Metrolink stop and generate efficiency savings while it was also noted a significant gap in coverage existed around Kingsway which could lead to the construction of Kingsway Business Park after all. On 8 July 2011 the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee gave approval of the station after Rochdale Council pledged £2.5m towards the stop.

Services

Kingsway Business Park is located on the Oldham & Rochdale Line with trams towards Manchester city centre and Rochdale Town Centre.

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Route	Destination 1	Destination 2	Operator	Service	Stop Location
462	Rochdale via Firgrove, Newbold	Ladyhouse via The Cray, Pennine Drive, Milnrow .	First Greater Manchester	Mon-Sat Daytime	Leyfield Road

From nearby Rochdale Road, First services 58, 181 and 182 runs north to Rochdale and south to Shaw via Milnrow, replicating the tram route. The 58 running southbound to Middleton via Oldham, while services 181 and 182 run to Manchester via Royton and Chadderton. First/Rosso/Manchester Community Transport service 451 runs between Rochdale and Peppermint Bridge via Milnrow and Newhey.

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Kingsway Business Park area map

Preceding station		15px Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Milnrow towards Ashton-under-Lyne		Rochdale Town Centre – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Newbold towards Rochdale Town Centre
Milnrow towards Exchange Square		Rochdale Town Centre – Exchange Square Line Sundays and Bank Holidays only

Railways in Rochdale (Past, Present and Future)
Legend
To Bacup To Calderdale Broadley Littleborough Shawclough and Healey Wardleworth Smithy Bridge Rochdale Town Centre Rochdale Newbold Kingsway Business Park To Bury Milnrow Broadfield Newhey To Oldham Heywood Castleton Middleton Mills Hill To Manchester