Hollinwood tram stop

 Hollinwood
Metrolink

Tram pulling into Hollinwood
Hollinwood
Location of Hollinwood in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Hollinwood
Local authority Oldham
Coordinates 53°31′12″N 2°08′48″W / 53.5201°N 2.1467°W / 53.5201; -2.1467Coordinates: 53°31′12″N 2°08′48″W / 53.5201°N 2.1467°W / 53.5201; -2.1467
Grid reference SD903026
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping company Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping company London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
Opened 17 May 1880
Closed as rail station 3 October 2009
Conversion to Metrolink operation 13 June 2012
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Hollinwood tram stop is a Manchester Metrolink stop in Hollinwood, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a railway station before its conversion to Metrolink in 2012.

History

Hollinwood railway station opened on 17 May 1880,[1] situated in the Hollinwood area of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. The station was 4½ miles (7 km) north east of Manchester Victoria on the Oldham Loop Line operated and managed by Northern Rail.

The station was next to the M60 motorway Manchester Outer Ring Road which was constructed across part of the former station site. As a consequence of this the station was rebuilt by the Highways Agency in the 1990s.[2]

The station closed for the conversion of the line to Metrolink on 3 October 2009[1] and re-opened as Hollinwood Metrolink station on 13 June 2012.[3]

Former railway service

After May 1995 Hollinwood was served by half-hourly trains from Manchester Victoria to Shaw & Crompton. Trains to Rochdale ran every half-hour but passed through Hollinwood without stopping.[1] On Sundays there was an hourly service in each direction.

Services

Services run mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Hollinwood station is served by First Greater Manchester service 149, which stops nearby on Tweedale Way and runs to Oldham via Coppice and to Manchester via Moston and Cheetham Hill. Stagecoach Manchester service 151 stops at the other end of Tweedale Way with the 151 running to Hightown via Failsworth, Newton Heath and Cheetham Hill.

On Manchester 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), while First service X84 provides a peak-time express service to Manchester and Saddleworth. MCT service 159 runs to Oldham via Chadderton and Middleton via Failsworth, while Stagecoach service 396 runs to Ashton-under-Lyne via Hathershaw and to Newton Heath via Failsworth.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hollinwood". Disused Stations. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.gmpte.com/upload/library/oldham_met1.pdf
  3. ↑ "Metrolink line to Oldham set to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hollinwood Metrolink station.
Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
Rochdale Town Centre – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
Rochdale Town Centre – Exchange Square Line
Sundays and Bank Holidays only
Shaw and Crompton – Exchange Square Line
Monday to Saturday only
Historical railways
Failsworth   L&YR
Oldham Loop Line		   Oldham Werneth
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