Crumpsall tram stop

Crumpsall tram stop is a Manchester Metrolink stop and Park and ride site on the Bury Line, on the corner of Crumpsall Lane and Station Road. The station forms part of Ticketing Zone 2 and is the stop for North Manchester General Hospital, which can be reached by connecting bus services. The station installed Falco cycle lockers in July 2011.

Crumpsall
Metrolink
Crumpsall tram stop in January 2017
Crumpsall Location of Crumpsall in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Crumpsall
Local authority	City of Manchester
Coordinates	53.5174°N 2.2410°W
Grid reference	SD841023
Platforms	3
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	2
Present status	In operation
Operations
Original operator	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping company	Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping company	London, Midland & Scottish Railway British Rail
History
Opened	1 September 1879
Closed as rail station	17 August 1991
Conversion to Metrolink operation	6 April 1992
Bury Line Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway River Irwell Radcliffe River Irwell Whitefield Besses o' th' Barn  M60  Prestwich Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Abraham Moss to Queens Road Depot Queens Road to Rochdale River Irk Manchester Victoria  to Altrincham & Piccadilly

Services

Crumpsall serves as a Metrolink stop for both Altrincham to Bury services, and Bury to Piccadilly services. Services mostly run every 12 minutes on these two routes, resulting in a 6-minute service between Bury and Manchester at peak times.

There's are also going to be services to The Trafford Centre on the Trafford Park line from 2021.

Refurbishment

In May 2015, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority released a report into the potential building of Metrolink's proposed Trafford Park line advising on the outlined plans and their financial implications.[1] Approval to build the line was granted in October 2016.[2]

A turnback facility is to be implemented to allow additional services. In July 2017, Transport for Greater Manchester and Metrolink announced that works would commence at Crumpsall tram stop in preparation for the new Trafford Park line joining the Metrolink network with an expected completion date of mid-2018.[3][4][5]

In December 2017 works began at the station to build a third platform for trams to terminate on the Trafford Park Line. This also saw the construction of a new foot crossing at the bottom of the platforms, completed on 7 February 2018. The footbridge was then demolished two days later, meaning currently, the Manchester-bound platform is only accessible via the foot-crossing at the bottom of the Bury-bound platform, although the station's accessibility has not been compromised.

In the April 2019 Bank Holiday, a section of track was replaced with points south of the station, these points currently allow trams to cross from the north-bound line to the south-bound line and then across onto the track that will eventually lead into Platform 3.

Over the 2019 May Bank Holiday weekend (4 - 6 May), the Manchester bound platform was resurfaced, and the disabled access ‘tiles’ were added to the newly installed third platform at the stop. Two new waiting shelters were also installed on the south-end of platforms 2 & 3 with a new passenger information display and seating. The basic concrete foundations for the stair and ramp access to Crumpsall Lane from platform 3, has also been added.

Connecting bus services

Crumpsall is served by First Greater Manchester service 88, 89, 149 and 154.[6]

References

1. Metrolink Trafford Park Line Greater Manchester Combined Authority
2. Metrolink's Trafford Park £350m Tramline Approved BBC News 13 October 2016
3. "Works at Crumpsall Metrolink stop". TfGM. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
4. Work starts on new-look Crumpsall Metrolink stop Archived 25 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine Transport for Greater Manchester 23 August 2017
5. Work begins to transform Crumpsall Metrolink stop ahead of £350m expansion Rail Technology Magazine 25 August 2017
6. "Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2010.

External links

Media related to Crumpsall Metrolink station at Wikimedia Commons

• Metrolink stop information
• Crumpsall area map

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