Hollinwood tram stop is a tram stop and park & ride site on the Manchester Metrolink Oldham and Rochdale Line in Hollinwood, Greater Manchester, England. It was formerly a railway station before its conversion to a tram stop between 2009 and 2012.
History
Hollinwood railway station opened on 17 May 1880, situated in the Hollinwood area of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. The station was 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) north east of Manchester Victoria on the Oldham Loop Line operated and managed by Northern Rail.
The station was next to the M60 motorway Manchester Outer Ring Road which was constructed across part of the former station site. As a consequence of this the station was rebuilt by the Highways Agency in the 1990s.
The station closed for the conversion of the line to a Metrolink tram stop on 3 October 2009 and was rebuilt, reopening as Hollinwood tram stop on 13 June 2012.
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Hollinwood station prior to Metrolink conversion
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Under construction on the site of the former railway station
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Hollinwood station in September 2012
Former railway service
After May 1995 Hollinwood was served by half-hourly trains from Manchester Victoria to Shaw & Crompton. Trains to Rochdale ran every half-hour but passed through Hollinwood without stopping. On Sundays there was an hourly service in each direction.
Service pattern
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| Failsworthtowards East Didsbury | East Didsbury–Rochdale | South Chaddertontowards Rochdale Town Centre | ||
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| Failsworth | Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Oldham Loop Line |
Oldham Werneth | ||
Connecting bus routes
Hollinwood station is served by First Greater Manchester service 149, which stops nearby on Tweedale Way and runs to Oldham via Coppice and to North Manchester General Hospital via Moston and Cheetham Hill. Stotts Tours service 151 stops at the other end of Tweedale Way with the 151 running to Hightown via Failsworth, Newton Heath and Cheetham Hill.
On Manchester Road, First services 83, 180 and 184 provide frequent buses between Manchester and Oldham with the 83 continuing to Sholver and the 180/184 running to Saddleworth plus Huddersfield (184), while First service X84 provides a peak-time express service to Manchester and Saddleworth. Stotts Tours service 159 runs to Oldham via Chadderton and Middleton via Failsworth, while Stotts service 396 runs to Ashton-under-Lyne via Hathershaw and to Newton Heath via Failsworth.
References
- ^ "Hollinwood". Disused Stations. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- Station Facilities: Hollinwood National Rail
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Metrolink line to Oldham set to open". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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- Tram stops in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
- Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1880
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2009
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2012
- Tram stops on the East Didsbury – Rochdale route
- Tram stops on the East Didsbury – Shaw route
- Chadderton