Ashton West tram stop

Ashton West
Metrolink

Ashton West tram stop, on day of opening.
Ashton West
Location of Ashton West in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Ashton-under-Lyne
Local authority Tameside
Coordinates 53°29′25″N 2°06′33″W / 53.4903°N 2.1092°W / 53.4903; -2.1092Coordinates: 53°29′25″N 2°06′33″W / 53.4903°N 2.1092°W / 53.4903; -2.1092
Grid reference SJ928993
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone N
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Metrolink
History
Opened 9 October 2013[1]
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Ashton West is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It was built as part of Phase 3b of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located on Lord Sheldon Way near the Ashton Moss leisure complex, in western Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England.[2] The stop opened on 9 October 2013,[1] ahead of the originally-publicised schedule of the winter of 2013–14.[3]

Services

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

References

  1. 1 2 "Twitter / TamesideCouncil: CllrRobinson announces that...". Tameside Council. Twitter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  2. "Metrolink - Ashton West station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. "Metrolink - East Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
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