Cemetery Road tram stop

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Cemetery Road
Cemetery Road
Metrolink station
	Cemetery Road tram stop in May 2019.
Location	Droylsden, Tameside; England
Coordinates	53°28′48″N 2°09′18″W / 53.4799°N 2.1549°WCoordinates: 53°28′48″N 2°09′18″W / 53.4799°N 2.1549°W
Line(s)	East Manchester Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	8 February 2013 (preview); 11 February 2013 (full)
Original company	Metrolink
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	Cemetery Road Location within Manchester_Metrolink

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[]

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "Metrolink - Cemetery Road station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
^ "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		Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Droylsden towards Ashton-under-Lyne
Edge Lane towards MediaCityUK		MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Droylsden towards Ashton-under-Lyne