West Didsbury tram stop

 West Didsbury
Metrolink

The first Metrolink passenger service
at West Didsbury, 23 May 2013
West Didsbury
Location of West Didsbury in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Didsbury
Local authority Manchester
Coordinates 53°25′33″N 2°14′12″W / 53.425741°N 2.23678°W / 53.425741; -2.23678Coordinates: 53°25′33″N 2°14′12″W / 53.425741°N 2.23678°W / 53.425741; -2.23678
Grid reference SJ842921
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator South District Railway
Pre-grouping company Midland Railway
Post-grouping company London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
History
Opened 1880
Closed as rail station 1961
Conversion to Metrolink operation 23 May 2013[1]
Former name Withington and Albert Park (1880)
Withington and West Didsbury (1895)
Renamed 1895

South Manchester Line
to Rochdale
Deansgate-Castlefield National Rail Deansgate
Cornbrook
to Eccles
Trafford Bar
to Altrincham
Firswood
Chorlton
St Werburgh's Road
to Manchester Airport
Withington
Burton Road
West Didsbury
Didsbury Village
East Didsbury Parking National Rail
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West Didsbury is a tram stop on the South Manchester Line (SML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 23 May 2013,[1][2] in West Didsbury, South Manchester, England.[3][4]

The Metrolink stop sits some 300m south east of the former heavy rail station of the Midland Railway, which opened 1 January 1880 as Withington; was renamed on 1 July 1884 to Withington and Albert Park; renamed again on 1 April 1915 to Withington and West Didsbury; and closed 3 July 1961. The route was earmarked for redevelopment with a light rail system during the 1980s, and was confirmed and funded as part of Metrolink's Phase 3b of expansion in 2006.


Service pattern

History

Railway station

Withington & West Didsbury railway station opened in 1880 as "Withington" when the Midland Railway opened its new Manchester South District line out of Manchester Central Station. The station was renamed "Withington & Albert Park" in 1884, and then "Withington & West Didsbury" in 1895.[5][6]

The Manchester South District line, and consequently Withington & West Didsbury station, closed in July 1961. By the 2000s, the original cobbled station approach road and wall were still visible off Lapwing Lane, and the remains of the station platforms could still be seen at the bottom of the overgrown embankment.

Metrolink stop

The West Didsbury Metrolink stop opened on 23 May 2013, on the opposite side of Palatine Road from the original railway station.[1][2][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Early doors for East Didsbury’s new Metrolink line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "First passengers travel on tram extension to East Didsbury". Manchester Evening News. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Tram line extension is approved". BBC News. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Metrolink: back on track?". BBC Manchester. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  5. ↑ Sussex, Gay; Helm, Peter (1988). Looking Back at Withington and Didsbury. Timperley: Willow Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 0-946361-25-8.
  6. ↑ "Withington and West Didsbury". Disused Stations: Closed Railway Stations in the UK. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  7. ↑ "Metrolink - South Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

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