Failsworth tram stop

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30px Failsworth
Metrolink
260px
A tram approaching Failsworth tram stop
Failsworth is located in Manchester_Metrolink
Failsworth
Failsworth
Location of Failsworth in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Failsworth
Local authority Oldham
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference SD893016
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
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 26 April 1881
Closed as rail station 3 October 2009
Conversion to Metrolink operation 13 June 2012
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Failsworth tram stop is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) in Failsworth, Greater Manchester. It was formerly a railway station before its conversion to Metrolink in 2012.

History

Failsworth railway station opened on 26 April 1881[1] and was situated in Failsworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was notable for its wooden platforms.[2] The station was on the Oldham Loop Line Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). north east of Manchester Victoria, and was operated and managed by Northern Rail at the time of its closure.

The station closed on 3 October 2009[2] to enable the line to be converted to a Metrolink service, and re-opened as Failsworth Metrolink station on 13 June 2012.[3]

  • Class 142 at Failsworth.jpg

    Station prior to main line railway closure

  • Failsworth Metrolink station construction.jpg

    Station exterior during Metrolink construction

  • Failsworth Metrolink Station.jpg

    The station after conversion to Metrolink

Services

Services run mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Failsworth station is served by two direct bus service but several services also stop nearby. Stagecoach Manchester service 151 runs northbound to Hollinwood via New Moston and southbound to Hightown via Newton Heath, Harpurhey and Cheetham Hill. Stagecoach service 159 also stops outside and runs northbound to Middleton via New Moston and southbound to Oldham via Woodhouses, Hollinwood and Chadderton.

On Oldham Road, First Greater Manchester services 83, 180 and 184 provide frequent and direct buses between Manchester and Oldham with the 83 continuing to Sholver and the 180/184 running to Saddleworth plus Huddersfield (184).[4]

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Preceding station   15px Manchester Metrolink   Following station
Rochdale Town Centre – Ashton-under-Lyne Line
Rochdale Town Centre – Exchange Square Line
Sundays and Bank Holidays only
Shaw and Crompton – Exchange Square Line
Monday to Saturday only
  From 26 June 2016  
Rochdale Town Centre – Exchange Square Line
towards Piccadilly
 Shaw and Crompton – Piccadilly Line
Historical railways
Dean Lane   L&YR
Oldham Loop Line		   Hollinwood


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