Clayton Hall tram stop

{{Short description|Manchester Metrolink tram stop}}{{for|the rapid transit station located in St. Louis, Missouri|Clayton (St. Louis MetroLink)}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Manchester Metrolink

| name = Clayton Hall

| type = Metrolink station

| image = Clayton Hall tram stop (geograph 3592919).jpg

| caption = Clayton Hall tram stop in 2013.

| borough = {{Comma separated entries|Clayton|Manchester}}

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.48280|-2.18233|type:railwaystation_region:GB-MAN|display=inline,title}}

| line = East Manchester Line

| status = In operation

| zone = 2

| opened = 8 February 2013 (preview)
11 February 2013 (full)

| opening =

| original = Metrolink

| platforms = 2

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Clayton Hall in the Clayton area of Manchester, England, is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Transport for Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. The station opened on 11 February 2013,{{cite news |last=Kirby |first=Dean |title=Opening of Metrolink tram service to Droylsden delayed until February 2013 |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1595302_opening-of-metrolink-tram-service-to-droylsden-delayed-until-february-2013 |access-date=7 December 2012 |date=4 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207190859/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1595302_opening-of-metrolink-tram-service-to-droylsden-delayed-until-february-2013 |archive-date=7 December 2012 }}{{cite news|title=Droylsden's new Metrolink line to open in February|url=http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=110|access-date=7 December 2012|newspaper=Transport for Greater Manchester|date=7 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022114154/http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=110|archive-date=22 October 2013|url-status=dead}} after a three-day free trial for local residents.{{cite web|url=http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=151|title=It's the final countdown|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester|date=1 February 2013|access-date=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022114150/http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=151|archive-date=22 October 2013|url-status=dead}} The station was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion.{{cite web|title=Metrolink - Clayton Hall station|url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/east-manchester-line/clayton.pdf|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester|access-date=26 June 2011}}

Services

Services run every twelve minutes on each route at most operating times.

{{Adjacent stations|noclear=yes|system=Manchester Metrolink

|line1=blue|left1=Velopark|right1=Edge Lane

|line2=blue2|left2=Velopark|right2=Edge Lane

}}

Connecting bus routes

Clayton Hall is served by buses stopping nearby on Ashton New Road. Stagecoach Manchester services 216 and 231 both run between Manchester and Ashton with the 216 replicating the tram route to Droylsden before continuing via Audenshaw, while the 231 runs via Littlemoss and Smallshaw. The 231 is also operated by First Greater Manchester during the evening. Stagecoach's 171 service runs between Newton Heath and East Didsbury via Openshaw, Gorton and Levenshulme, while M Travel's 188 service also runs via Openshaw and Gorton on its route between Manchester and Ryder Brow.{{cite web

|url=http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Pages/Network-maps.aspx

|title=Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps

|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester

|access-date=13 February 2013

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102050148/http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/Pages/Network-maps.aspx

|archive-date=2 November 2012

|url-status=dead

}}

References

External links

[https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/clayton-hall-tram Clayton Hall Stop Information]
[https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/clayton-hall-tram/local-map Clayton Hall area map]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110705185501/http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/ashton.html Light Rail Transit Association]

Category:Tram stops in Manchester

Category:Tram stops on the Eccles – Ashton route

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2013