Brooklands Metrolink station

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METROLINK Station
Location
Place Sale
Local authority Trafford
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone F
Metrolink since 1992
Manchester Metrolink

Brooklands is a Manchester Metrolink station serving the Brooklands area of Sale, Greater Manchester. It is located on Brooklands Station Approach at the corner of Marsland Road and Brooklands Road. The station is in Ticketing Zone F.

Brooklands railway station in 1988
Brooklands railway station in 1988

[edit] History

The station originally opened on 1 December 1859 by the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR). Built following approach from Samuel Brooks, a Manchester banker, who built a large speculative estate of large houses along Brooklands Road. Closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991. Reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.

Brooklands Station is a Grade II listed building.

Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
toward Bury or Piccadilly
Bury-Altrincham line
toward Altrincham