Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop
Template:Infobox Manchester Metrolink station Ashton-under-Lyne is a tram stop serving Ashton-under-Lyne on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, it is the terminus of the system's East Manchester Line (EML). It is located beside Ashton-under-Lyne bus station, and a few minutes walk away from Ashton-under-Lyne railway station, forming an Ashton travel hub.[1]
History
The stop was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion, and opened on 9 October 2013,[2] ahead of the originally-publicised schedule of the winter of 2013–14.[3]
In May 2009, a special fund of £1.5 billion was agreed for 15 transport schemes in Greater Manchester. These included a further 2.1-mile (3.4 km) extension to the East Manchester line from Droylsden to Ashton-under-Lyne. Plans for the extension from Droylsden to Ashton-under-Lyne were fully approved by the Department for Transport in March 2010 whereupon MPact-Thales was appointed as the main contractor.[4]
Services
Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.
References
- ^ "Metrolink - Ashton-under-Lyne station" (PDF). Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Twitter / TamesideCouncil: CllrRobinson announces that..." Tameside Council. Twitter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ "Metrolink - East Manchester line". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Pages/east-manchester-line.aspx
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