Newton Heath and Moston tram stop

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Newton Heath and Moston
Newton Heath and Moston
Metrolink station
	M5000 tram arrives at Newton Heath and Moston
Location	Newton Heath, City of Manchester; England
Coordinates	53°30′15″N 2°11′03″W / 53.5042°N 2.1843°WCoordinates: 53°30′15″N 2°11′03″W / 53.5042°N 2.1843°W
Line(s)	Oldham and Rochdale Line
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	In operation
Fare zone	2/3
History
Opened	1880
Previous names	Dean Lane
Original company	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2009	Closed as a rail station
13 June 2012	Conversion to Metrolink operation
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	Newton Heath and Moston Location within Manchester_Metrolink

Newton Heath and Moston is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL), in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England.

The stop is the partial replacement of Dean Lane railway station which was closed in 2009 to enable conversion of the Oldham Loop Line to Metrolink services with the station opening on 13 June 2012.^[1]

History[]

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
Central Park towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury – Shaw and Crompton Line		Failsworth towards Shaw and Crompton
Central Park towards East Didsbury		East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre Line		Failsworth towards Rochdale Town Centre

Connecting bus routes[]

The station is served by several bus services that either stop outside the station or on nearby Oldham Road and Old Church Street.

Outside the station, First Greater Manchester service 52 runs northbound to Pendleton via Harpurhey and Cheetham Hill and southbound to Failsworth via Newton Heath centre, First service 182 runs from Manchester to Rochdale via Chadderton, Royton and Shaw and Crompton.

On Oldham Road, First services 83, 180 and 184 provide frequent buses between Manchester and Oldham with the 83 continuing to Sholver and the 180/184 running to Saddleworth plus Huddersfield (184). In addition to the 182, First services 24 and 181 also run from Manchester to Rochdale via Chadderton, Royton and Shaw and Crompton (181).

On Old Church Street, Stagecoach service 171 runs to Withington Community Hospital via Gorton and Levenshulme, while Stotts Tours service 151 (which also stops on Oldham Road) runs between Hightown and Hollinwood and the 396, operated by Manchester Community Transport runs to Ashton-under-Lyne via 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.