Droylsden tram stop

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| style = Manchester Metrolink

| name = Droylsden

| type = Metrolink station

| image = Droylsden Metrolink eastbound platform.jpg

| caption = Droylsden tram stop in May 2019

| borough = {{Comma separated entries|Droylsden|Tameside}}

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.47950|-2.14482|type:railwaystation_region:GB-TAM|display=inline,title}}

| line = East Manchester Line

| status = In operation

| zone = 3

| opened = 9 February 2013 (preview)
11 February 2013 (full)

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| original = Metrolink

| platforms = 2 (1 island)

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Droylsden is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It 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 stop was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located in Droylsden town centre,{{cite web|title=Metrolink - Droylsden station|url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/east-manchester-line/droylsden.pdf|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester|access-date=26 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105093829/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/east-manchester-line/droylsden.pdf|archive-date=5 January 2012|df=dmy-all}} a part of Tameside, England.

History

Before the stop opened, there was much controversy surrounding the development of the Metrolink line, with many Droylsden residents complaining about the disruption to traffic and local businesses.{{cite news|last=Rowley|first=Tom|title=Droylsden traders angry as ‘faulty’ work extends Metrolink tram misery|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/tamesideadvertiser/news/s/1472710_droylsden-traders-angry-as-faulty-work-extends-metrolink-tram-misery|access-date=7 December 2012|newspaper=Tameside Advertiser|date=2 February 2012}} It is mainly due to these concerns that a three-day free trial service was run for local residents.

Droylsden Metrolink stop was the terminus of the East Manchester Line until 9 October 2013,{{cite web | title = Twitter / TamesideCouncil: CllrRobinson announces that... | work = Tameside Council | publisher = Twitter | date = 10 September 2013 | url = https://twitter.com/TamesideCouncil/status/377468381387313152 | access-date = 11 September 2013}} when services were extended eastwards to Ashton-under-Lyne Metrolink station.{{cite web|title=Metrolink - East Manchester line|url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Pages/east-manchester-line.aspx|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester|access-date=19 May 2013|archive-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518225603/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Pages/east-manchester-line.aspx|url-status=dead}}

Services

Services are mostly every 12 minutes on all routes.

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Connecting bus routes

Droylsden stop is directly served by a number of services, which stop on Ashton Road or Market Street.

On Ashton Road, Stagecoach Manchester bus service 216 replicates the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne. Stagecoach/JPT services 217 and 218, which also stops on Ashton Road, run circular routes between Manchester and Mossley serving Droylsden, Dukinfield, Ashton, Tameside General Hospital and Stalybridge.

On Market Street, Stagecoach service 7 (which also stops on Ashton Road), runs between Ashton and Stockport via Gorton and Reddish, while Stagecoach/First service 168 runs between Ashton and Chorlton via Levenshulme and Stagecoach/JPT service 169 runs between Ashton and Southern Cemetery via Levenshulme.{{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/droylsden-tram Droylsden Stop Information]
[https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/droylsden-tram/local-map Droylsden area map]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090411103135/http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/phase3b.html Light Rail Transit Association]

Category:Tram stops in Tameside

Category:Droylsden

Category:Tram stops on the Eccles – Ashton route

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2013