Ashton Moss tram stop

Not to be confused with Ashton Moss railway station.
 Ashton Moss
Metrolink
Ashton Moss
Location of Ashton Moss in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Ashton-under-Lyne
Local authority Metropolitan Borough of Tameside
Coordinates 53°29′01″N 2°07′19″W / 53.4836°N 2.1220°W / 53.4836; -2.1220Coordinates: 53°29′01″N 2°07′19″W / 53.4836°N 2.1220°W / 53.4836; -2.1220
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone N
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Manchester Metrolink
History
Opened 9 October 2013[1]
UK Trams portal

Ashton Moss is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line, built as part of Phase 3b of the Manchester Metrolink. The station opened on 9 October 2013,[1] ahead of the originally-publicised schedule of the winter of 2013–14.[2] The stop has an island platform, and is located on Lord Sheldon Way near the Ashton Moss leisure complex and Snipe Retail Park on Ashton New Road.[3] The station is served by a 200 space Park + Ride car park, with electric vehicle parking facilities.

Services

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

References

  1. 1 2 "Twitter / TamesideCouncil: CllrRobinson announces that...". Tameside Council. Twitter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Metrolink - East Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Metrolink - Ashton Moss station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

External links

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Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Eccles
Eccles – Ashton-under-Lyne Line


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