Kingsway Business Park tram stop

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	Rochdale
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Kingsway Business Park
Kingsway Business Park
Metrolink station
	Kingsway Business Park tram stop, on its opening day
Location	Firgrove, Rochdale; England
Coordinates	53°36′41″N 2°07′29″W / 53.6113°N 2.1247°WCoordinates: 53°36′41″N 2°07′29″W / 53.6113°N 2.1247°W
Grid reference	SD919127
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	28 February 2013
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	Rochdale
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Location
	Kingsway Business Park Location within Manchester_Metrolink

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.^[1]

History[]

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.^[2] On 8 July 2011 the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee gave approval of the station after Rochdale Council pledged £2.5m towards the stop.^[3]

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.

Preceding station		Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Milnrow towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre Line		Newbold towards Rochdale Town Centre

Connecting bus routes[]

Route	Destination 1	Destination 2	Operator	Service	Stop Location
R4	Rochdale via Firgrove, Newbold	Ladyhouse via The Cray, Pennine Drive, Milnrow	Burnley Bus Company	Mon-Sat Daytime	Leyfield Road

From nearby Rochdale Road, First service 408 runs north to Rochdale and south to Oldham via Milnrow, Shaw and Royton. Burnley Bus Company service R5 runs between Rochdale and Peppermint Bridge via Milnrow and Newhey.

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