Sale tram stop explained

Style:Manchester Metrolink
Sale
Type:Metrolink station
Address:M33 7XY
Country:England
Coordinates:53.4243°N -2.3191°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Line:Altrincham Line
Status:In operation
Zone:3
Opened:20 July 1849
Former:Sale Moor (1856)
Sale & Ashton on Mersey (1883)
Original:MSJAR
Postgroup:MSJAR
London Midland Region of British Railways
Pregroup:MSJAR
Platforms:2
Years1:24 December 1991
Events1:Closed as a rail station
Years2:15 June 1992
Events2:Conversion to Metrolink operation
Years3:1931
Events3:Renamed
Mapframe:yes
Map State:collapsed

Sale is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light-rail system in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion. Prior to this, it was a railway station on the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) line. It was built by John Brogden, who was a local builder in the Sale area.

History

See also: History of Manchester Metrolink. The station originally opened as Sale on 20 July 1849 by the MSJAR. Renamed as Sale Moor in 1856, as Sale & Ashton on Mersey in 1883 and as Sale in 1931. It closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991 and reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.

Sale tram stop briefly appears during the opening titles of Pro Evolution Soccer 2, which was released in 2002.[1]

Services

Sale is on the Altrincham Line, with trams towards Altrincham stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sundays. Trams also head towards Manchester and Bury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Etihad Campus or Bury, while evening and Sunday journeys run to Etihad Campus only, with journeys to Bury requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.[2]

Service pattern

Ticket zones

As of January 2019, Sale is located in Metrolink ticket zone 3.[3]

Connecting bus routes

Sale tram stop is well served by bus services, due to the close proximity to the town centre, with several services stopping outside and some stopping around the town centre.[4]

Services that stop outside the station:

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MtBqQBL5go at 0:14
  2. Web site: Metrolink - Tram Times - Sale. Metrolink. 13 February 2013.
  3. Web site: Metrolink ticket zones map . TfGM . 5 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Network Maps . Transport for Greater Manchester . 10 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102050148/http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Pages/Network-maps.aspx . 2 November 2012 . dmy-all.