Holt Town tram stop

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

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

{{Infobox station

| style = Manchester Metrolink

| name = Holt Town

| type = Metrolink station

| image = HoltTown.jpg

| caption = Holt Town tram stop in May 2019.

| borough = {{Comma separated entries|Holt Town|Manchester}}

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.48329|-2.21205|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){{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}}

| opening =

| original = Metrolink

| platforms = 2

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| map_state = collapsed

| map_type =

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| route_map = {{Manchester Ashton Metrolink line}}

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Holt Town is a tram stop on the East Manchester Line (EML) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. The station opened on 11 February 2013, after a three-day free trial for local residents, as part of Phase 3a of the Metrolink's expansion.{{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}} It is beside the River Medlock in Holt Town, between Ancoats and Bradford.{{cite web|title=Metrolink - Holt Town station|url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/pdf/future_metrolink/east-manchester-line/holt-town.pdf|publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester|access-date=26 June 2011}}

Services

File:3024 - Holt Town.jpg

Services run every 12 minutes on each route.{{Adjacent stations|noclear=yes|system=Manchester Metrolink

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|line3=purple2|left3=New Islington|right3=Etihad Campus

|line4=orange|left4=New Islington|right4=Etihad Campus

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Connecting bus routes

Holt Town is served by Stagecoach Manchester services 216 and 231, which both stop nearby on Ashton New Road. Service 216 replicates the tram route between Piccadilly Gardens and Droylsden before continuing to Ashton-under-Lyne, while the 231 runs from Manchester to Ashton via Littlemoss and Smallshaw.

{{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

|url-status = dead

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

|archive-date = 2 November 2012

|df = dmy-all

}}

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