East Didsbury tram stop
{{Short description|Manchester Metrolink tram stop}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| style = Manchester Metrolink
| name = East Didsbury
| type = Metrolink station
| image = East Didsbury Metrolink station.jpg
| borough = {{Comma separated entries|Didsbury|Manchester}}
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.41209|-2.21736|type:railwaystation_region:GB-MAN|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ856905|25|SJ856905}}
| line = South Manchester Line
| status = In operation
| zone = 3
| years = 23 May 2013
| events = Opened
| platforms = 2 (island)
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East Didsbury is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system and the terminus of the system's South Manchester Line (SML). It is on the east side of Kingsway in East Didsbury, close to Manchester's boundary with Heaton Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion and opened on 23 May 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1115242_14bn_transport_deal_unveiled |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223160731/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1115242_14bn_transport_deal_unveiled |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2012 |title=£1.4bn transport deal unveiled |last=Linton |first=Deborah |date=13 May 2009 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |access-date=17 May 2009 }}
History
East Didsbury tram stop was built on the Midland Railway's former Manchester South District Line from Manchester Central Station.{{cite book |last1=Sussex|first1=Gay |last2=Helm|first2=Peter |title=Looking Back at Withington and Didsbury |publisher=Willow Publishing |location=Timperley |year=1988 |pages=inside front cover |isbn=0-946361-25-8 }} East Didsbury Metrolink station is {{convert|200|m|ft}} north-east of East Didsbury railway station, which is a National Rail station on the Styal Line.
Together with West Didsbury and Didsbury Village Metrolink stops, East Didsbury had been a feature of proposals to extend the Metrolink system since 1983.{{sfn|Hellewell|Reeve|2013|p=5}} In 2006, it was announced that the CLC line would be re-opened as part of an expansion project, and that the extension would initially go only as far as St Werburgh's Road in a project named Phase 3a.{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5152948.stm |title=Metrolink extension is announced |date=6 July 2006 | work =BBC News |access-date=28 December 2008}} Following the rejection of the Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund in a public referendum in 2008, Phase 3b of the extension of the line to East Didsbury went ahead using the Greater Manchester Transport Fund.
{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8047020.stm |title=Tram line extension is approved |date=13 May 2009 | work =BBC News |access-date=17 May 2009}}{{cite news |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2009/05/13/130509_metrolink_map_plan_b_feature.shtml |title=Metrolink: back on track? |date=13 May 2009 |work=BBC Manchester |access-date=17 May 2009}}
File:East Didsbury Metrolink station (6).JPG
Construction of the line through Chorlton began in April 2009 and that part of the new line became operational in July 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.gmpte.com/content.cfm?subcategory_id=6029063 |title=Future Metrolink - South Manchester line |date=April 2009 |publisher=GMPTE |access-date=6 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116120136/http://www.gmpte.com/content.cfm?subcategory_id=6029063 |archive-date=16 November 2008 |url-status=dead }} The extension to East Didsbury opened on 23 May 2013.{{cite web|title=Early doors for East Didsbury’s new Metrolink line|url=http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=225|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester|access-date=14 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720225114/http://www.tfgm.com/Corporate/media_centre/Pages/News.aspx?articleId=225|archive-date=20 July 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/metrolink-passengers-told-can-tram-3710695 |title= Metrolink extension to East Didsbury to open next week - three months early |newspaper= Manchester Evening News |date=14 May 2013 |author=Kirby, Dean}} Passengers could now travel on the old rail alignment into Manchester for the first time since 1967.
Although the station is currently the terminus of the South Manchester Line, the line could be extended to Stockport, a proposal which was originally submitted in 2001, but was cancelled due to the lack of funding.{{cite web|title=LDF Core Strategy DPD|url=http://stockport.limehouse.co.uk/portal/pp/ldfcs/publicationcs?pointId=ID-1101090-STATEMENT-T-4&do=view|website=Stockport Council|access-date=7 July 2014}} Due to sections of the former railway alignment being built on, an extension to Stockport might involve street running into the town centre.
Service pattern
- Services every 12 minutes to {{Tram|Shaw and Crompton}}, with double trams at peak times;
- Services every 12 minutes to {{Tram|Rochdale Town Centre}}, with double trams at peak times.
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book| title=Metrolink: Oldham to Chorlton including the Oldham Loop Line|first1=Scott|last1=Hellewell|first2=Colin|last2=Reeve|year=2013|isbn=978-1905-304-530|publisher=Venture }}
External links
{{commons category|East Didsbury Metrolink station}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130226053951/http://www.lrta.org/Manchester/city_south.html Metrolink extension plans for City South line]
- [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/east-didsbury-tram Metrolink stop information]
- [https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/east-didsbury-tram/local-map East Didsbury Metrolink station plans]
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Category:Tram stops in Manchester
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2013
Category:Manchester South District Line