Shaw and Crompton tram stop

Shaw and Crompton is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 16 December 2012 and is located in Shaw and Crompton, a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England.

The station sits adjacent to the site of the original Shaw and Crompton railway station, a regional rail station which opened (initially for haulage) on 2 November 1863 and closed on 3 October 2009 for conversion to Metrolink. Known as Shaw railway station between 1974 and 1989, 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

See also: History of Manchester Metrolink

Former signal box, demolished during conversion to light rail

The railway line between Oldham Mumps and Rochdale was first proposed in 1845, but not authorised until 1859. The line was opened to freight trains on 12 August 1863, and for passengers on 2 November. One of the four new stations opened that day was Shaw, 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) from Oldham Mumps. The new line from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale East Junction created a Middleton Junction to Rochdale route. In 1880 a line was built from Oldham Werneth to Thorpes Bridge Junction near Newton Heath. Subsequently the whole Thorpes Bridge Junction to Rochdale East Junction route became known as the Oldham Loop Line. The pattern of train services on the Oldham Loop Line involved a greater number of trains serving the Oldham stations, and less services continuing on to Rochdale. In the 1960s and 1970s fewer and fewer trains ran from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale, and in May 1972 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this part of the Oldham Loop including Shaw and Crompton Station would be closed. The closure did not go ahead because SELNEC PTE (which became Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) in 1974) agreed to fund the continuation of services. The involvement of the GMPTE led to a more frequent pattern of trains serving the Oldham Mumps to Rochdale section.

Intended originally to serve local cotton mills, the station later became used by commuters. It was renamed three times: originally named Shaw, it became Shaw and Crompton on 1 December 1897; Shaw on 6 May 1974; and finally Shaw and Crompton on 15 May 1989.

The station had a signal cabin (which supervised the southern end of the single track section to Rochdale, along with the turnback siding used by terminating trains from Manchester) and one of the United Kingdom's sixteen hundred road level crossings. The box was closed & demolished during the conversion work, whilst the crossing is now protected by traffic lights.

After being initially shelved, plans to turn the line into part of Greater Manchester's Metrolink network were accepted by the government on 6 July 2006.

The station closed on 3 October 2009, was converted to light rail and re-opened on 16 December 2012. The new station was built on the opposite side of Beal Lane, removing the need for terminating trams to cross the road. Services were extended from Shaw northbound to Rochdale via Milnrow on 28 February 2013.

Services

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes. Since September 2016, there are now trams southbound to Exchange Square as well as to East Didsbury, giving a 6-minute service frequency to Manchester Victoria until mid-evening.

Connecting bus routes

Route	Destination 1	Destination 2	Operator	Service	Stop Location
58	Rochdale via Newhey Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Milnrow Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Firgrove, Newbold Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Middleton via Derker Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Oldham Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Chadderton, Mills Hill	First	Mon-Sat Daytime	Market Street
59	Rushcroft	Manchester Add→{{rail-interchange}} via Derker Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Oldham Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Chadderton, Mills Hill , Middleton, Bowker Vale Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Cheetham Hill	First	Daytime & Evening	Market Street
181(a)	Wren's Nest	Manchester Add→{{rail-interchange}} via Heyside, Royton, Boundary Park, Chadderton, Newton Heath Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Central Park Add→{{rail-interchange}}	First	Daytime & Evening	Market Street
181(b)	Rochdale via Newhey Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Milnrow Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Firgrove, Newbold Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Manchester Add→{{rail-interchange}} via Heyside, Royton, Boundary Park, Chadderton, New Moston Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Central Park Add→{{rail-interchange}}	First	Mon-Sat Evenings All day Sunday	Market Street
182	Rochdale via Newhey Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Milnrow Add→{{rail-interchange}}, Firgrove, Newbold Add→{{rail-interchange}}	Manchester Add→{{rail-interchange}} via Royton, Royal Oldham Hospital, Chadderton, Newton Heath Add→{{rail-interchange}} Central Park Add→{{rail-interchange}}	First	Daytime & Evening	Market Street
403	Rushcroft via Buckstones	Rushcroft via High Crompton	First	Mon-Sat Daytime	Beal Lane
408(a)	Buckstones	Stalybridge via Royton, Oldham, Glodwick, Abbeyhills, Hartshead, Smallshaw, Hurst Cross	Rosso MCT First	Mon-Sat Daytime	Beal Lane
408(b)	Wren's Nest via Buckstones	Stalybridge via Royton, Royal Oldham Hospital, Oldham, Glodwick, Alt (Mon-Sat), Abbeyhills, Hurst Cross, Tameside General Hospital	Rosso MCT First	Mon-Sat Evening All Day Sunday	Beal Lane
435	Buckstones	Rochdale via Crompton House School, Turf Hill	Rosso	Mon-Sat Daytime	Beal Lane

External links

• Metrolink stop information
• Shaw and Crompton area map
• Light Rail Transit Association: Manchester to Oldham and Rochdale

Oldham Lines
Past, Present and Future
Kirklees South Lines to Huddersfield Delph Diggle Measurements Dobcross Saddleworth Uppermill Moorgate Halt Friezland Tameside Lines to Tameside Rochdale Lines to Rochdale Greenfield Shaw and Crompton Tameside Lines to Tameside Royton Grasscroft Royton Junction Grotton and Springhead Derker Lees Oldham Glodwick Road Oldham Mumps (L&YR) Oldham Mumps (L&NWR) Oldham Mumps Oldham Central Oldham Central (L&YR) Oldham King Street Oldham Clegg Street Westwood Oldham Werneth Tameside Lines to Ashton Chadderton Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway Freehold South Chadderton Rochdale Lines to Middleton and Rochdale Hollinwood Middleton Junction Failsworth Manchester Lines North to Manchester Manchester Lines North to Manchester