Cemetery Road tram stop explained
| Style: | Manchester Metrolink |
| Cemetery Road |
| Type: | Metrolink station |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.4799°N -2.1549°W |
| Line: | East Manchester Line |
| Status: | In operation |
| Zone: | 3 |
| Opened: | 8 February 2013 (preview)
11 February 2013 (full) |
| Original: | Metrolink |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Map State: | collapsed |
Cemetery Road is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened on 11 February 2013,[1] [2] after a three-day free trial for local residents.[3] The station was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located in Droylsden at the junction of Manchester Road and Cemetery Road,[4] a part of Tameside, England.
Services
Services run every 12 minutes on all routes.
Connecting bus routes
Cemetery Road is directly served by Stagecoach Manchester bus service 216, which stops next to the station on Manchester Road and replicates the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Ashton-under-Lyne. Stagecoach/JPT services 217 and 218, which also stops on Manchester Road, run circular routes between Manchester and Mossley serving Droylsden, Dukinfield, Ashton, Tameside General Hospital and Stalybridge.[5]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Kirby. Dean. Opening of Metrolink tram service to Droylsden delayed until February 2013. 7 December 2012. 4 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121207190859/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1595302_opening-of-metrolink-tram-service-to-droylsden-delayed-until-february-2013. 7 December 2012. dmy-all.
- News: Droylsden's new Metrolink line to open in February. 7 December 2012. Transport for Greater Manchester. 7 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131022114154/http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=110. 22 October 2013. dead.
- Web site: It's the final countdown. Transport for Greater Manchester. 1 February 2013. 7 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131022114150/http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=151. 22 October 2013. dead.
- Web site: Metrolink - Cemetery Road station. Transport for Greater Manchester. 26 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101218061551/http://metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/east-manchester-line/cemetery-road.pdf. 18 December 2010. dmy-all.
- Web site: Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps. Transport for Greater Manchester. 13 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102050148/http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Pages/Network-maps.aspx. 2 November 2012. dead.
