Monsall tram stop

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Monsall
Monsall
Metrolink station
	Monsall tram stop on its opening day
Location	, Manchester; England
Coordinates	53°30′04″N 2°12′36″W / 53.5011°N 2.2101°WCoordinates: 53°30′04″N 2°12′36″W / 53.5011°N 2.2101°W
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	13 June 2012
Original company	Metrolink
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	Monsall Location within Manchester_Metrolink

Monsall is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system in the Monsall area of Manchester in North West England. It was built as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion, on the route of the former Oldham Loop Line, and opened to passengers on 13 June 2012.^[1]

The station is on the ex-Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Cheetham Hill Loop line between the former Thorpe's Bridge Junction (near Newton Heath TMD) and Irk Valley Junction, where the Oldham route joins the line from Bury en route to Victoria. The line through the station had previously been used by Manchester to Rochdale and Leeds services via the Caldervale Line to avoid the notorious Miles Platting incline and also by trains accessing the Red Bank carriage sidings until its closure in 1998 as part of the Manchester North re-signalling scheme.

Service pattern[]

12 minute service to Shaw and Crompton with double trams in the peak
12 minute service to Rochdale Town Centre with double trams in the peak
6 minute service to East Didsbury with double trams in the peak

Preceding station		Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Victoria towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury – Shaw and Crompton Line		Central Park towards Shaw and Crompton
Victoria towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre Line		Central Park towards Rochdale Town Centre

Connecting bus routes[]

The 151, operated by Stotts tours, stops nearby and runs between Hightown and Hollinwood.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Metrolink line to Oldham set to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 8 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.