Milnrow tram stop

30px Milnrow
Metrolink
260px Milnrow tram stop, in February 2013
Milnrow Location of Milnrow in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Milnrow
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
Coordinates
Grid reference	SD926123
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone	B
Present status	In operation
History
Opened	2 November 1863
Closed as rail station	3 October 2009
Conversion to Metrolink operation	28 February 2013
Oldham and Rochdale Line Rochdale Town Centre Rochdale Railway Station Newbold Kingsway Business Park Milnrow Newhey Shaw and Crompton Derker Oldham Mumps Oldham Central Oldham King Street Westwood Freehold South Chadderton Hollinwood Failsworth Newton Heath and Moston Central Park Monsall x20px to Queens Road Depot x20px to Bury Manchester Victoria  x20px to Exchange Square to Ashton-under-Lyne
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Milnrow is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 28 February 2013 and is located in Milnrow, a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, England.

The station sits on the site of Milnrow railway station, a regional rail station which opened on 2 November 1863 and closed on 3 October 2009 for conversion from heavy rail to light rail. It was along the Oldham Loop Line, which operated from Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham and thus was almost identical to the current Metrolink route.

History

See also: History of Manchester Metrolink

At the time the station opened it was as part of a new line from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale East Junction, and created a Middleton Junction to Rochdale route. In 1880 a line was built from Oldham Werneth to Thorpes Bridge Junction near Newton Heath. Subsequently the whole Thorpes Bridge Junction to Rochdale East Junction route became known as the Oldham Loop Line. The pattern of train services on the Oldham Loop Line involved a greater number of trains serving the Oldham stations, and less services continuing on to Milnrow and Rochdale. In the 1960s and 1970s fewer and fewer trains ran from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale, and in May 1972 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this part of the Oldham Loop including Milnrow Station would be closed. The closure did not go ahead because what later became the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) agreed to fund the continuation of services (though the line through the station was subsequently singled between Rochdale & Shaw). The involvement of the GMPTE also lead to a more frequent pattern of trains serving the Oldham Mumps to Rochdale section including Milnrow.

The station closed on 3 October 2009 for the conversion of the line to Metrolink and re-opened as Milnrow Metrolink station on 28 February 2013. The route was re-doubled as part of the conversion work to allow a more frequent service to operate than before.

Services

Milnrow is located on the Oldham & Rochdale Line with trams towards Manchester city centre and Rochdale railway station. Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Route	Destination 1	Destination 2	Operator	Service	Stop Location
58	Rochdale via Firgrove, Newbold	Middleton via Newhey , Shaw Derker , Oldham , Chadderton, Mills Hill	FirstGroup	Mon-Sat Daytime	Newhey Road
181	Rochdale via Firgrove, Newbold	Manchester via Newhey , Shaw , Heyside, Royton, Boundary Park, Chadderton, New Moston , Central Park (Monday-Saturday Daytime services operate from Shaw, Wren's Nest)	FirstGroup	Mon-Sat Evening All day Sunday	Newhey Road
182	Rochdale via Firgrove, Newbold	Manchester via Newhey , Shaw , Royton, Royal Oldham Hospital, Chadderton, Newton Heath Central Park	FirstGroup	Daytime & Evening	Newhey Road
462	Rochdale via Pennine Drive, The Cray, Kingsway Business Park , Newbold	Ladyhouse	FirstGroup	Mon-Sat Daytime	Harbour Lane South

Gallery

• Milnrow railway station in 1989.jpg

  Milnrow railway station in 1989

• Milnrow railway station - Geograph 1519041 by Dr Neil Clifton.jpg

  October 2009

• Milnrow railway station - Geograph 1599739 by Bryan Tenny.jpg

  Metrolink conversion November 2009

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Milnrow area map

Preceding station		15px Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Newhey towards Ashton-under-Lyne		Rochdale Town Centre – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Kingsway Business Park towards Rochdale Town Centre
Newhey towards Exchange Square		Rochdale Town Centre – Exchange Square Line Sundays and Bank Holidays only
	From 26 June 2016
Newhey towards Exchange Square		Rochdale Town Centre – Exchange Square Line		Kingsway Business Park towards Rochdale Town Centre
	Historical railways
New Hey		L&YR Oldham Loop Line		Rochdale

Railways in Rochdale (Past, Present and Future)
Legend
To Bacup To Calderdale Broadley Littleborough Shawclough and Healey Wardleworth Smithy Bridge Rochdale Town Centre Rochdale Newbold Kingsway Business Park To Bury Milnrow Broadfield Newhey To Oldham Heywood Castleton Middleton Mills Hill To Manchester