Cemetery Road
Metrolink station
Cemetery Road tram stop in May 2019.
General information
LocationDroylsden, Tameside
England
Coordinates53°28′48″N 2°09′18″W / 53.47988°N 2.15491°W / 53.47988; -2.15491
Line(s)East Manchester Line
Platforms2
Other information
StatusIn operation
Fare zone3
History
Opened8 February 2013 (preview)[1]
11 February 2013 (full)[2][3]
Original companyMetrolink
Location
Map

Cemetery Road is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened on 11 February 2013,[2][3] after a three-day free trial for local residents.[1] The station was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located in Droylsden at the junction of Manchester Road and Cemetery Road,[4] a part of Tameside, England.

Services

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Cemetery Road is directly served by Stagecoach Manchester bus service 216, which stops next to the station on Manchester Road and replicates the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Ashton-under-Lyne. Stagecoach/JPT services 217 and 218, which also stops on Manchester Road, run circular routes between Manchester and Mossley serving Droylsden, Dukinfield, Ashton, Tameside General Hospital and Stalybridge.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "It's the final countdown". Transport for Greater Manchester. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b Kirby, Dean (4 December 2012). "Opening of Metrolink tram service to Droylsden delayed until February 2013". Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Droylsden's new Metrolink line to open in February". Transport for Greater Manchester. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Metrolink - Cemetery Road station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

External links

Preceding station Manchester Metrolink Following station
Edge Lane
towards Eccles
 Ashton-under-Lyne–Eccles via MediaCityUK Droylsden
towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Edge Lane
towards MediaCityUK
 MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line


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