Sale Metrolink station

 Sale
Manchester Metrolink
Sale is one of the network’s converted heavy-rail stations.
Location
Place Sale
Local authority Trafford
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone F
Operations
Original operator MSJAR
Post-grouping company LMS/LNER
London Midland Region of British Railways
History
Opened 20 July 1849
Closed 24 December 1991
Conversion to Metrolink operation 15 June 1992
Former name Sale Moor (1856)
Sale & Ashton on Mersey (1883)
Renamed 1931
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Sale Metrolink Station is located on Northenden Road in Sale. There is a park and ride facility for passengers using the Manchester Metrolink system. The station is in Ticketing Zone F.

Contents

History

The station originally opened as Sale on 20 July 1849 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR). Renamed as Sale Moor in 1856, as Sale & Ashton on Mersey in 1883 and as Sale in 1931. Closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991. Reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.

Sale Station appears on one of the early Pro Evolution Soccer games during the opening titles.

Services

Sale is located on the Altrincham Line with trams towards Altrincham stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings. Trams also head towards Manchester and Bury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Manchester Piccadilly or Bury, while evening and Sundays journeys run to Bury via Manchester Piccadilly[1].

Service Pattern

Connecting bus routes

Sale station is well served by bus services, due to the close proximity to the town centre, with several services stopping outside the station and some services stopping around the town centre[2].

Services that stop outside the station:

Car access

There is no provision for private cars to simply pickup or drop off passengers.

References

  1. ^ "GMPTE.com - Tram Times". GMPTE. http://www.metrolink.co.uk/tramtimes/. Retrieved 2010-09-07. 
  2. ^ "GMPTE - Maps - Manchester South". GMPTE. http://www.gmpte.com/pdfmaps/network/2_manchester_south.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-07. 

External links

Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Altrincham
 Altrincham - Bury Line
towards Bury
Altrincham - Piccadilly Line
towards Piccadilly
Disused railways
Altrincham
Line and station open		   Cheshire Lines Committee
Mid-Cheshire Line		   Manchester Central
1880–1969
Line and station closed
  BR (London Midland Region)
Mid-Cheshire Line		   Manchester Oxford Road
1969–89
Line closed, station open