Stretford Metrolink station

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30px Stretford
Metrolink
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Stretford station in 2007
Stretford is located in Manchester_Metrolink
Stretford
Stretford
Location of Stretford in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Stretford
Local authority Trafford
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SJ799944
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone E
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator MSJAR
Pre-grouping company MSJAR
Post-grouping company MSJAR
London Midland Region of British Railways
History
Opened 20 July 1849
Closed as rail station 24 December 1991
Conversion to Metrolink operation 15 June 1992
Former name Edge Lane
Renamed September 1849
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Stretford Metrolink station is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It is located in Stretford, on the corner of Chester Road and Edge Lane. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion.

The station sits on the site of Stretford railway station, a regional rail station which was opened by the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway as Edge Lane railway station on 20 July 1849, was renamed to Stretford in September 1849, and closed on 24 December 1991 for conversion from heavy rail to light rail.

History

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The station originally opened as Edge Lane on 20 July 1849 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR). Renamed Stretford in September 1849. Operated as a four-platform station from circa 1900 until 1963. Closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991. Reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.

Services

Stretford is located on the Altrincham Line with trams towards Altrincham stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings. Trams also head towards Manchester and Bury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Manchester Piccadilly or Bury, while evening and Sundays journeys run to Piccadilly only with journeys to Bury requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.[1]

Service pattern

  • 10 trams per hour to Altrincham
  • 5 trams per hour to Piccadilly
  • 5 trams per hour to Deansgate-Castlefield

Connecting bus routes

The station is served by Stagecoach Manchester service 15, which runs to Flixton via Urmston and Davyhulme and to Manchester via Hulme, Arriva/Finglands Coachways service 16, which runs to Altrincham via Sale and to Manchester via Chorlton, First Greater Manchester/Stagecoach/Arriva service 22, which runs to Bolton via Trafford Centre and to Stockport via Chorlton, Stagecoach services 23/23A to Trafford Centre and to Stockport via Chorlton and by JPT service 276, which runs to Trafford General Hospital via Urmston and to West Didsbury via Chorlton.[2] There are also several services which stop at nearby Stretford Mall, which can connect onto the Metrolink at Stretford.

References

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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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