Edge Lane tram stop

{{Short description|Manchester Metrolink tram stop}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Manchester Metrolink

| name = Edge Lane

| type = Metrolink station

| image = Edgelane.jpg

| caption = Edge Lane tram stop in May 2019.

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

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.48089|-2.16525|type:railwaystation_region:GB-TAM|display=inline,title}}

| line = East Manchester Line

| status = In operation

| zone = 2/3

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

| opening =

| original = Metrolink

| platforms = 2 (1 island)

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Edge Lane 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 station was constructed as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion, and is located at the junction of Manchester Road and Edge Lane,{{cite web|title=Metrolink - Edge Lane station |url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/east-manchester-line/edge-lane.pdf |publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester |access-date=26 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218061334/http://metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/east-manchester-line/edge-lane.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2010 }} just inside the border of Droylsden, Tameside, England.