Oldham Mumps tram stop

Not to be confused with Oldham Mumps railway station.

30px Oldham Mumps
Metrolink
260px A tram at Oldham Mumps
Oldham Mumps Location of Oldham Mumps in Greater Manchester
Location
Place	Oldham
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Coordinates
Grid reference	SD933049
Platforms	2
Fare zone information
Present status	In operation
History
Opened	1 November 1847
Closed as rail station	3 October 2009
Conversion to Metrolink operation	13 June 2012 (temporary station) 27 January 2014 (opening date of permanent station)
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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Oldham Mumps is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system in the Mumps area of Oldham which opened in 2014.

A temporary stop of the same name opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion. Phase 3b resulted in the stop's decommissioning in 2014, and its replacement with the permanent stop at the opposite end of Mumps on a realigned track. The temporary stop was on the site of the original Oldham Mumps railway station, a heavy rail station which opened (initially for haulage) on 1 November 1847 and closed on 3 October 2009 for conversion to Metrolink. 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

Mainline rail station

Main article: Oldham Mumps railway station

Oldham Mumps railway station opened on 1 November 1847 to serve the town of Oldham. The station was a primary station located on the Oldham Loop Line north east of Manchester Victoria operated and managed by Northern Rail.

The name of the station is taken from its situation within the Mumps area of Oldham, which itself probably derived from the archaic word "mumper", slang for a beggar.

The station was reached across the dual-carriageway Oldham bypass, a difficult walk from the town centre. A pedestrian underpass led to the island platform, where there was a ticket office.

The station closed due to the conversion of the line to Metrolink on 3 October 2009 and, by May 2010, had been completely demolished. The station canopy has been saved. It was bought by the East Lancashire Railway after a successful public fund-raising campaign. It is hoped that the canopy will be installed at Bury Bolton Street.

Temporary tram stop

In June 2010, the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) announced that as part of the conversion of the former Oldham loop, it would submit a planning application for a temporary Metrolink terminus at Oldham Mumps, close to the site of the former railway station. Services to the temporary terminus commenced on Wednesday 13 June 2012

The temporary Metrolink stop was reached by crossing Oldham Way or could be accessed by the free Metroshuttle service, which linked the station with the town centre and bus station.

The 'temporary' Oldham Mumps Metrolink Station closed on 18 January 2014.

Permanent tram stop

The permanent Metrolink station opened on 27 January 2014 on the site of the former B&Q store and is also a bus interchange.

Services

Services run mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

Connecting bus routes

Route	Destination 1	Destination 2	Operator	Service
58	Rochdale via Derker, Shaw and Crompton , Newhey, Milnrow, Firgrove, Newbold	Middleton via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Westwood, Chadderton, Mills Hill	FirstGroup	Mon-Sat Daytime
59	Rushcroft via Shaw and Crompton	Manchester Piccadilly Gardens via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Westwood, Chadderton, Mills Hill, Middleton, Bowker Vale, Cheetham Hill	FirstGroup	Daytime & Evening
81	Derker	Manchester Piccadilly Gardens via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Werneth, South Chadderton Coalshaw Green, Moston, Collyhurst	FirstGroup	Daytime & Evening
81A	Holts via Waterhead, Lees	Manchester Piccadilly Gardens via Oldham Central , Oldham Bus Station, Werneth, South Chadderton Coalshaw Green, Moston, Collyhurst	FirstGroup Stagecoach	Daytime & Evening
82	Lees via Waterhead	Manchester Piccadilly Gardens via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Werneth, Hollnwood, Failsworth, Newton Heath and Moston, Central Park, Monsall, Miles Platting	Stagecoach	Saturday Night Only
83	Sholver via Moorside	Manchester Piccadilly Gardens via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Werneth, Hollnwood, Failsworth, Newton Heath and Moston, Central Park, Monsall , Miles Platting	FirstGroup	Daytime & Evening
180	Greenfield via Lees, Grotton, Greenfield	Manchester Piccadilly Gardens via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Oldham King Street, Hollins, Hollnwood, Failsworth, Newton Heath and Moston, Central Park, Monsall, Miles Platting	FirstGroup	Daytime & Evening
184	Huddersfield via Lees, Grotton, Grasscroft, Greenfield, Uppermill, Diggle, Standedge, Marsden , Slaithwaite , Linthwaite, Cowlersley, Rashcliffe	Manchester Piccadilly Gardens via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Oldham King Street, Hollins, Hollnwood, Failsworth , Newton Heath and Moston, Central Park , Monsall , Miles Platting	FirstGroup	Daytime & Evening
343	Hyde, via Lees, Grotton, Mossley, Roaches (daytime only), Micklehurst, Carrbrook, Millbrook, Brushes Estate, Copley, Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Flowery Field	Oldham Bus Station, via Oldham Central	Stotts Tours Stagecoach	Daytime & Evening
344	Hyde, via Greenacres, Waterhead, Grotton, Mossley, Roaches, Micklehurst, Carrbrook, Millbrook, Brushes Estate, Copley, Stalybridge, Dukinfield, Flowery Field	N/A	Stotts Tours	Mon-Fri Morning
350	Ashton under Lyne via Greenacres, Scouthead, Delph, Dobcross, Uppermill, Greenfield, Dacres, Hey Farm, Micklehurst, Mossley, Hazelhurst, Tameside General Hospital	Oldham Bus Station, via Oldham Central	FirstGroup Stotts Tours	Daytime & Evening
407	Denshaw via Watersheddings, Moorside, Pennine Meadows, Sholver, Grains Bar, Slackcote	Oldham Bus Station, via Oldham Central	Stotts Tours Stagecoach	Daytime
418	Waterhead via Lees, Springhead, Austerlands	Heyside via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Royal Oldham Hospital, Royton, Dr Kershaw's Hospice	S&S Travel Services	Mon-Sat Daytime
425	Holts via Glodwick, Alt, Abbeyhills	Fitton Hill via Oldham Central, Oldham Bus Station, Oldham King Street, Hathershaw	FirstGroup	Daytime & Evening
X84	Carrcote via Lees, Grotton, Grasscroft, Greenfield, Uppermill, Dobcross, Delph	Manchester Picadilly Gardens via Hollins, Hollnwood, Failsworth , Newton Heath and Moston, Central Park , Monsall , Miles Platting	FirstGroup	Mon-Fri Peak Times

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Oldham Mumps area map

Preceding station		15px Manchester Metrolink		Following station
Oldham Central towards Ashton-under-Lyne		Rochdale Town Centre – Ashton-under-Lyne Line		Derker towards Rochdale Town Centre
Oldham Central towards Exchange Square		Rochdale Town Centre – Exchange Square Line Sundays and Bank Holidays only
		Shaw and Crompton – Exchange Square Line Monday to Saturday only		Derker towards Shaw and Crompton
	From 26 June 2016
Oldham Central towards Exchange Square		Rochdale Town Centre – Exchange Square Line		Derker towards Rochdale Town Centre
Oldham Central towards Piccadilly		Shaw and Crompton – Piccadilly Line		Derker towards Shaw and Crompton
	Historical railways
Oldham Central		London Midland Region of British Railways Oldham Loop Line		Derker
Oldham Clegg Street		L&YR		Terminus

Oldham Lines - Past, Present and Future

Legend To Huddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Moorgate Halt Uppermill Greenfield Friezland To Rochdale To Tameside Shaw and Crompton Royton To Tameside Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Mumps Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Central Oldham Central; Oldham Clegg Street Oldham King Street To Ashton Westwood Oldham Werneth Chadderton MJOB To Middleton and Rochdale Freehold Middleton Junction South Chadderton To Manchester Hollinwood Failsworth To Manchester