Ashton West tram stop

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] The stop primarily serves the aforementioned leisure and retail complex, and is also the closest to the Tameside Stadium, home of Curzon Ashton F.C.

Ashton West
Metrolink
Ashton West tram stop, on day of opening.
Ashton West
Location of Ashton West in Greater Manchester
Location
PlaceAshton-under-Lyne
Local authorityTameside
Coordinates53.4903°N 2.1092°W / 53.4903; -2.1092
Grid referenceSJ928993
Platforms2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone3
Present statusIn operation
Operations
Original operatorMetrolink
History
Opened9 October 2013[1]

The stop is one of the least used on the Metrolink network.[4]

Services

Services are every 6 minutes at peak times and every 12 minutes offpeak.

References

  1. "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.
  4. "Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2017 Public Transport Section". TfGM. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Eccles
Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
Terminus
towards MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
Terminus


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