Burton Road tram stop

Burton Road is a stop on the South Manchester Line (SML) of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, on Burton Road in West Didsbury, Manchester, England. The stop was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion and opened on 23 May 2013 on a section of the former Midland Railway.[1][2][3] It is the closest stop to Withington Community Hospital.

Burton Road
Metrolink
Burton Road Metrolink station, looking towards Withington
Burton Road
Location of Burton Road in Greater Manchester
Location
PlaceWithington
Local authorityManchester
Coordinates53.4286°N 2.240°W / 53.4286; -2.240
Grid referenceSJ840924
Platforms2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone3
Present statusIn operation
History
Opened23 May 2013[1]

South Manchester Line
to Rochdale
0:00
 Deansgate-Castlefield (
Deansgate)
Bridgewater Canal
0:03
 Cornbrook
to Eccles, MediaCityUK
& Trafford Centre
CLC Liverpool–Manchester line
0:06
 Trafford Bar
to Altrincham
0:09
 Firswood
0:10
 Chorlton
0:12
 St Werburgh's Road
to Manchester Airport
0:14
 Withington
0:15
 Burton Road
0:16
 West Didsbury
0:18
 Didsbury Village
Styal Line
0:20
 East Didsbury (
East Didsbury)

Service pattern

History
See also: History of Manchester Metrolink

In 1880 the Midland Railway opened the new Manchester South District line which ran from Heaton Mersey to Throstle Nest Junction, Old Trafford.[4] The line north of Chorlton Junction (with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's line to Fallowfield) was later operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee from 1891 when the Fallowfield line opened.[5] Under British Rail operation, the line closed in 1967 as part of the Beeching Axe.

Plans to re-open the line for light rail use have been proposed since the early 1980s,[6] but these proposals failed several times due to problems securing funding.[7] Revised plans put forward in 2006 only allowed for the line to be opened as far as St Werburgh's Road in Chorlton.[8]

In 2009, following the failure of the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund, revised transport funding was announced by the Government which would facilitate a major expansion of the Metrolink network, including the re-opening of the former Midland line and stations as far as East Didsbury.[3][9]

  • Midland Railway lines in Manchester
  • The station, on its opening day
  • The station, looking towards West Didsbury

References
  1. "Early doors for East Didsbury's new Metrolink line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. Linton, Deborah (13 May 2009). "£1.4bn transport deal unveiled". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  3. "Metrolink: back on track?". BBC Manchester. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  4. J. Gough. The Midland Railway - A Chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society, 1989, p. 198.
  5. Gough,Midland Railway, p.198.
  6. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (1984), Light Rapid Transit in Greater Manchester, GMPTE - publicity brochure
  7. "Government scraps trams extension". BBC News. 20 July 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  8. "Metrolink - the little Bang?". BBC Manchester. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  9. "Tram line extension is approved". BBC News. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards East Didsbury
East Didsbury – Shaw and Crompton Line
towards East Didsbury
East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre Line


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