Hollinwood tram stop

Hollinwood tram stop is a tram stop and park & ride site on the Manchester Metrolink Oldham and Rochdale Line in Hollinwood, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a railway station before its conversion to a tram stop in 2012.

Hollinwood
Metrolink
Bombardier M5000 tram pulling into Hollinwood
Hollinwood Location of Hollinwood in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Hollinwood
Local authority	Oldham
Coordinates	53.5201°N 2.1467°W
Grid reference	SD903026
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	3
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
Oldham and Rochdale Line 0:00 Rochdale Town Centre 0:03 Rochdale Railway Station Calder Valley line 0:07 Newbold Rochdale Canal 0:09 Kingsway Business Park 0:11 Milnrow  M62  0:13 Newhey 0:17 Shaw and Crompton 0:21 Derker 0:23 Oldham Mumps 0:25 Oldham Central 0:26 Oldham King Street 0:28 Westwood 0:31 Freehold 0:33 South Chadderton  M60  0:34 Hollinwood Rochdale Canal 0:36 Failsworth 0:39 Newton Heath and Moston Calder Valley line 0:42 Central Park 0:44 Monsall to Queens Road Depot to Bury River Irk National Rail 0:49 Manchester Victoria to East Didsbury via Exchange Square to Shudehill

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 4 ¹⁄₂ miles (7 km) north east of Manchester Victoria on the Oldham Loop Line operated and managed by Northern Rail.[2]

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.[3]

The station closed for the conversion of the line to a Metrolink tram stop on 3 October 2009[1] and was rebuilt, reopening as Hollinwood tram stop on 13 June 2012.[4]

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  Hollinwood station prior to Metrolink conversion
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  Under construction on the site of the former railway station
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  Hollinwood station in September 2012

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.

Service pattern

• 12 minute service to Shaw & Crompton with double trams in the peak
• 12 minute service to Rochdale Town Centre with double trams in the peak
• 6 minute service to East Didsbury with double trams in the peak

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 North Manchester General Hospital via Moston and Cheetham Hill. Stotts Tours 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. Stotts Tours service 159 runs to Oldham via Chadderton and Middleton via Failsworth, while Stotts service 396 runs to Ashton-under-Lyne via Hathershaw and to Newton Heath via Failsworth.[5]

References

1. "Hollinwood". Disused Stations. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
2. Station Facilities: Hollinwood National Rail
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Metrolink line to Oldham set to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
5. "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Hollinwood area map

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