New Islington tram stop

30px New Islington
Metrolink
260px New Islington tram stop, in February 2013
New Islington Location of New Islington in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	New Islington
Local authority	Manchester
Coordinates
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	D (City)
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Metrolink
History
Opened	8 February 2013 (preview) 11 February 2013 (full)
East Manchester Line to Rochdale Town Centre  Manchester Piccadilly  New Islington Holt Town Etihad Campus Velopark Clayton Hall Edge Lane Cemetery Road Droylsden Audenshaw Ashton Moss   Ashton West   Ashton-under-Lyne
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New Islington is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) and City Zone of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. The station opened on 11 February 2013, after a three-day free trial for local residents. The station was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located in the New Islington area of Manchester, England. It was originally proposed to open with the name Pollard Street, being located at the junction Munday Street and Pollard Street.

Services

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

New Islington is directly served by a bus service, which is served by Stagecoach Manchester service 216, which replicates the Metrolink service to Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne, and Stagecoach service 231, which runs nearby to Ashton via Littlemoss and Smallshaw. Both services run to nearby Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester.

External links

• New Islington Stop Information
• New Islington area map
• Light Rail Transit Association

Preceding station		15px Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Piccadilly towards Rochdale Town Centre		Rochdale Town Centre – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Holt Town towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Piccadilly towards Victoria		Ashton-under-Lyne – Victoria Line Sundays and Bank Holidays only
Piccadilly towards Altrincham		Altrincham – Etihad Campus Line		Holt Town towards Etihad Campus

Manchester Lines
Legend
City Centre and North: Past, Present and Future  Manchester Metrolink Main Line services   to Rochdale to Oldham Moston Newton Heath Newton Heath and Moston to Bury Bowker Vale Crumpsall to Tameside Abraham Moss Clayton Bridge Woodlands Road Park Queens Road Central Park Monsall to Tameside Miles Platting Edge Lane Clayton Hall Oldham Road Velopark Manchester Victoria Holt Town Exchange to Salford Etihad Campus New Islington Ardwick Shudehill Ashburys High Street; Manchester Piccadilly Mayfield Market Street; Piccadilly Gardens to South Manchester Exchange Square Gorton Mosley Street Oxford Road St Peter's Square to Belle Vue Manchester Central ; Deansgate- Castlefield Deansgate Liverpool Road to Hyde Road to Tameside Cornbrook Cornbrook to Salford Pomona to Eccles Trafford Bar to Trafford to Trafford Firswood to Altrincham to Chorlton